X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=new-maintainer.dbk;h=eac77378ffdfaa445541dff7ea575d22f3b7e5b9;hb=653595ceda65614048a47d15d924cd212189be5d;hp=dc514d0e37170d7ba0865bd952882655a80e3c02;hpb=81c0e6409c7dfef4af519821a76dbfadb7dd4758;p=developers-reference.git
diff --git a/new-maintainer.dbk b/new-maintainer.dbk
index dc514d0..eac7737 100644
--- a/new-maintainer.dbk
+++ b/new-maintainer.dbk
@@ -77,12 +77,7 @@ In addition, if you have some packages ready for inclusion in Debian, but are
waiting for your new maintainer application to go through, you might be able
find a sponsor to upload your package for you. Sponsors are people who are
official Debian Developers, and who are willing to criticize and upload your
-packages for you.
-
-Please read the unofficial debian-mentors FAQ at first.
@@ -154,12 +149,13 @@ OpenPGP is an open standard based on RFC 2440.
-You need a version 4 key for use in Debian Development. Your key length must
-be at least 1024 bits; there is no reason to use a smaller key, and doing so
+You need a version 4 key for use in Debian Development. Your key length must
+be greater than 1024 bits; there is no reason to use a smaller key, and doing so
would be much less secure. Version 4 keys are keys conforming
to the OpenPGP standard as defined in RFC 2440. Version 4 is the key type that
has always been created when using GnuPG. PGP versions since 5.x also could
-create v4 keys, the other choice having beein pgp 2.6.x compatible v3 keys
+create v4 keys, the other choice having been pgp 2.6.x compatible v3 keys
(also called legacy RSA by PGP). Version 4 (primary) keys can
either use the RSA or the DSA algorithms, so this has nothing to do with
GnuPG's question about which kind of key do you want: (1) DSA and Elgamal, (2)