Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can use

[developers-reference.git] / new-maintainer.dbk

diff --git a/new-maintainer.dbk b/new-maintainer.dbk
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@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ OpenPGP is an open standard based on <ulink
 url="&url-rfc2440;">RFC 2440</ulink>.
 </para>
 <para>
-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. <ulink
+url="http://lists.debian.org/20090520092534.GG22906@earth.li">Your key length must
+be greater than 1024 bits</ulink>; there is no reason to use a smaller key, and doing so
 would be much less secure.<footnote><para> 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