X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=new-maintainer.dbk;h=eac77378ffdfaa445541dff7ea575d22f3b7e5b9;hp=dc514d0e37170d7ba0865bd952882655a80e3c02;hb=7900c58dbcc17ce4a6257838bf70cb2c3e05feb1;hpb=81c0e6409c7dfef4af519821a76dbfadb7dd4758 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)