X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=new-maintainer.dbk;h=f7af69b01df931a358ed7d9f0809df234607ffa3;hp=5ff7cccd860b5654b05e9d2173c575888f5690b6;hb=c24acd8f13f0bd8f667611c2f75b630e294a19e3;hpb=c860a39ea13f7d552fc940a546b01be70c09b3a0
diff --git a/new-maintainer.dbk b/new-maintainer.dbk
index 5ff7ccc..f7af69b 100644
--- a/new-maintainer.dbk
+++ b/new-maintainer.dbk
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ already. Send the word subscribe in the
Subject of an email to
&email-debian-devel-req;. In case of problems, contact the
list administrator at &email-listmaster;. More information on
-available mailing lists can be found in .
+available mailing lists can be found in .
&email-debian-devel-announce; is another list which is
mandatory for anyone who wishes to follow Debian's development.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ something to avoid duplicated effort.
Another good list to subscribe to is &email-debian-mentors;.
See for details. The IRC channel
#debian can also be helpful; see .
+linkend="irc-channels"/>.
When you know how you want to contribute to &debian-formal;,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ url="&url-mentors;"> first.
If you wish to be a mentor and/or sponsor, more information is available in
- .
+.
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ human error than to software failure or high-powered spy techniques. See for more information on maintaining your public key.
-Debian uses the GNU Privacy Guard (package GNU Privacy Guard (package gnupg version 1 or better) as its baseline
standard. You can use some other implementation of OpenPGP as well. Note that
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
-would be much less secure. Version 4 keys are keys conforming
+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)