Bug#643933: GPG keysize must be greater than 1024 bits

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Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.4.6
Severity: normal
Tags: patch


Keyring maintainers explicitly asked to provide GPG keys greater than
1024 bits [0], while page 4 currently states key must be at least 1024.

Attached patch should solve this, by rephrasing the sentence stating
keys must be greater than 1024 bits.

[0] <20090520092534.GG22906@earth.li>

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: :' : Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@debian.org>
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name="gpg-length.patch"
filename="gpg-length.patch"

Index: new-maintainer.dbk
=
new-maintainer.dbk (revisione 8928)
+++ new-maintainer.dbk (copia locale)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
</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
+be greater than 1024 bits; 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







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