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Bug#725009: installer: Debian Installer gives wrong advice on choosing secure passwords



2013/10/1 Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org>:
> A,nd, for what's is worth, I disagree with this bug report. People's
> mileage may vary about what is good for a passphrase and what is
> not. This is not the purpose of the installer to explain people how
> secure pass{words|phrases} should be and how they should be to be
> secure.
>
> The point of the  given details is about telling people what they can
> do and what they can't.
>
> So, I, for myself, veto any change to this debconf template.

So, personally I believe that it would make sense to either state both
of the approaches so that they could know how their mileage could
actually vary or don't give any advice. The way it's put at the moment
is quite confusing.


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