Bug#998408: "good password" advice in installer is still bad two years after this was reported

On Thu 07 Sep 2023 at 01:27:23 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: > Jonathan Kamens writes: > > > Oh, I see now that the fact that the installer shouldn't recommend > > changing one's password regularly was also reported previously, in bug > > #868869. > > Also, in #656509 (in which Cyril states

Bug#998408: "good password" advice in installer is still bad two years after this was reported

Jonathan Kamens writes: > Oh, I see now that the fact that the installer shouldn't recommend > changing one's password regularly was also reported previously, in bug > #868869. Also, in #656509 (in which Cyril states that the effort of translating a new message outweighs the importance of the

Bug#998408: "good password" advice in installer is still bad two years after this was reported

Nearly two years after Alejandro Colomar reported this issue, the Debian installer is still giving people this bad advice: "A good password will contain a mixture of letters, numbers and punctuation and should be changed at regular intervals." Alejandro explained at length why this advice

Bug#998408: "good password" advice in installer is still bad two years after this was reported

Oh, I see now that the fact that the installer shouldn't recommend changing one's password regularly was also reported previously, in bug #868869. On 9/2/23 22:04, Jonathan Kamens wrote: Nearly two years after Alejandro Colomar reported this issue, the Debian installer is still giving