Hi Christian!

You wrote:

> I don't really understand the need for turning your comment this way,
> which indeed doesn't make your point clear, whether you agree or
> disagree with the idea of default enforcement of 8 characters length
> for passwords. 
> 
> It seems you disagree, but don't really give a rationale for it except
> "some other programs we have in Debian default to 6 chars". Am I right?

And what's the rationale to change the minimum length to 8?  It won't
help security, as people who pick weak passwords now, will still pick
weak, but longer, passwords.  

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