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Re: PyPI password rules

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Date Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:21:02 -0700
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On 08/27/2014 08:32 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
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> I'm not sure I understand how your 'common' value works, though. Does
> the default 0.6 mean you take the 60% most common words? Those above
> the 60th percentile of frequency? Something else?

What's the value in ruling out less common words?  I would think the more the merrier!

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~Ethan~

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Re: PyPI password rules Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-08-28 07:21 -0700

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