manpage: Make discussion of --existing-package less scary. The default archive acces...

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4c799c17442b8297fc016f21583a99622954755b..4891735bc5e03bf52a41b52b4de2f75d64b14a77 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ dgit (0.17~experimental7) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * manpage: Remove comment in BUGS about lack of policy docs
     for Dgit field, which is specified now.  Closes:#720201.
+  * manpage: Make discussion of --existing-package less scary.  The
+    default archive access method no longer needs it.  Closes:#720171.
 
  --
 

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 5c171ed78dd94dd34501b0a340e55dfdcca7e902..7e74d5b77f62fdfc2ad5782c3973e8b9b4907c62 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -361,13 +361,14 @@ filename suggests it is for the right package and version - or,
 if there is a _multi.changes file, dgit uses that.
 .TP
 .BI --existing-package= package
-dgit push needs to canonicalise the suite name.  But currently
-there is no way to ask the archive to do this without knowing the
+dgit push needs to canonicalise the suite name.  Sometimes, dgit
+lacks a way to ask the archive to do this without knowing the
 name of an existing package.  Without --new we can just use the
 package we are trying to push.  But with --new that will not work, so
 we guess
 .B dpkg
-or use the value of this option.
+or use the value of this option.  This option is not needed with the
+default mechanisms for accessing the archive.
 .TP
 .BR -h | --help
 Print a usage summary.
@@ -646,10 +647,6 @@ We should be using some kind of vhost/vpath setup for the git repos on
 alioth, so that they can be moved later if and when this turns out to
 be a good idea.
 
-The method of canonicalising suite names is bizarre.  See the
-.B --existing-package
-option for one of the implications.
-
 dgit push should perhaps do `git push origin', or something similar,
 by default.