Package: dput-ng
Version: 1.7
Severity: wishlist
This is how I struggled with granting a DM permissions to upload
multiple packages today:
1) Try this:
$ dcut dm --uid mrs.b...@example.com --allow=eggs --allow=ham
It works! Err, except that it grants permission only for "ham".
2) Look into the manpage, which reads:
--allow=PACKAGES
Source package(s) where permissions to upload should be granted.
Repeat the argument to apply permissions to more than one package at
once.
3) Follow the documentation:
$ dcut dm --uid mrs.b...@example.com --allow=eggs ham
[...]
dcut: error: unrecognized arguments: ham
4) Think that maybe the manpage got out of sync, and try to learn the
correct syntax from --help instead:
$ dcut dm --help | grep allow
[nothing]
(This is bug #741947).
5) Look into the documentation, and figure out the correct syntax from
the EXAMPLES section.
6) Finally succeed with:
$ dcut dm --uid mrs.b...@example.com --allow eggs ham
I'd like to propose two changes to ease life of people who are not very
smart (e.g. me):
* Either make "--allow=eggs --allow=ham" an error, or make it Do The
Right Thing (preferably the latter).
* Fix the manual page, so that is uses syntax that actually works.
Thanks for considering.
--
Jakub Wilk
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