[tor-commits] [tor/master] Tweak documentation on 40282

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 09614e0c9db1d65c5f59c3a32c517f115b509021
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Tue Feb 23 08:42:31 2021 -0500

    Tweak documentation on 40282
---
 changes/ticket40282 | 12 ++++++------
 doc/man/tor.1.txt   |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/ticket40282 b/changes/ticket40282
index 4cfadcc2c0..2c69a77163 100644
--- a/changes/ticket40282
+++ b/changes/ticket40282
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-  o Major feature (relay):
-    - Relay do not use nor advertise a DirPort anymore. Only authorities do
-      because it is still used by them. Closes ticket 40282.
-    - Authority DirPort self reachability test has now been removed because
-      network reentry to that DirPort is not allowed anymore.
-
+  o Removed features (relay):
+    - Because DirPorts are only used on authorities, relays no longer
+      advertise them. Similarly, self-testing for DirPorts has been disabled,
+      since an unreachable DirPort is no reason for a relay not to advertise
+      itself. (Configuring a DirPort will still work, for now.)  Closes
+      ticket 40282.
diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
index 4b34790e00..d51183e04a 100644
--- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
@@ -2795,11 +2795,9 @@ details.)
      +
     The same flags are supported here as are supported by ORPort.
      +
-    As of Tor 0.4.6.1-alpha, non authoritative relays (see
+    As of Tor 0.4.6.1-alpha, non-authoritative relays (see
     AuthoritativeDirectory) will not publish the DirPort but will still listen
-    on it so to avoid any unknown issues by closing all the sudden all
-    DirPorts on the network for most relays. We expect relays to stop
-    listening at some point in future stable releases. It is thus safe for you
+    on it. Clients don't use the DirPorts on relays, so it is safe for you
     to remove the DirPort from your torrc configuration.
 
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