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authorGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2008-12-18 06:07:11 +0000
committerGuillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>2010-06-10 23:21:23 +0200
commit54fb50a9c50e8a5034c1692eaa18a1c37770a5b0 (patch)
tree3795dbf366efab8a13d97762ee8cd7c1521d8585
parentdcd75056e7b73d34e9af08ec4806530f70d35145 (diff)
downloadinetutils-54fb50a9c50e8a5034c1692eaa18a1c37770a5b0.tar.gz
Improve package desriptions
Remove wrong acronym for ping. (Closes: #496441) Decapitalize short descriptions.
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog3
-rw-r--r--debian/control.in21
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ae02d15..f2e30ed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
inetutils (2:1.5.dfsg.1-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Install ping6 suid root by using “cp -a”. (Closes: #501910)
+ * Improve package desriptions:
+ - Remove wrong acronym for ping. (Closes: #496441)
+ - Decapitalize short descriptions.
-- Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:51:43 +0200
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 382af02..c66d15b 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Architecture: any
Provides: inet-superserver, netkit-inetd
Conflicts: inet-superserver, netkit-inetd
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, update-inetd, tcpd, lsb-base, inetutils-syslogd | system-log-daemon
-Description: Internet super server
+Description: internet super server
Inetd is the daemon that listens on various TCP and UDP ports and spawns
programs that can't or won't do it for themselves.
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ Architecture: any
Provides: ping
Conflicts: ping, hurd (<= 20010718-1)
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, netbase
-Description: ICMP ECHO tool
- Ping (The Packet InterNet Gropper) uses ICMP to send out echo requests,
- and uses the reply packets to calculate latency between the sending and
- the destination hosts.
+Description: ICMP echo tool
+ Ping uses ICMP to send out echo requests, and uses the reply packets to
+ calculate latency between the sending and the destination hosts.
Package: inetutils-syslogd
Section: @syslogd:Section@
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ Provides: system-log-daemon, ${syslogd:Provides}
Conflicts: system-log-daemon, ${syslogd:Provides}
Replaces: syslogd
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, netbase, lsb-base
-Description: System logging daemon
+Description: system logging daemon
The syslog daemon is responsible for providing logging of messages
received from programs and facilities on the local host as well as
from remote hosts.
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ Architecture: any
Provides: talk
Replaces: talk-hurd
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, netbase
-Description: Talk to another user
+Description: talk to another user
Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal
to that of another user.
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ Conflicts: talkd
Replaces: talkd-hurd
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, netbase, inetutils-syslogd | system-log-daemon,
inetutils-inetd | inet-superserver
-Description: Remote user communication server
+Description: remote user communication server
Talkd is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to initiate
a conversation. It acts a repository of invitations, responding to requests
by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation.
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ Architecture: any
Provides: telnet-client
Replaces: telnet-hurd
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, netbase
-Description: Telnet client
+Description: telnet client
The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host
using the TELNET protocol.
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ Conflicts: telnet-server
Replaces: telnetd-hurd
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, netbase, inetutils-syslogd | system-log-daemon,
inetutils-inetd | inet-superserver
-Description: Telnet server
+Description: telnet server
The in.telnetd program is a server which supports the DARPA telnet
interactive communication protocol.
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ Priority: @inetutils:Priority@
Architecture: any
Provides: ${tools:Provides}
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
-Description: Base networking utilities (experimental package)
+Description: base networking utilities (experimental package)
Base utilities for network administration (ifconfig, etc).
.
WARNING: The current ifconfig implementation provided is not fully