Improve package desriptions

Remove wrong acronym for ping. (Closes: #496441)
Decapitalize short descriptions.

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