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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-10-09 16:14:23 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-10-09 16:14:23 +0200
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Synchronize package descriptions with the Womb.
* gnu/packages/algebra.scm, gnu/packages/aspell.scm, gnu/packages/autotools.scm, gnu/packages/base.scm, gnu/packages/bash.scm, gnu/packages/bison.scm, gnu/packages/cdrom.scm, gnu/packages/cflow.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/cpio.scm, gnu/packages/cppi.scm, gnu/packages/ddrescue.scm, gnu/packages/dejagnu.scm, gnu/packages/ed.scm, gnu/packages/emacs.scm, gnu/packages/fdisk.scm, gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm, gnu/packages/gawk.scm, gnu/packages/gcal.scm, gnu/packages/gcc.scm, gnu/packages/gdb.scm, gnu/packages/gdbm.scm, gnu/packages/gettext.scm, gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm, gnu/packages/global.scm, gnu/packages/gnunet.scm, gnu/packages/gnupg.scm, gnu/packages/gnutls.scm, gnu/packages/gperf.scm, gnu/packages/gprolog.scm, gnu/packages/groff.scm, gnu/packages/grub.scm, gnu/packages/gsasl.scm, gnu/packages/guile.scm, gnu/packages/gv.scm, gnu/packages/help2man.scm, gnu/packages/idutils.scm, gnu/packages/indent.scm, gnu/packages/less.scm, gnu/packages/libidn.scm, gnu/packages/libsigsegv.scm, gnu/packages/libunistring.scm, gnu/packages/lightning.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm, gnu/packages/lsh.scm, gnu/packages/m4.scm, gnu/packages/mail.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm, gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm, gnu/packages/nano.scm, gnu/packages/ncurses.scm, gnu/packages/nettle.scm, gnu/packages/ocrad.scm, gnu/packages/oggvorbis.scm, gnu/packages/parted.scm, gnu/packages/plotutils.scm, gnu/packages/pth.scm, gnu/packages/readline.scm, gnu/packages/recutils.scm, gnu/packages/rush.scm, gnu/packages/scheme.scm, gnu/packages/screen.scm, gnu/packages/shishi.scm, gnu/packages/smalltalk.scm, gnu/packages/system.scm, gnu/packages/texinfo.scm, gnu/packages/time.scm, gnu/packages/unrtf.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm, gnu/packages/wdiff.scm, gnu/packages/wget.scm, gnu/packages/which.scm, gnu/packages/xnee.scm, gnu/packages/zile.scm: Change value of the 'description' field to that of the Womb.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/version-control.scm')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index 04a6ae2a57..30660e830f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -248,11 +248,9 @@ projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.")
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/")
(synopsis "Per-file local revision control system")
(description
- "The GNU Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of
-files. RCS automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and
-merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently,
-including source code, programs, documentation, graphics, papers, and form
-letters.")
+ "RCS is the Revision Control System. It is used to manage multiple
+revisions of files. Revisions are stored as reverse differences generated by
+GNU Diffutils. RCS also handles identifying and merging revisions.")
(license gpl3+)))
(define-public cvs
@@ -300,6 +298,10 @@ RCS, PRCS, and Aegis packages.")
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/vc-dwim/")
(synopsis "Version-control-agnostic ChangeLog diff and commit tool")
(description
- "vc-dwim is a version-control-agnostic ChangeLog diff and commit
-tool. vc-chlog is a helper tool for writing GNU-style ChangeLog entries.")
+ "The vc-dwim package contains two tools, \"vc-dwim\" and \"vc-chlog\".
+vc-dwim is a tool that simplifies the task of maintaining a ChangeLog and
+using version control at the same time, for example by printing a reminder
+when a file change has been described in the ChangeLog but the file has not
+been added to the VCS. vc-chlog scans changed files and generates
+standards-compliant ChangeLog entries based on the changes that it detects.")
(license gpl3+)))