gnu: Synchronize descriptions with 'gnumaint'.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index 3d88ff8a4a..bf34c17deb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -64,12 +64,11 @@
        #:python ,python-2)) ; Python 3 apparently not yet supported, see
                             ; https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/+question/229048
     (home-page "https://gnu.org/software/bazaar")
-    (synopsis "Decentralized revision control system")
+    (synopsis "Version control system supporting both distributed and centralized workflows")
     (description
-     "GNU Bazaar is a distributed version control system, which supports both
-central version control and distributed version control.  Developers can
-organize their workspace in whichever way they want.  It is possible to work
-from a command line or use a GUI application.")
+     "GNU Bazaar is a version control system that allows you to record
+changes to project files over time. It supports both a distributed workflow
+as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
     (license gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public git
@@ -276,9 +275,11 @@ projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.")
     (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/")
     (synopsis "Per-file local revision control system")
     (description
-     "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.")
+     "RCS is the original Revision Control System.  It works on a
+file-by-file basis, in contrast to subsequent version control systems such as
+CVS, Subversion, and Git.  This can make it suitable for system
+administration files, for example, which are often inherently local to one
+machine.")
     (license gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public cvs
@@ -330,6 +331,6 @@ RCS, PRCS, and Aegis packages.")
 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
+been added to the VC.  vc-chlog scans changed files and generates
 standards-compliant ChangeLog entries based on the changes that it detects.")
     (license gpl3+)))