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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+))) |