Bug#646992: Package description unclear
Justin B Rye wrote:
> Martin Eberhard Schauer wrote:
>> Updating the German package description I found that the first sentence
>> of the description might be simplified or rephrased.
Oops, my first try at this
("http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646992#10") didn't
(a) CC d-l-e or (b) mention that XPM is an image format. Second try.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- control.pristine 2011-10-29 11:35:19.000000000 +0100
+++ control 2011-10-29 12:25:36.732547904 +0100
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
pkg-config,
ghostscript,
Standards-Version: 3.8.3
+Homepage: http://www.x.org
Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-xorg/lib/libxpm
Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-xorg/lib/libxpm.git
@@ -26,15 +27,11 @@
Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Description: X11 pixmap library
- libXpm provides support and common operation for the XPM pixmap format, which
- is commonly used in legacy X applications. XPM is an extension of the
- monochrome XBM bitmap specified in the X protocol.
+ The X PixMap image format is an extension of the monochrome X BitMap
+ format specified in the X protocol, and is commonly used in traditional
+ X applications.
.
- More information about X.Org can be found at:
- <URL:http://www.X.org>
- .
- This module can be found at
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXpm
+ This package provides runtime support for XPM format.
Package: libxpm4-dbg
Section: debug
@@ -43,18 +40,11 @@
Priority: extra
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libxpm4 (= ${binary:Version})
Description: X11 pixmap library (debug package)
- libXpm provides support and common operation for the XPM pixmap format, which
- is commonly used in legacy X applications. XPM is an extension of the
- monochrome XBM bitmap specified in the X protocol.
- .
- This package contains the debug versions of the library found in libxpm4.
- Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
+ The X PixMap image format is an extension of the monochrome X BitMap
+ format specified in the X protocol, and is commonly used in traditional
+ X applications.
.
- More information about X.Org can be found at:
- <URL:http://www.X.org>
- .
- This module can be found at
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXpm
+ This package provides debug symbols.
Package: libxpm-dev
Section: libdevel
@@ -62,32 +52,21 @@
Multi-Arch: same
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libxpm4 (= ${binary:Version}), libx11-dev, x11proto-core-dev
Description: X11 pixmap library (development headers)
- libXpm provides support and common operation for the XPM pixmap format, which
- is commonly used in legacy X applications. XPM is an extension of the
- monochrome XBM bitmap specified in the X protocol.
- .
- This package contains the development headers for the library found in
- libxpm4. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
+ The X PixMap image format is an extension of the monochrome X BitMap
+ format specified in the X protocol, and is commonly used in traditional
+ X applications.
.
- More information about X.Org can be found at:
- <URL:http://www.X.org>
- .
- This module can be found at
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXpm
+ This package contains the development headers for the libxpm4 library.
+ Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
Package: xpmutils
Architecture: any
Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Description: X11 pixmap utilities
- This package provides two tools, cxpm and sxpm.
- .
- cxpm is a tool to check the integrity of an XPM file.
- .
- sxpm is a tool to view XPM files, and takes a number of options.
- .
- More information about X.Org can be found at:
- <URL:http://www.X.org>
+ The X PixMap image format is an extension of the monochrome X BitMap
+ format specified in the X protocol, and is commonly used in traditional
+ X applications.
.
- This module can be found at
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXpm
+ This package provides two tools: cxpm (to check the integrity of an
+ XPM file) and sxpm (to view XPM files).
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