Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

https://packages.debian.org/unstable/
seems to be the canonical list of sections and their descriptions. I assume 
this is
under the purview of ftp-masters. If not, please re-assign.

Most programming-language specific sections have a description of the form
  Everything about <language>.
This doesn't tell me much.

To be specific, the packages being put into, say "python", seem to fall into two
broad categories:
1. programs written in python: e.g. agtl, custodia, mat, openstack-dashboard
2. programs and libraries useful to people developing in python: e.g. cython, 
pypy,
     python-*, twistedchecker

My personal opinion is that there is no point putting class 1 into "python". If
you agree, the description should probably reflect that.

Suggestion:
  Development tools and libraries useful to people developing in <language>

I was also pondering "... useful to <language> developers" but this could be
mis-read as people developing the language itself.

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