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).