Improve libconfig(++)8-dev transition package descriptions.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1ae37a0..1784a28 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ libconfig (1.4.8-4) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Add C++ hardened buildflags
      - Thanks to Simon Ruderich for the patch (closes: #662225) 
+  * Improve libconfig(++)8-dev transition package descriptions
 
- -- Jonathan McCrohan <jmccrohan@gmail.com>  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:23:02 +0100
+ -- Jonathan McCrohan <jmccrohan@gmail.com>  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:25:02 +0100
 
 libconfig (1.4.8-3) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0d54d0f..0dd3d9e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -61,22 +61,9 @@ Package: libconfig8-dev
 Depends: libconfig-dev, ${misc:Depends}
 Architecture: any
 Section: libdevel
-Description: parsing and manipulation of structured config files(development)
- This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for
- both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant
- systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on
- Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).
- .
- This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration
- files. Its main features are:
-  - A fully reentrant parser: Multiple configurations can be parsed in
-    concurrent threads at the same time.
-  - A simple, structured configuration file format: more readable and compact
-    than XML and more flexible than Windows' "INI" file format.
-  - A low-footprint implementation
-  - Proper documentation.
- .
- transitional dummy package
+Description: Transitional package for libconfig-dev
+ This is a transitional package for libconfig-dev, and can be safely removed
+ when no other package depends on it.
 
 Package: libconfig++-dev
 Section: libdevel
@@ -107,22 +94,10 @@ Package: libconfig++8-dev
 Depends: libconfig++-dev, ${misc:Depends}
 Architecture: any
 Section: libdevel
-Description: parsing and manipulation of structured config files(C++ development)
- This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for
- both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant
- systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on
- Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).
- .
- This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration
- files. Its main features are:
-  - A fully reentrant parser: Multiple configurations can be parsed in
-    concurrent threads at the same time.
-  - A simple, structured configuration file format: more readable and compact
-    than XML and more flexible than Windows' "INI" file format.
-  - A low-footprint implementation
-  - Proper documentation.
- .
- transitional dummy package
+Description: Transitional package for libconfig++-dev
+ This is a transitional package for libconfig++-dev, and can be safely removed
+ when no other package depends on it.
+
 
 Package: libconfig-dbg
 Section: debug