Bug#475162: libjsch-java: tidy up package description

Marcus Better marcus at better.se
Wed Apr 9 13:09:48 UTC 2008


Package: libjsch-java
Version: 0.1.37-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

The package description can be imporved a bit
* No need to mention the license.
* Capitalisation of "Java".

Suggested patch below.

Index: debian/control
===================================================================
--- debian/control	(revision 6130)
+++ debian/control	(arbetskopia)
@@ -14,21 +14,15 @@
 Architecture: all
 Section: libs
 Depends: java-gcj-compat | java-virtual-machine
-Description: java secure channel
- JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. JSch allows you to
- connect to an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding,
- file transfer, etc., and you can integrate its functionality
- into your own Java programs. JSch is licensed under a BSD style
- license.
+Description: pure Java implementation of the SSH2 protocol
+ JSch allows your programs to connect to an SSH server. It supports
+ port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer and more.
 
 Package: libjsch-java-doc
 Architecture: all
 Section: doc
-Description: java secure channel examples
- JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. JSch allows you to
- connect to an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding,
- file transfer, etc., and you can integrate its functionality
- into your own Java programs. JSch is licensed under a BSD style
- license.
+Description: pure Java implementation of the SSH2 protocol
+ JSch allows your programs to connect to an SSH server. It supports
+ port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer and more.
  .
  This package contains the example code.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-rc8-lg (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libjsch-java depends on:
ii  gij-4.2 [java-virtual-machine 4.2.1-5    The GNU Java bytecode interpreter
ii  gij-4.3 [java-virtual-machine 4.3.0-1    The GNU Java bytecode interpreter
ii  java-gcj-compat [java-virtual 1.0.77-4   Java runtime environment using GIJ
ii  java-gcj-compat-headless [jav 1.0.77-4   Java runtime environment using GIJ
ii  sun-java6-jre [java-virtual-m 6-05-1     Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (

libjsch-java recommends no packages.

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