[Pkg-openssl-changes] r610 - openssl/trunk/debian

[Kurt Roeckx]

Author: kroeckx
Date: 2013-11-01 15:46:01 +0000 (Fri, 01 Nov 2013)
New Revision: 610

Modified:
   openssl/trunk/debian/changelog
   openssl/trunk/debian/control
Log:
Update description of the packages.


Modified: openssl/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- openssl/trunk/debian/changelog	2013-11-01 15:35:41 UTC (rev 609)
+++ openssl/trunk/debian/changelog	2013-11-01 15:46:01 UTC (rev 610)
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
     <chenyueg at gmail.com>  (Closes: #720654)
   * Add support for nocheck in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
   * Update Norwegian translation (Closes: #653574)
+  * Update description of the packages.  Patch by Justin B Rye
+    (Closes: #719262)
 
- -- Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>  Fri, 01 Nov 2013 16:33:13 +0100
+ -- Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>  Fri, 01 Nov 2013 16:44:18 +0100
 
 openssl (1.0.1e-3) unstable; urgency=low
 

Modified: openssl/trunk/debian/control
===================================================================
--- openssl/trunk/debian/control	2013-11-01 15:35:41 UTC (rev 609)
+++ openssl/trunk/debian/control	2013-11-01 15:46:01 UTC (rev 610)
@@ -13,18 +13,19 @@
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: ca-certificates
-Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related cryptographic tools
- This package contains the openssl binary and related tools.
+Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
+ This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
+ and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
+ Internet.
  .
- It is part of the OpenSSL implementation of SSL.
- .
- You need it to perform certain cryptographic actions like:
-  -  Creation of RSA, DH and DSA key parameters;
-  -  Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs;
-  -  Calculation of message digests;
-  -  Encryption and decryption with ciphers;
-  -  SSL/TLS client and server tests;
-  -  Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail.
+ It contains the general-purpose command line binary /usr/bin/openssl,
+ useful for cryptographic operations such as:
+  * creating RSA, DH, and DSA key parameters;
+  * creating X.509 certificates, CSRs, and CRLs;
+  * calculating message digests;
+  * encrypting and decrypting with ciphers;
+  * testing SSL/TLS clients and servers;
+  * handling S/MIME signed or encrypted mail.
 
 Package: libssl1.0.0
 Section: libs
@@ -33,11 +34,12 @@
 Multi-Arch: same
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: SSL shared libraries
- libssl and libcrypto shared libraries needed by programs like
- apache-ssl, telnet-ssl and openssh.
+Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
+ This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
+ and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
+ Internet.
  .
- It is part of the OpenSSL implementation of SSL.
+ It provides the libssl and libcrypto shared libraries.
 
 Package: libcrypto1.0.0-udeb
 XC-Package-Type: udeb
@@ -45,10 +47,13 @@
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: crypto shared library - udeb
- libcrypto shared library.
+Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - libcrypto udeb
+ This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
+ and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
+ Internet.
  .
- Do not install it on a normal system.
+ It contains a version of the libcrypto shared library for use with the
+ Debian Installer. Do not install it on a normal system.
 
 Package: libssl-dev
 Section: libdevel
@@ -57,12 +62,14 @@
 Multi-Arch: same
 Recommends: libssl-doc
 Depends: libssl1.0.0 (= ${binary:Version}), zlib1g-dev, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: SSL development libraries, header files and documentation
- libssl and libcrypto development libraries, header files and manpages.
+Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
+ This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
+ and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
+ Internet.
  .
- It is part of the OpenSSL implementation of SSL.
+ It contains development libraries, header files, and manpages for libssl
+ and libcrypto.
 
-
 Package: libssl-doc
 Section: doc
 Priority: optional
@@ -70,10 +77,12 @@
 Replaces: libssl-dev (<< 1.0.0)
 Breaks: libssl-dev (<< 1.0.0)
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: SSL development documentation documentation
- libssl and libcrypto manpages and demo files.
+Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development documentation
+ This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
+ and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
+ Internet.
  .
- It is part of the OpenSSL implementation of SSL.
+ It contains manpages and demo files for libssl and libcrypto.
 
 Package: libssl1.0.0-dbg
 Section: debug
@@ -81,5 +90,9 @@
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Depends: libssl1.0.0 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Symbol tables for libssl and libcrypto
- This package is part of the OpenSSL implementation of SSL.
+Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - debug information
+ This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
+ and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
+ Internet.
+ .
+ It contains debugging symbols for libssl and libcrypto.