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authorHartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>2020-03-01 17:13:49 +0100
committerHartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>2020-03-08 14:06:00 +0100
commit6434f9b6341b9f48815e8cf6d7bc6ea6a41c3c42 (patch)
tree911ca9b2b34affeddfd77a6983c58bfd74b00bb2
parent1eb3b2b666fd6ae5c0e3b09aa08c97b9d23e26be (diff)
gnu: Reword and extend descriptions for some KDE packages.
* gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm (libkcompatdisc)[description]: Extend. * gnu/packages/kde-pim.scm (akonadi-search, kalarmcal, kdemailimporter, kdepim-apps-libs, kidentitymanagement, kldap, kmailtransport, kmbox, kmime, kontactinterface, kpimtextedit)[description]: Reword and extend. (ktnef, kpimcommon, libkdepim)[synopsis, description]: Reword and extend. (kmailtransport)[synopsis]: Fix space. * gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm (khelpcenter)[description]: Extend.
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm4
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/kde-pim.scm53
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm10
3 files changed, 47 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm
index e87df550a9..4c1d5e7244 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-multimedia.scm
@@ -688,6 +688,8 @@ Its features include:
("solid" ,solid)))
(home-page "https://cgit.kde.org/libkcompactdisc.git/")
(synopsis "KDE library for playing & ripping CDs")
- (description "KDE library for playing & ripping CDs.")
+ (description "The KDE Compact Disc library provides an API for
+applications using the KDE Platform to interface with the CD drives for audio
+CDs.")
(license ;; GPL for programs, LGPL for libraries
(list license:gpl2+ license:lgpl2.0+))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-pim.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-pim.scm
index b4fc8745dd..07293b6bd1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-pim.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-pim.scm
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ wrapping notes into KMime::Message objects.")
`(#:tests? #f)) ;; TODO: needs dbus
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/akonadi/html/")
(synopsis "Akonadi search library")
- (description "Xapian-based indexing and query infrastructure for
-Akonadi.")
+ (description "This package provides a library used to search in the
+Akonadi PIM data server. It uses Xapian for indexing and querying.")
(license ;; GPL for programs, LGPL for libraries
(list license:gpl2+ license:lgpl2.0+))))
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ Akonadi.")
`(#:tests? #f)) ;; TODO: TZ setup
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/")
(synopsis "Library for handling kalarm calendar data")
- (description "This library provides an API for KAlarm alarms.")
+ (description "This library provides access to and handling of kalarm
+calendar data.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
(define-public kcalutils
@@ -454,7 +455,8 @@ functions for accessing calendar data using the kcalcore API.")
("qtbase" ,qtbase)))
(home-page "https://cgit.kde.org/kdepim-apps-libs.git")
(synopsis "KDE PIM mail related libraries and data files")
- (description "KDE PIM mail related libraries and data files.")
+ (description "This packages provides mail related libraries and data files
+for KDE PIM.")
(license ;; GPL for programs, LGPL for libraries
(list license:gpl2+ license:lgpl2.0+))))
@@ -541,7 +543,7 @@ cryptography to the contents of the clipboard.")
#t)))))
(home-page "https://kontact.kde.org/")
(synopsis "Library for shared identities between mail applications")
- (description "Library for shared identities between mail applications.")
+ (description "This library provides an API for managing user identities.")
(license ;; GPL for programs, LGPL for libraries, FDL for documentation
(list license:gpl2+ license:lgpl2.0+ license:fdl1.2+))))
@@ -601,7 +603,9 @@ easier to do so.")
("openldap" ,openldap)))
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/")
(synopsis "Library for accessing LDAP")
- (description "This library provides an API for LDAP.")
+ (description " This is a library for accessing LDAP with a convenient Qt
+style C++ API. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an application
+protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP. ")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
(define-public kleopatra
@@ -694,7 +698,8 @@ and retrieving certificates from LDAP servers.")
("qtbase" ,qtbase)))
(home-page "https://cgit.kde.org/mailimporter.git")
(synopsis "KDE mail importer library")
- (description "KDE mail importer library.")
+ (description "This package provides libraries for importing mails other
+e-mail client programs into KMail and KDE PIM.")
(license ;; GPL for programs, LGPL for libraries
(list license:gpl2+ license:lgpl2.0+))))
@@ -736,7 +741,7 @@ and retrieving certificates from LDAP servers.")
`(#:tests? #f)) ;; TODO - 3/3 tests fail, require drkonqi
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/")
(synopsis "Mail transport service library")
- (description " This library provides an API and support code for managing
+ (description "This library provides an API and support code for managing
mail transport.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
@@ -760,7 +765,8 @@ mail transport.")
("qtbase" ,qtbase)))
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/")
(synopsis "Library for handling mbox mailboxes")
- (description "A library for accessing mail storages in MBox format.")
+ (description "This is a library for handling mailboxes in mbox format,
+using a Qt/KMime C++ API.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+ )))
(define-public kmime
@@ -794,7 +800,11 @@ mail transport.")
#t)))))
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/")
(synopsis "Library for handling MIME data")
- (description "A library for MIME handling.")
+ (description "This library provides an API for handling MIME
+data. MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is an Internet Standard
+that extends the format of e-mail to support text in character sets other than
+US-ASCII, non-text attachments, multi-part message bodies, and header
+information in non-ASCII character sets.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
(define-public kontactinterface
@@ -821,7 +831,8 @@ mail transport.")
("qtbase" ,qtbase)))
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/")
(synopsis "Kontact interface library")
- (description "Kontact Interface library.")
+ (description " This library provides the glue necessary for
+application \"Parts\" to be embedded as a Kontact component (or plugin).")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
(define-public kpimcommon
@@ -881,8 +892,8 @@ mail transport.")
(arguments
`(#:tests? #f)) ;; TODO tests hang
(home-page "https://cgit.kde.org/pimcommon.git")
- (synopsis "Common library for KDE PIM")
- (description "Common library for KDE PIM.")
+ (synopsis "Common libraries for KDE PIM")
+ (description "This package provides common libraries for KDE PIM.")
(license ;; GPL for programs, LGPL for libraries
(list license:gpl2+ license:lgpl2.0+))))
@@ -922,7 +933,9 @@ mail transport.")
`(#:tests? #f)) ;; TODO - test suite hangs
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/")
(synopsis "Library providing a textedit with PIM-specific features")
- (description "A library for PIM-specific text editing utilities.")
+ (description "This package provides a textedit with PIM-specific features.
+It also provides so-called rich text builders which can convert the formatted
+text in the text edit to all kinds of markup, like HTML or BBCODE.")
(license ;; GPL for programs, LGPL for libraries, FDL for documentation
(list license:gpl2+ license:lgpl2.0+ license:fdl1.2+))))
@@ -990,8 +1003,12 @@ standard protocols for e-mail transmission.")
("ki18n" ,ki18n)
("qtbase" ,qtbase)))
(home-page "https://api.kde.org/stable/kdepimlibs-apidocs/ktnef/html/")
- (synopsis "Viewer for mail attachments using TNEF format")
- (description "Viewer for mail attachments using TNEF format")
+ (synopsis "Library for handling mail attachments using TNEF format")
+ (description "Ktnef is a library for handling data in the TNEF
+format (Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format, a proprietary format of e-mail
+attachment used by Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server). The API
+permits access to the actual attachments, the message properties (TNEF/MAPI),
+and allows one to view/extract message formatted text in Rich Text Format.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
(define-public libkdepim
@@ -1037,8 +1054,8 @@ standard protocols for e-mail transmission.")
("kwidgetsaddons" ,kwidgetsaddons)
("qtbase" ,qtbase)))
(home-page "https://cgit.kde.org/libkdepim.git")
- (synopsis "Libraries for common kdepim apps")
- (description "Libraries for common kdepim apps.")
+ (synopsis "Libraries for common KDE PIM apps")
+ (description "This package provided libraries for common KDE PIM apps.")
(license ;; GPL for programs, LGPL for libraries
(list license:gpl2+ license:lgpl2.0+))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm
index b4ea0b1dc1..cd1b442169 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm
@@ -161,7 +161,15 @@ Dolphin with the version control systems: Bzr, Git, Mercurial, Subversion.")
`(#:tests? #f)) ;; 1/1 test fails
(home-page "https://kde.org/applications/system/org.kde.Help")
(synopsis "KDE documentation viewer")
- (description "KDE documentation viewer")
+ (description "KHelpCenter uses meta data files which describe the
+documentation available in the system. Each document is represented by a meta
+data file and shown as an entry in the KHelpCenter navigation tree view. The
+meta data contains information about title and short description of the
+document, the location of the document and some more information like how to
+search the document and translations of title and description. Document
+hierarchy is represented as hierarchy of the meta data files. Directories are
+also described by a meta data file which contains the same information as a
+document meta data file.")
(license license:gpl2+)))
(define-public konsole