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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/gimp.scm10
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/gl.scm6
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/gnome.scm12
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gimp.scm b/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
index ec3adf13a4..9db543199c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ buffers.")
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
("intltool" ,intltool)))
(home-page "http://gimp.org")
- (synopsis "Image manipulation program.")
- (description "GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely
-distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image
-composition and image authoring.")
+ (synopsis "GNU Image Manipulation Program")
+ (description
+ "GIMP is an application for image manipulation tasks such as photo
+retouching, composition and authoring. It supports all common image formats
+as well as specialized ones. It features a highly customizable interface
+that is extensible via a plugin system.")
(license license:gpl3+))) ; some files are lgplv3
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gl.scm b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
index 36ba0bd3d3..6f92cac55e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ emulation to complete hardware acceleration for modern GPUs.")
"freeglut"))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://gnu.org/s/guile-opengl")
- (synopsis "OpenGL bindings for Guile")
+ (synopsis "Guile binding for the OpenGL graphics API")
(description
- "GNU Guile-OpenGL is a library providing access to the OpenGL graphics
-API from GNU Guile.")
+ "Guile-OpenGL is a library for Guile that provides bindings to the
+OpenGL graphics API.")
(license l:lgpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index fbed680733..a043d8d4d2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -1178,9 +1178,13 @@ controls using the Bonobo component framework.")
`(("intltool" ,intltool)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "http://www.gnumeric.org")
- (synopsis "Spreadsheet program")
- (description "Gnumeric is a spreadsheet program for GNOME. The project aims
-to become a drop in replacement for proprietary spreadsheets.")
- (license
+ (synopsis "Spreadsheet application")
+ (description
+ "GNUmeric is a GNU spreadsheet application, running under GNOME. It is
+interoperable with other spreadsheet applications. It has a vast array of
+features beyond typical spreadsheet functionality, such as support for linear
+and non-linear solvers, statistical analysis, and telecommunication
+engineering.")
+ (license
;; Dual licensed under GPLv2 or GPLv3 (both without "or later")
(list license:gpl2 license:gpl3))))