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authorMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2017-12-26 03:27:42 -0500
committerMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2017-12-26 03:34:12 -0500
commitf76ff984ebdbed18fce4fe2a62cee73d0ccd8140 (patch)
treeb3d2dcbd2177876b246020fb34800bd4bbde1e5a
parent3c0cfe3be596990f368e2aaa70927d0c0299b9a1 (diff)
downloadguix-f76ff984ebdbed18fce4fe2a62cee73d0ccd8140.tar.gz
gnu: libev: Improve the description.
* gnu/packages/libevent.scm (libev)[description]: Rewrite to be more
descriptive and less judgmental, based on Debian's description.
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/libevent.scm10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libevent.scm b/gnu/packages/libevent.scm
index 55f39f2a6d..b613bf1382 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libevent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libevent.scm
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ loop.")
     (home-page "http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html")
     (synopsis "Event loop loosely modelled after libevent")
     (description
-     "libev is a full-featured and high-performance event loop that
-is loosely modelled after libevent, but without its limitations and
-bugs.  It is used in GNU Virtual Private Ethernet, rxvt-unicode,
-auditd, the Deliantra MORPG Server and Client, and many other
-programs.")
+     "libev provides a full-featured and high-performance event loop that is
+loosely modelled after libevent.  It includes relative timers, absolute timers
+with customized rescheduling, synchronous signals, process status change
+events, event watchers dealing with the event loop itself, file watchers, and
+limited support for fork events.")
     (license
      (list bsd-2 gpl2+))))