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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-07 11:51:14 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-07 11:53:01 +0200
commit0d56e3e1bc7269c403c72ba265cec44d4757d1a1 (patch)
treeca54be17cf693e356efcfac2d88c7a721dbcd631 /gnu/packages
parent14f8dae6b1e42cfd37678d64c137932b91656a41 (diff)
downloadguix-0d56e3e1bc7269c403c72ba265cec44d4757d1a1.tar.gz
gnu: python-wrapper: Improve synopsis and description.
* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-wrapper): Add 'synopsis' field; provide
  literal 'description' value.
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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/python.scm9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 05c1f504ef..08f5bca2c7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -280,9 +280,12 @@ data types.")
                              (string-append bin "/" new)))
                   `("python3", "pydoc3", "idle3")
                   `("python",  "pydoc",  "idle"))))))
-    (description (string-append (package-description python)
-     "\n\nThis wrapper package provides symbolic links to the python binaries
-      without version suffix."))))
+    (synopsis "Wrapper for the Python 3 commands")
+    (description
+     "This package provides wrappers for the commands of Python@tie{}3.x such
+that they can be invoked under their usual name---e.g., @command{python}
+instead of @command{python3}.")))
+
 
 (define-public python-psutil
   (package