From d7f99b3b767e50e73afbe041a2887aa1c878d990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 宋文武 Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 18:56:18 +0800 Subject: gnu: perl: Improve description. Fixes . * gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl)[description]: Use description from 'perlintro'. --- gnu/packages/perl.scm | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm index 4d70e019b9..1bf4cb15fe 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm @@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ (files '("lib/perl5/site_perl"))))) (synopsis "Implementation of the Perl programming language") (description - "Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over -24 years of development.") + "Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for +text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system +administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and +more.") (home-page "http://www.perl.org/") (license gpl1+))) ; or "Artistic" -- cgit 1.4.1