[Pkg-kde-commits] rev 1044 - branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian
Riku Voipio
riku@costa.debian.org
Mon, 02 May 2005 21:11:59 +0000
Author: riku
Date: 2005-05-02 21:11:58 +0000 (Mon, 02 May 2005)
New Revision: 1044
Modified:
branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian/changelog
branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian/control
Log:
Testing svn commit access by updating kdenetwork descriptions
Modified: branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian/changelog 2005-05-01 12:10:45 UTC (rev 1043)
+++ branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian/changelog 2005-05-02 21:11:58 UTC (rev 1044)
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
* Created XPM icons for packages having a menu file. Install them in
/usr/share/pixmaps and update the menu entries to use them.
+ +++ Changes by Riku Voipio:
+
+ * Provide better descriptions for applictions (Closes: #287185)
+
-- Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org> Fri, 4 Mar 2005 16:30:07 +0100
kdenetwork (4:3.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
Modified: branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian/control
===================================================================
--- branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian/control 2005-05-01 12:10:45 UTC (rev 1043)
+++ branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdenetwork/debian/control 2005-05-02 21:11:58 UTC (rev 1044)
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Description: RSS utilities for KDE
- The dcoprss package provides utilities that can be used by
- applications to retrieve RSS information.
+ kdenetwork-dcoprss is a RSS to DCOP bridge, allowing all
+ DCOP aware applications to access RSS news feeds. There is also
+ a few sample utilities provided.
.
+ RSS is a standard for publishing news headlines.
+ DCOP is the KDE interprocess communication protocol.
+ .
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -54,9 +58,13 @@
Section: kde
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
-Description: torrent metainfo plugin for KDE
- This package provides a metainformation plugin for torrents.
+Enhances: konqueror
+Description: torrent metainfo plugin for KDE
+ This package provides a metainformation plugin for bittorrent files.
.
+ Kde uses kfile-plugins to provide metainfo tab in the files properties
+ dialog in konqueror and other file-handling applications.
+ .
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -80,7 +88,9 @@
Provides: dict-client
Description: dictionary client for KDE
KDict is an advanced KDE graphical client for the DICT Protocol, with full
- Unicode support.
+ Unicode support. It enables you to search through dictionary databases for a
+ word or phrase, then displays suitable definitions. KDict tries to ease basic as
+ well as advanced queries.
.
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -91,7 +101,12 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Suggests: khelpcenter
Description: download manager for KDE
- This package provides a download manager for KDE.
+ KGET is a a download manager similar to GetRight or Go!zilla. It keeps
+ all your downloads in one dialog and you can add and remove transfers.
+ Transfers can be paused, resumed, queued or scheduled.
+ Dialogs display info about status of transfers - progress, size, speed
+ and remaining time. Program supports drag & drop from KDE
+ applications and Netscape.
.
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -103,7 +118,10 @@
Suggests: khelpcenter, knewsticker-scripts
Description: news ticker applet for KDE
This is a news ticker applet for the KDE panel. It can scroll news from
- your favorite news sites, such as /. and freshmeat.
+ your favorite news sites, such as lwn.net, /. and freshmeat.net.
+ To achieve this, KNewsTicker requires the news sites to provide a
+ RSS feed to newsitems. KNewsTicker already comes with a selection of
+ good news sources which provide such files.
.
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -136,7 +154,10 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Suggests: khelpcenter
Description: public fileserver for KDE
- This package contains a public fileserver for KDE.
+ kpf provides simple file sharing using HTTP. kpf is strictly a public fileserver,
+ which means that there are no access restrictions to shared files. Whatever
+ you select for sharing is available to anyone. kpf is designed to be used for
+ sharing files with friends.
.
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -147,8 +168,14 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ppp
Suggests: khelpcenter
Description: modem dialer and ppp frontend for KDE
- This is a modem dialer GUI for ppp, based KDE.
+ KPPP is a dialer and front end for pppd. It allows for interactive
+ script generation and network setup. It will automate the dialing in
+ process to your ISP while letting you conveniently monitor the entire
+ process.
.
+ Once connected KPPP will provide a rich set of statistics and keep
+ track of the time spent online for you.
+ .
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -159,7 +186,7 @@
Conflicts: rdesktop (<= 1.3.1-1 )
Recommends: rdesktop
Suggests: khelpcenter
-Description: remote desktop client for KDE
+Description: Remote Desktop Connection for KDE
krdc is an KDE graphical client for the rfb protocol, used by VNC,
and if rdesktop is installed, krdc can connect to Windows Terminal
Servers using RDP.
@@ -172,9 +199,13 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Suggests: khelpcenter
-Description: remote screen server for KDE
- KRfb is a small server for the RFB protocol, better known as VNC. Unlike
- most RFB servers, KRfb allows you to share your X11 session.
+Description: Desktop Sharing for KDE
+ Desktop Sharing (krfb) is a server application that allows you to share
+ your current session with a user on another machine, who can use a
+ VNC client like krdc to view or even control the desktop. It doesn't
+ require you to start a new X session - it can share the current session.
+ This makes it very useful when you want someone to help you perform a
+ task.
.
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -202,7 +233,10 @@
Provides: talkd
Replaces: talkd
Description: talk daemon for KDE
- This package contains the talk daemon for KDE.
+ KTalkd is an enhanced talk daemon - a program to handle incoming talk
+ requests, announce them and allow you to respond to it using a talk
+ client. Note that KTalkd is designed to run on a single-user workstation,
+ and shouldn't be run on a multi-user machine.
.
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -213,7 +247,10 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Suggests: khelpcenter
Description: wireless lan manager for KDE
- This package contains the wireless lan manager for KDE.
+ KWiFiManager suite is a set of tools which allows you to manage your
+ wireless LAN connection under the K Desktop Environment. It provides
+ information about your current connection. KWiFiManager supports every
+ wavelan card that uses the wireless extensions interface.
.
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.
@@ -224,6 +261,8 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Description: RSS library for KDE
This is the runtime package for programs that use the KDE RSS library.
+ End users should not need to install this, it should get installed
+ automatically when needed.
.
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE network module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdenetwork' packages for more information.