r25129 - /trunk/libfile-localizenewlines-perl/debian/control

[dmn at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: dmn
Date: Sun Sep 14 14:29:28 2008
New Revision: 25129

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-perl/?sc=1&rev=25129
Log:
fill in long description

Modified:
    trunk/libfile-localizenewlines-perl/debian/control

Modified: trunk/libfile-localizenewlines-perl/debian/control
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-perl/trunk/libfile-localizenewlines-perl/debian/control?rev=25129&op=diff
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--- trunk/libfile-localizenewlines-perl/debian/control (original)
+++ trunk/libfile-localizenewlines-perl/debian/control Sun Sep 14 14:29:28 2008
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@
  libfile-find-rule-perl (>= 0.20), libparams-util-perl (>= 0.10),
  libclass-default-perl (>= 1.0), libfile-slurp-perl (>= 9999.04)
 Description: Localize the newlines for one or more files
- Localize the newlines for one or more files
+ For people that routinely work with a mixture of different platforms
+ that have conflicting newline formats (mainly *NIX and Win32) there are
+ a number of different situations that can result in files having their
+ newlines get corrupted.
  .
- This description was automagically extracted from the module by dh-make-perl.
+ File::LocalizeNewlines provides a mechanism for one off or bulk
+ detection and conversion of these files to the newline style for the
+ local platform.
+ .
+ File::LocalizeNewlines implements the conversion using a standard
+ "universal line seperator" regex, which ensures that files with any of
+ the different newlines, plus a couple of common "broken" newlines,
+ including multiple different types mixed in the same file, are all
+ converted to the local platform's newline style.