[Pkg-xen-changes] [xen] 01/02: Expand on the descriptions of some packages. (Closes: #466683)

[Ian Campbell]

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commit a0597a962e12d396b1a4dfc208b97e1c391c5300
Author: Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk>
Date:   Sun Aug 31 02:54:23 2014 +0100

    Expand on the descriptions of some packages. (Closes: #466683)
---
 debian/changelog                 |  6 ++++++
 debian/templates/control.main.in | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5e62065..a8e387a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+xen (4.4.0-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Expand on the descriptions of some packages. (Closes: #466683)
+
+ -- Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk>  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:53:20 +0100
+
 xen (4.4.0-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Bastian Blank ]
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index df4bf57..6ffc1cb 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -3,28 +3,51 @@ Section: libs
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Multi-Arch: same
 Description: Public libs for Xen
- This package contains the shared libraries for Xen.
+ This package contains the shared toolstack libraries for Xen.
 
 Package: libxenstore3.0
 Section: libs
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Multi-Arch: same
 Description: Xenstore communications library for Xen
- This package contains the public libxenstore.
+ This package contains the client library interface to XenStore.
+ .
 
 Package: libxen-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Depends: libxen- at version@ (= ${binary:Version}), libxenstore3.0 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Public headers and libs for Xen
  This package contains the public headers and static libraries for Xen.
+ .
+ The libxenlight library is intended as a common base for all Xen toolstack
+ developers. The libxlutil library contains additional helpers which may be
+ useful to toolstack developers.
+ .
+ The libxenstore library allows userspace processes to interact with the
+ XenStore database. XenStore is a shared database used for interdomain
+ communication of configuration and status information. It is accessible to all
+ domains running on the same Xen host. See http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XenStore
+ for more information.
+ .
+ The libxenctrl and libxenguest libraries are internal libraries intended for
+ use by the Xen toolstack and are not intended to be used directly. Toolstack
+ authors should use libxenlight.
 
 Package: xenstore-utils
 Section: admin
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Conflicts: xen-utils-common (<= 3.1.0-1)
 Replaces: xen-utils-common (<= 3.1.0-1)
-Description: Xenstore utilities for Xen
- This package contains the Xenstore utilities.
+Description: Xenstore command line utilities for Xen
+ This package contains command line utilities for interacting with XenStore.
+ .
+ XenStore is a shared database used for interdomain communication of
+ configuration and status information. It is accessible to all domains running
+ on the same Xen host. See http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XenStore for more information.
+ .
+ In the common case these tools are used by the Xen toolstack running in
+ domain0 (or a driver domain) however they may also be used in a guest domain
+ to support local scripting which wants to communicate via XenStore.
 
 Package: xen-utils-common
 Architecture: all

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