Update long descriptions

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 809bab4c0..02c92292e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ strongswan (5.1.0-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - install certexpire and unity plugins.
     - install lookip binary and plugin.
     - install error-notify binary and plugin.
+  * debian/control:
+    - update long description, thanks to Justin B Rye.          closes: #725085
 
  -- Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>  Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:35:37 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 73ac43591..7a39dc4cf 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,13 +20,8 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, strongswan-ike
 Suggests: network-manager-strongswan
 Description: IPsec VPN solution metapackage
- The strongSwan VPN suite is based on the IPsec stack in standard Linux 2.6
- kernels. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
- .
- StrongSwan is one of the two remaining forks of the original FreeS/WAN
- project and focuses on IKEv2 support, X.509 authentication and complete PKI
- support. For a focus on Opportunistic Encryption (OE) and interoperability
- with non-standard IPsec features, see Openswan.
+ The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux
+ kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
  .
  This metapackage installs the packages required to maintain IKEv1 and IKEv2
  connections via ipsec.conf or ipsec.secrets.
@@ -38,9 +33,8 @@ Conflicts: strongswan (<< 4.2.12-1)
 Breaks: strongswan-ikev2 (<< 4.6.4)
 Replaces: strongswan-ikev2 (<< 4.6.4)
 Description: strongSwan utility and crypto library
- StrongSwan is an IPsec-based VPN solution for the Linux kernel. It uses the
- native IPsec stack and runs on any recent 2.6 kernel (no patching required).
- It supports both IKEv1 and the newer IKEv2 protocols.
+ The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
+ Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
  .
  This package provides the underlying library of charon and other strongSwan
  components. It is built in a modular way and is extendable through various
@@ -52,11 +46,10 @@ Section: debug
 Priority: extra
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, strongswan, libstrongswan
 Description: strongSwan library and binaries - debugging symbols
- StrongSwan is an IPsec-based VPN solution for the Linux kernel. It uses the
- native IPsec stack and runs on any recent 2.6 kernel (no patching required).
- It supports both IKEv1 and the newer IKEv2 protocols.
+ The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
+ Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
  .
- This package provides the symbols needed for debugging of strongswan.
+ This package provides the symbols needed for debugging of strongSwan.
 
 Package: strongswan-starter
 Architecture: any
@@ -65,13 +58,12 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
   adduser
 Conflicts: strongswan (<< 4.2.12-1)
 Description: strongSwan daemon starter and configuration file parser
- StrongSwan is an IPsec-based VPN solution for Linux and other Unixes. It uses
- the native IPsec stack and runs on any recent kernel (no patching required).
- It supports both IKEv1 and the newer IKEv2 protocols.
+ The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
+ Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
  .
- The starter and the associated "ipsec" script control the charon daemon
- from the command line. It parses ipsec.conf and loads the configurations to
- the daemon.
+ The starter and the associated "ipsec" script control the charon daemon from
+ the command line. It parses ipsec.conf and loads the configurations to the
+ daemon.
 
 Package: strongswan-ike
 Architecture: any
@@ -84,22 +76,20 @@ Provides: ike-server
 Conflicts: freeswan (<< 2.04-12), openswan, strongswan (<< 4.2.12-1)
 Replaces: strongswan-ikev1, strongswan-ikev2
 Description: strongSwan Internet Key Exchange (v2) daemon
- StrongSwan is an IPsec-based VPN solution for the Linux kernel. It uses the
- native IPsec stack and runs on any recent 2.6 kernel (no patching required).
- It supports both IKEv1 and the newer IKEv2 protocols.
+ The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
+ Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
  .
- Charon is an IPsec IKEv2 daemon. It is
- written from scratch using a fully multi-threaded design and a modular
- architecture. Various plugins provide additional functionality.
+ charon is an IPsec IKEv2 daemon. It is written from scratch using a fully
+ multi-threaded design and a modular architecture. Various plugins provide
+ additional functionality.
 
 Package: strongswan-nm
 Architecture: linux-any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, strongswan-ike
 Recommends: network-manager-strongswan
 Description: strongSwan plugin to interact with NetworkManager
- StrongSwan is an IPsec-based VPN solution for the Linux kernel. It uses the
- native IPsec stack and runs on any recent 2.6 kernel (no patching required).
- It supports both IKEv1 and the newer IKEv2 protocols.
+ The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
+ Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
  .
  This plugin provides an interface which allows NetworkManager to configure
  and control the IKEv2 daemon directly through D-Bus. It is designed to work
@@ -111,23 +101,23 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, strongswan-ike
 Section: oldlibs
 Priority: extra
-Description: strongswan IKEv1 daemon, transitional package
- StrongSwan is an IPsec-based VPN solution for the Linux kernel. It uses the
- native IPsec stack and runs on any recent 2.6 kernel (no patching required).
- It supports both IKEv1 and the newer IKEv2 protocols.
+Description: strongSwan IKEv1 daemon, transitional package
+ The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
+ Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
  .
  This package used to install the pluto daemon, implementing the IKEv1
- protocol. It has been replaced by charon in the strongswan-ike package.
+ protocol. It has been replaced by charon in the strongswan-ike package, so
+ this package can be safely removed once it's installed.
 
 Package: strongswan-ikev2
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, strongswan-ike
 Section: oldlibs
 Priority: extra
-Description: strongswan IKEv2 daemon, transitional package
- StrongSwan is an IPsec-based VPN solution for the Linux kernel. It uses the
- native IPsec stack and runs on any recent 2.6 kernel (no patching required).
- It supports both IKEv1 and the newer IKEv2 protocols.
+Description: strongSwan IKEv2 daemon, transitional package
+ The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
+ Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
  .
  This package used to install the charon daemon, implementing the IKEv2
- protocol. It has been replaced the strongswan-ike package.
+ protocol. It has been replaced the strongswan-ike package, so it can be safely
+ removed.