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01/01: gnu: perl: Improve description.


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Subject: 01/01: gnu: perl: Improve description.
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 07:12:02 -0400 (EDT)

iyzsong pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit d7f99b3b767e50e73afbe041a2887aa1c878d990
Author: 宋文武 <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Sep 9 18:56:18 2018 +0800

    gnu: perl: Improve description.
    
    Fixes <https://bug.gnu.org/32650>.
    
    * 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 4d70e01..1bf4cb1 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"
 



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