nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/graphics/plotutils/default.nix
Bjørn Forsman c9baba9212 Fix many package descriptions
(My OCD kicked in today...)

Remove repeated package names, capitalize first word, remove trailing
periods and move overlong descriptions to longDescription.

I also simplified some descriptions as well, when they were particularly
long or technical, often based on Arch Linux' package descriptions.

I've tried to stay away from generated expressions (and I think I
succeeded).

Some specifics worth mentioning:
 * cron, has "Vixie Cron" in its description. The "Vixie" part is not
   mentioned anywhere else. I kept it in a parenthesis at the end of the
   description.

 * ctags description started with "Exuberant Ctags ...", and the
   "exuberant" part is not mentioned elsewhere. Kept it in a parenthesis
   at the end of description.

 * nix has the description "The Nix Deployment System". Since that
   doesn't really say much what it is/does (especially after removing
   the package name!), I changed that to "Powerful package manager that
   makes package management reliable and reproducible" (borrowed from
   nixos.org).

 * Tons of "GNU Foo, Foo is a [the important bits]" descriptions
   is changed to just [the important bits]. If the package name doesn't
   contain GNU I don't think it's needed to say it in the description
   either.
2014-08-24 22:31:37 +02:00

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{ fetchurl, stdenv, libpng }:
# debian splits this package into plotutils and libplot2c2
# gentoo passes X, this package contains fonts
# I'm only interested in making pstoedit convert to svg
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
name = "plotutils-2.6";
src = fetchurl {
url = "mirror://gnu/plotutils/${name}.tar.gz";
sha256 = "1arkyizn5wbgvbh53aziv3s6lmd3wm9lqzkhxb3hijlp1y124hjg";
};
buildInputs = [libpng];
patches = map fetchurl (import ./debian-patches.nix);
configureFlags = "--enable-libplotter"; # required for pstoedit
doCheck = true;
meta = {
description = "Powerful C/C++ library for exporting 2D vector graphics";
longDescription =
'' The GNU plotutils package contains software for both programmers and
technical users. Its centerpiece is libplot, a powerful C/C++
function library for exporting 2-D vector graphics in many file
formats, both vector and raster. It can also do vector graphics
animations.
libplot is device-independent in the sense that its API (application
programming interface) does not depend on the type of graphics file
to be exported.
Besides libplot, the package contains command-line programs for
plotting scientific data. Many of them use libplot to export
graphics.
'';
homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/;
license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
maintainers = [
stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber
stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo
];
platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;
};
}