nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/misc/gpsbabel/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, zlib, expat, which }:
let version = "1.4.3"; in
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "gpsbabel-${version}";
src = fetchurl {
# gpgbabel.org makes it hard to get the source tarball automatically, so
# get it from elsewhere.
url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/g/gpsbabel/gpsbabel_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
sha256 = "1s31xa36ivf836h89m1f3qiaz3c3znvqjdm0bnh8vr2jjlrz9jdi";
};
# FIXME: Would need libxml2 for one of the tests, but that in turns require
# network access for the XML schemas.
buildInputs = [ zlib expat which ];
/* FIXME: Building the documentation, with "make doc", requires this:
[ libxml2 libxslt perl docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xsl fop ]
But FOP isn't packaged yet. */
preConfigure = "cd gpsbabel";
configureFlags = [ "--with-zlib=system" ];
doCheck = true;
meta = {
description = "Convert, upload and download data from GPS and Map programs";
longDescription = ''
GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular
GPS receivers and mapping programs. It also has powerful
manipulation tools for such data.
By flattening the Tower of Babel that the authors of various
programs for manipulating GPS data have imposed upon us, it
returns to us the ability to freely move our own waypoint data
between the programs and hardware we choose to use.
It contains extensive data manipulation abilities making it a
convenient for server-side processing or as the backend for
other tools.
It does not convert, transfer, send, or manipulate maps. We
process data that may (or may not be) placed on a map, such as
waypoints, tracks, and routes.
'';
homepage = http://www.gpsbabel.org/;
license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu; # arbitrary choice
};
}