From a1e99b297886e65937422701f88f6d4c0eb32ce0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonas Smedegaard Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:58:00 +0100 Subject: Reuse parts of upstream README as long description. --- debian/control.in | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'debian') diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in index 7df5321..58e2fc9 100644 --- a/debian/control.in +++ b/debian/control.in @@ -14,13 +14,21 @@ Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} Description: XMPP gateway to connect to IRC servers - This package translates between XMPP and IRC protocols. It can be used to - connect to IRC channels using any XMPP client as if these channels were XMPP - MUCs. + Biboumi is an XMPP gateway that connects to IRC servers and translates + between the two protocols. It can be used to access IRC channels using + any XMPP client as if these channels were XMPP MUCs. . - The goal is to provide a way to access most of IRC features using any XMPP - client. It doesn’t however try to provide a complete mapping of the features of - both worlds simply because this is not useful and most probably impossible. + It is written in modern C++14 and makes great efforts to have as little + dependencies and to be as simple as possible. . - If IRC is the limiting factor then biboumi doesn’t try to work around this - issue. An important goal of the tool is to keep the software light and simple. \ No newline at end of file + The goal is to provide a way to access most of IRC features using any + XMPP client. It doesn’t however try to provide a complete mapping of + the features of both worlds simply because this is not useful and most + probably impossible. For example all IRC modes are not all + translatable into an XMPP features. Some of them are (like +m (mute) + or +o (operator) modes), but some others are IRC-specific. If IRC is + the limiting factor (for example you cannot have a non-ASCII nickname + on IRC) then biboumi doesn’t try to work around this issue: it just + enforces the rules of the IRC server by telling the user that he/she + must choose an ASCII-only nickname. An important goal is to keep the + software (and its code) light and simple. -- cgit v1.2.3