Clarification in package description needed

[Jerzy Jalocha N]

Binary package hint: cvs

Right now, the cvs package description doesn't make it clear if it installs the client, server, or both:

[CODE]
$ aptitude show cvs
...
Description: Concurrent Versions System
 CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files
 (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc.,
 like RCS or SCCS. Unlike the simpler systems, CVS does not just operate on one
 file at a time or one directory at a time, but operates on hierarchical
 collections of directories consisting of version controlled files.

 CVS helps to manage releases and to control the concurrent editing of source
 files among multiple authors. CVS allows triggers to enable/log/control
 various operations and works well over a wide area network.
[/CODE]

Please, make it clear, what this package installs, exactly.

Related Bug #331080: make separate package for cvs client

[Thorsten Glaser (mirabilos)]

will be fixed with the next Debian import, after I upload the new cvs package

[Jerzy Jalocha N (jjalocha)]

I am no longer using Ubuntu/Debian, but I do appreciate that you are working on this.

Thank you very much!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package cvs - 2:1.12.13+real-5

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cvs (2:1.12.13+real-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * Drop PAM entirely, it was specific to Debian anyway
  * Add cvs-switchroot, from src/scripts/mnt-cvsroot (Closes: #41685)
  * Drop some old and irrelevant changelogs from the binary package
  * Update from MirPorts 1.12.13-11 = MirOS BSD 0AAE.2
  * Revert most of 65_login_cvspass_message and just be silent if the
    pserver client password file doesn't exist and create it silently
    if needed (Closes: #524146)
  * Honour noexec flag in 'cvs -n init' (Closes: #151982)
  * Sync modules option list with cederqvist (Closes: #226888)
  * Apply patch for assert on negated version numbers on diff
    (Closes: #297551)
    From: Peter Moulder <email address hidden>
  * Change cvs add dir message (Closes: #294094)
  * Accept port when using extssh connection method (Closes: #151882)
  * Write a new command for direct ,v file download (Closes: #421119)
  * Drop broken libbsd.fd.o headers and shut up gcc 4.6 warnings
  * Fix piuparts breakage: ignore delgroup non-existence on purge
  * Deliver a NEWS.Debian (Closes: #626106)
  * d/README.source: Update, call to automake is now also needed

cvs (2:1.12.13+real-4) unstable; urgency=low

  * Renamed .orig.tar.gz due to archive pathname conflict
  * d/README.source: Document patch location (VCS-CVS, VCS-Browser alike)
  * New build from MirPorts 1.12.13-10 = MirOS BSD 0AAE.1
    - Contains changes from cvs (1:1.12.13-12ubuntu1):
      + Apply fix from Kees Cook to avoid %n in writable memory (LP: #296453)
    - Other BTS relevant changes:
      + Allow CVSROOT-less “version” (LP: #97683) and “cvs version”
      + Update loginfo documentation, ‘%{t}’ is indeed gone (Closes: #329151)
      + Lower syslog level from emergency (Closes: #563856)
      + Fix awk substr start argument, thanks John Hughes (Closes: #518600)
      + Rename nodes with colons in them (Closes: #113809)
      + Fix typo (Closes: #464137)
      + Document missing rcs2log(1) options (Closes: #306354) and fix dashes
  * Upload new package to Debian unstable (Closes: #306432)
    (Closes: #458864) (Closes: #464134) (Closes: #479752)
    (Closes: #576035) (Closes: #614700) (Closes: #617578)
    - Drop PAM (Closes: #340984) (Closes: #393436)
    - No longer installs repositories (Closes: #168300)
      (Closes: #408117) (Closes: #482301) (Closes: #499790)
      (Closes: #511643) (Closes: #607297)
    - Deprecate pserver (Closes: #343169) (Closes: #495938)
    - Drop Origin and Bugs headers again (upload to Debian proper)
      and old (pre-Debian upload) private repo changelog entries
    - Thank you, Steve, for handing over package maintainership!
  * Clarify package description (LP: #377411)
  * Build with Kerberos V support (Closes: #60800) (LP: #157760)
  * Recommends: openssh-client; Suggests: rcs
 -- Thorsten Glaser <email address hidden> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:45:16 +0000