From: Thomas Goirand Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 21:39:59 +0000 (-0800) Subject: debian: Improve long descriptions so as to better describe the packages. X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?p=sliver-openvswitch.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e44acfe6a8cfb2b670b8380a26561557125d480e debian: Improve long descriptions so as to better describe the packages. Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Thomas Goirand Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff --- diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 1d6859e79..7666c82b0 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -16,17 +16,31 @@ Architecture: all Depends: module-assistant, bzip2, debhelper (>= 5.0.37), ${misc:Depends} Suggests: openvswitch-switch Description: Open vSwitch datapath module source - module-assistant version + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . This package provides the Open vSwitch datapath module source code that is needed by openvswitch-switch. The kernel module can be built from it using module-assistant or make-kpkg. README.Debian in this package provides further instructions. - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch. Package: openvswitch-datapath-dkms Architecture: all Depends: dkms (>= 1.95), make, libc6-dev, ${misc:Depends} Description: Open vSwitch datapath module source - DKMS version + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . This package provides the Open vSwitch datapath module source code that is needed by openvswitch-switch. DKMS can built the kernel module from it. @@ -38,20 +52,32 @@ Depends: python (>= 2.7) | python-argparse Suggests: ethtool Description: Open vSwitch common components + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . openvswitch-common provides components required by both openvswitch-switch and openvswitch-controller. - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch. Package: openvswitch-switch Architecture: linux-any Suggests: openvswitch-datapath-module Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, openvswitch-common (= ${binary:Version}), module-init-tools, procps, uuid-runtime Description: Open vSwitch switch implementations + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . openvswitch-switch provides the userspace components and utilities for the Open vSwitch kernel-based switch. - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch. Package: openvswitch-ipsec Architecture: linux-any @@ -63,10 +89,16 @@ Depends: openvswitch-switch (= ${binary:Version}), python-openvswitch (= ${source:Version}) Description: Open vSwitch GRE-over-IPsec support + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . The ovs-monitor-ipsec script provides support for encrypting GRE tunnels with IPsec. - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch. Package: openvswitch-pki Architecture: all @@ -74,11 +106,17 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, openvswitch-common (>= ${source:Version}), openvswitch-common (<< ${source:Version}.1~) Description: Open vSwitch public key infrastructure dependency package + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . openvswitch-pki provides PKI (public key infrastructure) support for Open vSwitch switches and controllers, reducing the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks on the Open vSwitch network infrastructure. - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch. Package: openvswitch-controller Architecture: linux-any @@ -86,10 +124,16 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, openvswitch-common (= ${binary:Version}), openvswitch-pki (= ${source:Version}), ${misc:Depends} Description: Open vSwitch controller implementation + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . The Open vSwitch controller enables OpenFlow switches that connect to it to act as MAC-learning Ethernet switches. - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch. Package: openvswitch-brcompat Architecture: linux-any @@ -97,6 +141,14 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, openvswitch-switch (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends} Recommends: bridge-utils Description: Open vSwitch bridge compatibility support + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . openvswitch-brcompat provides a way for applications that use the Linux bridge to gradually migrate to Open vSwitch. Programs that ordinarily control the Linux bridge module, such as "brctl", instead @@ -104,8 +156,6 @@ Description: Open vSwitch bridge compatibility support . Once this package is installed, adding BRCOMPAT=yes in /etc/default/openvswitch-switch enables bridge compatibility. - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch. Package: openvswitch-dbg Section: debug @@ -117,6 +167,14 @@ Depends: openvswitch-ipsec (= ${binary:Version}), openvswitch-switch (= ${binary:Version}) Description: Debug symbols for Open vSwitch packages + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . This package contains the debug symbols for all the other openvswitch-* packages. Install it to debug one of them or to examine a core dump produced by one of them. @@ -126,6 +184,14 @@ Architecture: all Section: python Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends} Description: Python bindings for Open vSwitch + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . This package contains the full Python bindings for Open vSwitch database. Package: ovsdbmonitor @@ -133,19 +199,31 @@ Architecture: all Section: utils Depends: ${python:Depends}, python-openvswitch, ${misc:Depends} Description: Open vSwitch graphical monitoring tool + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . This package is a GUI tool for monitoring and troubleshooting local or remote Open vSwitch installations. It presents GUI tables that graphically represent an Open vSwitch kernel flow table (similar to "ovs-dpctl dump-flows") and Open vSwitch database contents (similar to "ovs-vsctl list "). - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch. Package: openvswitch-test Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python-twisted-web, python (>= 2.7) | python-argparse Description: Open vSwitch test package + Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet + virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through + programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces + and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In + addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical + servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus + 1000V. + . This package contains utilities that are useful to diagnose performance and connectivity issues in Open vSwitch setup. - . - Open vSwitch is a full-featured software-based Ethernet switch.