02/03: gnu: iproute: Edit description.

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

nckx pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 35a4fefc01faa963c0a3bd2da4419882851e1580
Author: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
Date:   Wed Sep 6 15:26:54 2017 +0200

    gnu: iproute: Edit description.
    
    * gnu/packages/linux.scm (iproute)[description]: Re-order, be concise, and
    omit information that is obsolete, misleading, or irrelevant to Guix users.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 19 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 8f240e6..ac7a7a4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -1173,23 +1173,14 @@ that the Ethernet protocol is much simpler than the IP 
protocol.")
     (synopsis
      "Utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic in Linux")
     (description
-     "Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP
-networking and traffic with the Linux kernel.
+     "Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking
+and traffic with the Linux kernel.  The most important of these are
address@hidden, which configures IPv4 and IPv6, and @command{tc} for traffic
+control.
 
 Most network configuration manuals still refer to ifconfig and route as the
 primary network configuration tools, but ifconfig is known to behave
-inadequately in modern network environments.  They should be deprecated, but
-most distros still include them.  Most network configuration systems make use
-of ifconfig and thus provide a limited feature set.  The /etc/net project aims
-to support most modern network technologies, as it doesn't use ifconfig and
-allows a system administrator to make use of all iproute2 features, including
-traffic control.
-
-iproute2 is usually shipped in a package called iproute or iproute2 and
-consists of several tools, of which the most important are @command{ip} and
address@hidden  @command{ip} controls IPv4 and IPv6 configuration and
address@hidden stands for traffic control.  Both tools print detailed usage
-messages and are accompanied by a set of manpages.")
+inadequately in modern network environments, and both should be deprecated.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 ;; There are two packages for net-tools. The first, net-tools, is more recent