packaging: Provide long descriptions

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 23e1b7b69d50e7d8ae606e259f22d2e8f5aae07e..fd7880b418695c45f24d78803e68b51824b3493f 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, hippotat-common
 Recommends: hippotat-doc, userv, userv-utils (>= 0.6.0~~iwj4)
 Description: IP Over HTTP (Asinine) - client
  IP-over-HTTP client.
+ .
+ Hippotat is a system to allow you to use your normal VPN, ssh, and
+ other applications, even in broken network environments that are only
+ ever tested with “web stuff”.
+ .
+ This package contains the client, which you typically run on your
+ laptop as and when required.
 
 Package: hippotat-server
 Architecture: any
@@ -54,6 +61,13 @@ Recommends: hippotat-doc, lsb-base, userv, userv-utils (>= 0.6.0~~iwj4)
 Suggests: authbind
 Description: IP Over HTTP (Asinine) - server
  IP-over-HTTP server.
+ .
+ Hippotat is a system to allow you to use your normal VPN, ssh, and
+ other applications, even in broken network environments that are only
+ ever tested with “web stuff”.
+ .
+ This package contains the server, which you would typically keep
+ running on a stable and well-connected machine.
 
 Package: hippotat-common
 Architecture: all
@@ -61,3 +75,10 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, adduser
 Recommends: ${sphinxdoc:Depends}
 Description: IP Over HTTP (Asinine) - common files, including docs
  IP-over-HTTP system common files, including documentation.
+ .
+ Hippotat is a system to allow you to use your normal VPN, ssh, and
+ other applications, even in broken network environments that are only
+ ever tested with “web stuff”.
+ .
+ This package contains the common files need by both client and
+ server, and the documentation.