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18/22: gnu: sysprof: Expand description.


From: guix-commits
Subject: 18/22: gnu: sysprof: Expand description.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:25:13 -0400 (EDT)

nckx pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 95cd53c1870dc4a76ddaf8c3e47f87a16369f05a
Author: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
AuthorDate: Wed Aug 19 01:49:55 2020 +0200

    gnu: sysprof: Expand description.
    
    * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (synopsis, description): Elongate.
---
 gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index a71d4ab..7ceab95 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -11262,10 +11262,14 @@ GObject introspection bindings.")
     ;; This home page is so woefully out of date as to be essentially useless.
     ;; (home-page "http://www.sysprof.com";)
     (home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof";)
-    (synopsis "System-wide performance profiler")
-    (description "Sysprof is a sampling profiler that uses a kernel module
-to generate stacktraces which are then interpreted by the userspace program
-@command{sysprof}.")
+    (synopsis "System-wide performance profiler for GNU/Linux")
+    (description
+     "Sysprof performs detailed, accurate, and fast CPU profiling of an entire
+GNU/Linux system including the kernel and all user-space applications.  This
+helps find the function(s) in which a program spends most of its time.
+
+It uses the kernel's built-in @code{ptrace} feature and handles shared
+libraries.  Applications do not need to be recompiled--or even restarted.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public gnome-builder



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