From d7f99b3b767e50e73afbe041a2887aa1c878d990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6?= <iyzsong@member.fsf.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 18:56:18 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: perl: Improve description.

Fixes <https://bug.gnu.org/32650>.

* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl)[description]: Use description from 'perlintro'.
---
 gnu/packages/perl.scm | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 4d70e019b9..1bf4cb15fe 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@
                                 (files '("lib/perl5/site_perl")))))
     (synopsis "Implementation of the Perl programming language")
     (description
-     "Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over
-24 years of development.")
+     "Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for
+text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system
+administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and
+more.")
     (home-page "http://www.perl.org/")
     (license gpl1+)))                          ; or "Artistic"