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directfb: add help text to Config.in, note broken URL

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PATCH 1/1 directfb: add help text to Config.in, note broken URL

Adds descriptive help text to Config.in based on content from elinux.org and Wikipedia. Notes that http://www.directfb.org/ has been broken for more than five months and suggests using http://elinux.org/DirectFB instead.

Signed-off-by Jonathan Ben-Avraham <[email protected]>
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 package/directfb/Config.in | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
package/directfb/Config.in +7 -1
index 73425d3..638e4e1 100644
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
-	  http://www.directfb.org/
+	  DirectFB (Direct Frame Buffer) is a set of graphics APIs implemented
+	  on top of the Linux Frame Buffer (fbdev) abstraction layer. It is an
+	  alternative to X11 with a smaller memory footprint that still has an
+	  integrated windowing system. As of 4 October 2015, DirectFB's website
+	  http://www.directfb.org/ is down. See alternative site listed below.
+
+	  http://elinux.org/DirectFB
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
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PATCH 1/1 directfb: add help text to Config.in, note broken URL

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"Jonathan" == Jonathan Ben-Avraham <[email protected]> writes:

Adds descriptive help text to Config.in based on content from elinux.org and Wikipedia. Notes that http://www.directfb.org/ has been broken for more than five months and suggests using http://elinux.org/DirectFB instead.

Signed-off-by Jonathan Ben-Avraham <[email protected]>

Committed, thanks.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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PATCH 1/1 directfb: add help text to Config.in, note broken URL

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Quoted 5 lines · Jonathan Ben-Avraham

Adds descriptive help text to Config.in based on content from elinux.org and Wikipedia. Notes that http://www.directfb.org/ has been broken for more than five months and suggests using http://elinux.org/DirectFB instead.

Signed-off-by Jonathan Ben-Avraham <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <[email protected]>

Regards,
Arnout

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 package/directfb/Config.in | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
package/directfb/Config.in +7 -1
index 73425d3..638e4e1 100644
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
-	  http://www.directfb.org/
+	  DirectFB (Direct Frame Buffer) is a set of graphics APIs implemented
+	  on top of the Linux Frame Buffer (fbdev) abstraction layer. It is an
+	  alternative to X11 with a smaller memory footprint that still has an
+	  integrated windowing system. As of 4 October 2015, DirectFB's website
+	  http://www.directfb.org/ is down. See alternative site listed below.
+
+	  http://elinux.org/DirectFB
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
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