59 files changed, 126 insertions, 126 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt.inc
index 83411a968a..b528c00fd8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Advanced front-end for dpkg."
+SUMMARY = "Advanced front-end for dpkg"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2.0+"
 SECTION = "base"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake.inc
index 014ff5a750..69f4fe29b1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2005, Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV.  All Rights Reserved
 # Released under the MIT license (see packages/COPYING)
 
-DESCRIPTION = "A cross-platform, open-source make system"
+SUMMARY = "Cross-platform, open-source make system"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.cmake.org/"
 BUGTRACKER = "http://public.kitware.com/Bug/my_view_page.php"
 SECTION = "console/utils"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-native_0.22.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-native_0.22.bb
index 2a77642617..6f73564b4a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-native_0.22.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-native_0.22.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SECTION = "console/utils"
+SUMMARY = "Command line utilities for working with *.desktop files"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils"
-DESCRIPTION = "command line utilities to work with *.desktop files"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_2.12.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_2.12.bb
index ee6aa6ab9b..3fc75fed6a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_2.12.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_2.12.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table related utilities"
+SUMMARY = "DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table related utilities"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=393a5ca445f6965873eca0259a17f833"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
index d5dc412cd9..0ccfd74f54 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Package maintenance system for Debian."
+SUMMARY = "Package maintenance system from Debian"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2.0+"
 SECTION = "base"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.148.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.148.bb
index 6336a09101..110624297e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.148.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.148.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle compiled objects."
+SUMMARY = "Utilities and libraries for handling compiled object files"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils"
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "(GPL-2+ & Elfutils-Exception)"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.155.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.155.bb
index 14eac26d83..b1f410c0f6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.155.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.155.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle compiled objects."
+SUMMARY = "Utilities and libraries for handling compiled object files"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils"
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "(GPLv3 & Elfutils-Exception)"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc
index 112e8ce7c7..feb402e75d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "The GNU cc and gcc C compilers."
+SUMMARY = "GNU cc and gcc C compilers"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-canadian.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-canadian.inc
index 136f26719e..477f499276 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-canadian.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-canadian.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 inherit cross-canadian
 
-DESCRIPTION = "The cross-canadian GNU cc and gcc C compilers for ${TARGET_ARCH} target."
+SUMMARY = "GNU cc and gcc C compilers (cross-canadian for ${TARGET_ARCH} target)"
 PN = "gcc-cross-canadian-${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}"
 BPN = "gcc"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-common.inc
index 695495416f..31b5d73bbe 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-common.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "gdb - GNU debugger"
+SUMMARY = "GNU debugger"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/"
 LICENSE="GPLv3+"
 SECTION = "devel"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian.inc
index 653f52baaf..e594bb12f5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 inherit cross-canadian
 inherit python-dir
 
-DESCRIPTION = "cross-canadian gdb for ${TARGET_ARCH} target - GNU debugger"
+SUMMARY = "GNU debugger (cross-canadian gdb for ${TARGET_ARCH} target)"
 PN = "gdb-cross-canadian-${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}"
 BPN = "gdb"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
index f33069c7ca..024bd9cc60 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "The git revision control system used by the Linux kernel developers"
+SUMMARY = "Distributed version control system"
 SECTION = "console/utils"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 DEPENDS = "openssl curl zlib expat"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/guilt/guilt-native_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/guilt/guilt-native_git.bb
index 9c75c3c970..e88ae2cc13 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/guilt/guilt-native_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/guilt/guilt-native_git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "guilt is quilt like tool for git"
+SUMMARY = "quilt-like tool for Git"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b6f3400dc1a01cebafe8a52b3f344135"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/help2man/help2man-native_1.43.3.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/help2man/help2man-native_1.43.3.bb
index d20cee1cbd..5bf6149d14 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/help2man/help2man-native_1.43.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/help2man/help2man-native_1.43.3.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Program to create simple man pages"
+SUMMARY = "Program for creating simple man pages"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool.inc
index bf0e45bea3..be77704208 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Utility scripts for internationalizing XML"
+SUMMARY = "Utility scripts for internationalizing XML"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs_1.0.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs_1.0.1.bb
index 6aa75a8743..dd9bea2619 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs_1.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs_1.0.1.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A tool to make device nodes"
+SUMMARY = "Tool for creating device nodes"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=393a5ca445f6965873eca0259a17f833"
 SECTION = "base"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/mkelfimage/mkelfimage_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/mkelfimage/mkelfimage_git.bb
index 07bff64bfe..baa8f4524e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/mkelfimage/mkelfimage_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/mkelfimage/mkelfimage_git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A utility to create ELF boot images for ELF-based Linux kernel images"
+SUMMARY = "Utility for creating ELF boot images for ELF-based Linux kernel images"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.coreboot.org/Mkelfimage"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/mtd/mtd-utils_1.5.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/mtd/mtd-utils_1.5.0.bb
index ea527849b0..6042deefbe 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/mtd/mtd-utils_1.5.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/mtd/mtd-utils_1.5.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Tools for managing memory technology devices."
+SUMMARY = "Tools for managing memory technology devices"
 SECTION = "base"
 DEPENDS = "zlib lzo e2fsprogs util-linux"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_2.10.09.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_2.10.09.bb
index 19663d6be7..bfba5dce82 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_2.10.09.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_2.10.09.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "General-purpose x86 assembler"
+SUMMARY = "General-purpose x86 assembler"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=90904486f8fbf1861cf42752e1a39efe"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb
index 279cb74a1d..10063e8f8c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "OPKG Package Manager Utilities"
+SUMMARY = "Additional utilities for the opkg package manager"
 SECTION = "base"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Opkg"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg-collateral.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg-collateral.bb
index cacd8800e9..b121827ac7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg-collateral.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg-collateral.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "opkg configuration files"
+SUMMARY = "Constructs the main configuration file for opkg"
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg-config-base_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg-config-base_1.0.bb
index f40e981126..acbe1296bf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg-config-base_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg-config-base_1.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Base configuration files for opkg"
+SUMMARY = "Base configuration files for opkg"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
index 4ffd430b3f..c9fb505bd3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Open Package Manager"
-DESCRIPTION_libopkg = "Open Package Manager Library"
-DESCRIPTION_update-alternatives-cworth = "Update alternatives"
+SUMMARY = "Open Package Manager"
+SUMMARY_libopkg = "Open Package Manager library"
+SUMMARY_update-alternatives-cworth = "Utility for managing the alternatives system"
 SECTION = "base"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://code.google.com/p/opkg/"
 BUGTRACKER = "http://code.google.com/p/opkg/issues/list"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/orc/orc.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/orc/orc.inc
index 6fd66a3d5b..b1348310ab 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/orc/orc.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/orc/orc.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "orc - The Oil Runtime Compiler"
+SUMMARY = "Optimised Inner Loop Runtime Compiler"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://code.entropywave.com/projects/orc/"
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause & BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1400bd9d09e8af56b9ec982b3d85797e"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-parser-perl_2.41.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-parser-perl_2.41.bb
index 66df91587b..43a8a84518 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-parser-perl_2.41.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/libxml-parser-perl_2.41.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "XML::Parser - A perl module for parsing XML documents"
+SUMMARY = "XML::Parser - A perl module for parsing XML documents"
 SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "Artistic-1.0 | GPL-1.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README;beginline=2;endline=6;md5=c8767d7516229f07b26e42d1cf8b51f1"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-native_5.14.3.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-native_5.14.3.bb
index 659baaa9e9..eda217ca73 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-native_5.14.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-native_5.14.3.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Perl is a popular scripting language."
+SUMMARY = "Perl is a popular scripting language"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.perl.org/"
 SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "Artistic-1.0 | GPL-1.0"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.14.3.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.14.3.bb
index 3829d4ba8c..9497eca543 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.14.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.14.3.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Perl is a popular scripting language."
+SUMMARY = "Perl is a popular scripting language"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.perl.org/"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "Artistic-1.0 | GPL-1.0"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
index 9411c57819..f1d3db5a08 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # difficult.  To work around the current version of the wrapper use:
 # BBFETCH2=True PSEUDO_BUILD=1 ../bitbake/bin/bitbake pseudo-native [-c CMD]
 
-DESCRIPTION = "Pseudo gives fake root capabilities to a normal user"
+SUMMARY = "Pseudo gives fake root capabilities to a normal user"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/pseudo"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=243b725d71bb5df4a1e5920b344b86ad"
 SECTION = "base"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-2.7-manifest.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-2.7-manifest.inc
index 8e52252225..49dbc0bcd6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-2.7-manifest.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-2.7-manifest.inc
@@ -9,268 +9,268 @@ PROVIDES+="${PN}-2to3 ${PN}-audio ${PN}-bsddb ${PN}-codecs ${PN}-compile ${PN}-c
 
 PACKAGES="${PN}-dbg ${PN}-2to3 ${PN}-audio ${PN}-bsddb ${PN}-codecs ${PN}-compile ${PN}-compiler ${PN}-compression ${PN}-core ${PN}-crypt ${PN}-ctypes ${PN}-curses ${PN}-datetime ${PN}-db ${PN}-debugger ${PN}-dev ${PN}-difflib ${PN}-distutils-staticdev ${PN}-distutils ${PN}-doctest ${PN}-elementtree ${PN}-email ${PN}-fcntl ${PN}-gdbm ${PN}-hotshot ${PN}-html ${PN}-idle ${PN}-image ${PN}-io ${PN}-json ${PN}-lang ${PN}-logging ${PN}-mailbox ${PN}-math ${PN}-mime ${PN}-mmap ${PN}-multiprocessing ${PN}-netclient ${PN}-netserver ${PN}-numbers ${PN}-pickle ${PN}-pkgutil ${PN}-pprint ${PN}-profile ${PN}-pydoc ${PN}-re ${PN}-readline ${PN}-resource ${PN}-robotparser ${PN}-shell ${PN}-smtpd ${PN}-sqlite3 ${PN}-sqlite3-tests ${PN}-stringold ${PN}-subprocess ${PN}-syslog ${PN}-terminal ${PN}-tests ${PN}-textutils ${PN}-threading ${PN}-tkinter ${PN}-unittest ${PN}-unixadmin ${PN}-xml ${PN}-xmlrpc ${PN}-zlib ${PN}-modules"
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-2to3="Python Automated Python 2 to 3 code translation"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-2to3="Python automated Python 2 to 3 code translator"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-2to3="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-2to3="${bindir}/2to3 ${libdir}/python2.7/lib2to3 "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-audio="Python Audio Handling"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-audio="Python Audio Handling"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-audio="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-audio="${libdir}/python2.7/wave.* ${libdir}/python2.7/chunk.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sndhdr.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/ossaudiodev.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/audioop.so ${libdir}/python2.7/audiodev.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sunaudio.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sunau.* ${libdir}/python2.7/toaiff.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-bsddb="Python Berkeley Database Bindings"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-bsddb="Python bindings for the Berkeley Database"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-bsddb="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-bsddb="${libdir}/python2.7/bsddb ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_bsddb.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-codecs="Python Codecs, Encodings & i18n Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-codecs="Python codecs, encodings & i18n support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-codecs="${PN}-core ${PN}-lang"
 FILES_${PN}-codecs="${libdir}/python2.7/codecs.* ${libdir}/python2.7/encodings ${libdir}/python2.7/gettext.* ${libdir}/python2.7/locale.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_locale.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_codecs* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_multibytecodec.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/unicodedata.so ${libdir}/python2.7/stringprep.* ${libdir}/python2.7/xdrlib.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-compile="Python Bytecode Compilation Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-compile="Python bytecode compilation support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-compile="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-compile="${libdir}/python2.7/py_compile.* ${libdir}/python2.7/compileall.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-compiler="Python Compiler Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-compiler="Python compiler support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-compiler="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-compiler="${libdir}/python2.7/compiler "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-compression="Python High Level Compression Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-compression="Python high-level compression support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-compression="${PN}-core ${PN}-zlib"
 FILES_${PN}-compression="${libdir}/python2.7/gzip.* ${libdir}/python2.7/zipfile.* ${libdir}/python2.7/tarfile.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/bz2.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-core="Python Interpreter and core modules (needed!)"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-core="Python interpreter and core modules"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-core="${PN}-lang ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-core="${libdir}/python2.7/__future__.* ${libdir}/python2.7/_abcoll.* ${libdir}/python2.7/abc.* ${libdir}/python2.7/copy.* ${libdir}/python2.7/copy_reg.* ${libdir}/python2.7/ConfigParser.* ${libdir}/python2.7/genericpath.* ${libdir}/python2.7/getopt.* ${libdir}/python2.7/linecache.* ${libdir}/python2.7/new.* ${libdir}/python2.7/os.* ${libdir}/python2.7/posixpath.* ${libdir}/python2.7/struct.* ${libdir}/python2.7/warnings.* ${libdir}/python2.7/site.* ${libdir}/python2.7/stat.* ${libdir}/python2.7/UserDict.* ${libdir}/python2.7/UserList.* ${libdir}/python2.7/UserString.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/binascii.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_struct.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/time.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/xreadlines.so \
 ${libdir}/python2.7/types.* ${libdir}/python2.7/platform.* ${bindir}/python* ${libdir}/python2.7/_weakrefset.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sysconfig.* ${libdir}/python2.7/config/Makefile ${includedir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pyconfig*.h ${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/sitecustomize.py "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-crypt="Python Basic Cryptographic and Hashing Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-crypt="Python basic cryptographic and hashing support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-crypt="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-crypt="${libdir}/python2.7/hashlib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/md5.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sha.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/crypt.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_hashlib.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_sha256.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_sha512.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-ctypes="Python C Types Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-ctypes="Python C types support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-ctypes="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-ctypes="${libdir}/python2.7/ctypes ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes_test.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-curses="Python Curses Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-curses="Python curses support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-curses="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-curses="${libdir}/python2.7/curses ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_curses_panel.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-datetime="Python Calendar and Time support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-datetime="Python calendar and time support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-datetime="${PN}-core ${PN}-codecs"
 FILES_${PN}-datetime="${libdir}/python2.7/_strptime.* ${libdir}/python2.7/calendar.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/datetime.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-db="Python File-Based Database Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-db="Python file-based database support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-db="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-db="${libdir}/python2.7/anydbm.* ${libdir}/python2.7/dumbdbm.* ${libdir}/python2.7/whichdb.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-debugger="Python Debugger"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-debugger="Python debugger"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-debugger="${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-lang ${PN}-re ${PN}-stringold ${PN}-shell ${PN}-pprint"
 FILES_${PN}-debugger="${libdir}/python2.7/bdb.* ${libdir}/python2.7/pdb.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-dev="Python Development Package"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-dev="Python development package"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-dev="${includedir} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/*.la ${libdir}/*.a ${libdir}/*.o ${libdir}/pkgconfig ${base_libdir}/*.a ${base_libdir}/*.o ${datadir}/aclocal ${datadir}/pkgconfig "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-difflib="Python helpers for computing deltas between objects."
+SUMMARY_${PN}-difflib="Python helpers for computing deltas between objects"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-difflib="${PN}-lang ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-difflib="${libdir}/python2.7/difflib.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-distutils="Python Distribution Utilities"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-distutils="Python Distribution Utilities"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-distutils="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-distutils="${libdir}/python2.7/config ${libdir}/python2.7/distutils "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-distutils-staticdev="Python Distribution Utilities (Static Libraries)"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-distutils-staticdev="Python distribution utilities (static libraries)"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-distutils-staticdev="${PN}-distutils"
 FILES_${PN}-distutils-staticdev="${libdir}/python2.7/config/lib*.a "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-doctest="Python framework for running examples in docstrings."
+SUMMARY_${PN}-doctest="Python framework for running examples in docstrings"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-doctest="${PN}-core ${PN}-lang ${PN}-io ${PN}-re ${PN}-unittest ${PN}-debugger ${PN}-difflib"
 FILES_${PN}-doctest="${libdir}/python2.7/doctest.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-elementtree="Python elementree"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-elementtree="Python elementree"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-elementtree="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-elementtree="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_elementtree.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-email="Python Email Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-email="Python email support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-email="${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-re ${PN}-mime ${PN}-audio ${PN}-image ${PN}-netclient"
 FILES_${PN}-email="${libdir}/python2.7/imaplib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/email "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-fcntl="Python's fcntl Interface"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-fcntl="Python's fcntl interface"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-fcntl="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-fcntl="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/fcntl.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-gdbm="Python GNU Database Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-gdbm="Python GNU database support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-gdbm="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-gdbm="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/gdbm.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-hotshot="Python Hotshot Profiler"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-hotshot="Python hotshot performance profiler"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-hotshot="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-hotshot="${libdir}/python2.7/hotshot ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_hotshot.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-html="Python HTML Processing"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-html="Python HTML processing support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-html="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-html="${libdir}/python2.7/formatter.* ${libdir}/python2.7/htmlentitydefs.* ${libdir}/python2.7/htmllib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/markupbase.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sgmllib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/HTMLParser.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-idle="Python Integrated Development Environment"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-idle="Python Integrated Development Environment"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-idle="${PN}-core ${PN}-tkinter"
 FILES_${PN}-idle="${bindir}/idle ${libdir}/python2.7/idlelib "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-image="Python Graphical Image Handling"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-image="Python graphical image handling"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-image="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-image="${libdir}/python2.7/colorsys.* ${libdir}/python2.7/imghdr.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/imageop.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/rgbimg.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-io="Python Low-Level I/O"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-io="Python low-level I/O"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-io="${PN}-core ${PN}-math ${PN}-textutils"
 FILES_${PN}-io="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_socket.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ssl.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/select.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/termios.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/cStringIO.so ${libdir}/python2.7/pipes.* ${libdir}/python2.7/socket.* ${libdir}/python2.7/ssl.* ${libdir}/python2.7/tempfile.* ${libdir}/python2.7/StringIO.* ${libdir}/python2.7/io.* ${libdir}/python2.7/_pyio.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-json="Python JSON Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-json="Python JSON support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-json="${PN}-core ${PN}-math ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-json="${libdir}/python2.7/json ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_json.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-lang="Python Low-Level Language Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-lang="Python low-level language support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-lang="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-lang="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_bisect.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_collections.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_heapq.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_weakref.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_functools.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/array.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/itertools.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/operator.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/parser.so ${libdir}/python2.7/atexit.* ${libdir}/python2.7/bisect.* ${libdir}/python2.7/code.* ${libdir}/python2.7/codeop.* ${libdir}/python2.7/collections.* ${libdir}/python2.7/dis.* ${libdir}/python2.7/functools.* ${libdir}/python2.7/heapq.* ${libdir}/python2.7/inspect.* ${libdir}/python2.7/keyword.* ${libdir}/python2.7/opcode.* ${libdir}/python2.7/symbol.* ${libdir}/python2.7/repr.* ${libdir}/python2.7/token.* ${libdir}/python2.7/tokenize.* ${libdir}/python2.7/traceback.* ${libdir}/python2.7/weakref.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-logging="Python Logging Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-logging="Python logging support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-logging="${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-lang ${PN}-pickle ${PN}-stringold"
 FILES_${PN}-logging="${libdir}/python2.7/logging "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-mailbox="Python Mailbox Format Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-mailbox="Python mailbox format support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-mailbox="${PN}-core ${PN}-mime"
 FILES_${PN}-mailbox="${libdir}/python2.7/mailbox.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-math="Python Math Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-math="Python math support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-math="${PN}-core ${PN}-crypt"
 FILES_${PN}-math="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/cmath.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/math.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_random.so ${libdir}/python2.7/random.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sets.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-mime="Python MIME Handling APIs"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-mime="Python MIME handling APIs"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-mime="${PN}-core ${PN}-io"
 FILES_${PN}-mime="${libdir}/python2.7/mimetools.* ${libdir}/python2.7/uu.* ${libdir}/python2.7/quopri.* ${libdir}/python2.7/rfc822.* ${libdir}/python2.7/MimeWriter.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-mmap="Python Memory-Mapped-File Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-mmap="Python memory-mapped file support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-mmap="${PN}-core ${PN}-io"
 FILES_${PN}-mmap="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/mmap.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-multiprocessing="Python Multiprocessing Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-multiprocessing="Python multiprocessing support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-multiprocessing="${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-lang ${PN}-pickle ${PN}-threading ${PN}-ctypes"
 FILES_${PN}-multiprocessing="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_multiprocessing.so ${libdir}/python2.7/multiprocessing "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-netclient="Python Internet Protocol Clients"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-netclient="Python Internet Protocol clients"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-netclient="${PN}-core ${PN}-crypt ${PN}-datetime ${PN}-io ${PN}-lang ${PN}-logging ${PN}-mime"
 FILES_${PN}-netclient="${libdir}/python2.7/*Cookie*.* ${libdir}/python2.7/base64.* ${libdir}/python2.7/cookielib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/ftplib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/gopherlib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/hmac.* ${libdir}/python2.7/httplib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/mimetypes.* ${libdir}/python2.7/nntplib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/poplib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/smtplib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/telnetlib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/urllib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/urllib2.* ${libdir}/python2.7/urlparse.* ${libdir}/python2.7/uuid.* ${libdir}/python2.7/rfc822.* ${libdir}/python2.7/mimetools.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-netserver="Python Internet Protocol Servers"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-netserver="Python Internet Protocol servers"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-netserver="${PN}-core ${PN}-netclient"
 FILES_${PN}-netserver="${libdir}/python2.7/cgi.* ${libdir}/python2.7/*HTTPServer.* ${libdir}/python2.7/SocketServer.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-numbers="Python Number APIs"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-numbers="Python number APIs"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-numbers="${PN}-core ${PN}-lang ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-numbers="${libdir}/python2.7/decimal.* ${libdir}/python2.7/numbers.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-pickle="Python Persistence Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-pickle="Python serialisation/persistence support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-pickle="${PN}-core ${PN}-codecs ${PN}-io ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-pickle="${libdir}/python2.7/pickle.* ${libdir}/python2.7/shelve.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/cPickle.so ${libdir}/python2.7/pickletools.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-pkgutil="Python Package Extension Utility Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-pkgutil="Python package extension utility support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-pkgutil="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-pkgutil="${libdir}/python2.7/pkgutil.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-pprint="Python Pretty-Print Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-pprint="Python pretty-print support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-pprint="${PN}-core ${PN}-io"
 FILES_${PN}-pprint="${libdir}/python2.7/pprint.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-profile="Python Basic Profiling Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-profile="Python basic performance profiling support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-profile="${PN}-core ${PN}-textutils"
 FILES_${PN}-profile="${libdir}/python2.7/profile.* ${libdir}/python2.7/pstats.* ${libdir}/python2.7/cProfile.* ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_lsprof.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-pydoc="Python Interactive Help Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-pydoc="Python interactive help support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-pydoc="${PN}-core ${PN}-lang ${PN}-stringold ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-pydoc="${bindir}/pydoc ${libdir}/python2.7/pydoc.* ${libdir}/python2.7/pydoc_data "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-re="Python Regular Expression APIs"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-re="Python Regular Expression APIs"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-re="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-re="${libdir}/python2.7/re.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sre.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sre_compile.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sre_constants* ${libdir}/python2.7/sre_parse.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-readline="Python Readline Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-readline="Python readline support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-readline="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-readline="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/readline.so ${libdir}/python2.7/rlcompleter.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-resource="Python Resource Control Interface"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-resource="Python resource control interface"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-resource="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-resource="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/resource.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-robotparser="Python robots.txt parser"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-robotparser="Python robots.txt parser"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-robotparser="${PN}-core ${PN}-netclient"
 FILES_${PN}-robotparser="${libdir}/python2.7/robotparser.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-shell="Python Shell-Like Functionality"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-shell="Python shell-like functionality"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-shell="${PN}-core ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-shell="${libdir}/python2.7/cmd.* ${libdir}/python2.7/commands.* ${libdir}/python2.7/dircache.* ${libdir}/python2.7/fnmatch.* ${libdir}/python2.7/glob.* ${libdir}/python2.7/popen2.* ${libdir}/python2.7/shlex.* ${libdir}/python2.7/shutil.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-smtpd="Python Simple Mail Transport Daemon"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-smtpd="Python Simple Mail Transport Daemon"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-smtpd="${PN}-core ${PN}-netserver ${PN}-email ${PN}-mime"
 FILES_${PN}-smtpd="${bindir}/smtpd.* ${libdir}/python2.7/smtpd.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-sqlite3="Python Sqlite3 Database Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-sqlite3="Python Sqlite3 database support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-sqlite3="${PN}-core ${PN}-datetime ${PN}-lang ${PN}-crypt ${PN}-io ${PN}-threading ${PN}-zlib"
 FILES_${PN}-sqlite3="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_sqlite3.so ${libdir}/python2.7/sqlite3/dbapi2.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sqlite3/__init__.* ${libdir}/python2.7/sqlite3/dump.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-sqlite3-tests="Python Sqlite3 Database Support Tests"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-sqlite3-tests="Python Sqlite3 database support tests"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-sqlite3-tests="${PN}-core ${PN}-sqlite3"
 FILES_${PN}-sqlite3-tests="${libdir}/python2.7/sqlite3/test "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-stringold="Python String APIs [deprecated]"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-stringold="Python string APIs [deprecated]"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-stringold="${PN}-core ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-stringold="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/strop.so ${libdir}/python2.7/string.* ${libdir}/python2.7/stringold.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-subprocess="Python Subprocess Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-subprocess="Python subprocess support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-subprocess="${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-re ${PN}-fcntl ${PN}-pickle"
 FILES_${PN}-subprocess="${libdir}/python2.7/subprocess.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-syslog="Python Syslog Interface"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-syslog="Python syslog interface"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-syslog="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-syslog="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/syslog.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-terminal="Python Terminal Controlling Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-terminal="Python terminal controlling support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-terminal="${PN}-core ${PN}-io"
 FILES_${PN}-terminal="${libdir}/python2.7/pty.* ${libdir}/python2.7/tty.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-tests="Python Tests"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-tests="Python tests"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-tests="${libdir}/python2.7/test "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-textutils="Python Option Parsing, Text Wrapping and Comma-Separated-Value Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-textutils="Python option parsing, text wrapping and CSV support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-textutils="${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-re ${PN}-stringold"
 FILES_${PN}-textutils="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_csv.so ${libdir}/python2.7/csv.* ${libdir}/python2.7/optparse.* ${libdir}/python2.7/textwrap.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-threading="Python Threading & Synchronization Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-threading="Python threading & synchronization support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-threading="${PN}-core ${PN}-lang"
 FILES_${PN}-threading="${libdir}/python2.7/_threading_local.* ${libdir}/python2.7/dummy_thread.* ${libdir}/python2.7/dummy_threading.* ${libdir}/python2.7/mutex.* ${libdir}/python2.7/threading.* ${libdir}/python2.7/Queue.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-tkinter="Python Tcl/Tk Bindings"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-tkinter="Python Tcl/Tk bindings"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-tkinter="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-tkinter="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-tk "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-unittest="Python Unit Testing Framework"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-unittest="Python unit testing framework"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-unittest="${PN}-core ${PN}-stringold ${PN}-lang ${PN}-io ${PN}-difflib ${PN}-pprint ${PN}-shell"
 FILES_${PN}-unittest="${libdir}/python2.7/unittest/ "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-unixadmin="Python Unix Administration Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-unixadmin="Python Unix administration support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-unixadmin="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-unixadmin="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/nis.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/grp.so ${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/pwd.so ${libdir}/python2.7/getpass.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-xml="Python basic XML support."
+SUMMARY_${PN}-xml="Python basic XML support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-xml="${PN}-core ${PN}-elementtree ${PN}-re"
 FILES_${PN}-xml="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so ${libdir}/python2.7/xml ${libdir}/python2.7/xmllib.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-xmlrpc="Python XMLRPC Support"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-xmlrpc="Python XML-RPC support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-xmlrpc="${PN}-core ${PN}-xml ${PN}-netserver ${PN}-lang"
 FILES_${PN}-xmlrpc="${libdir}/python2.7/xmlrpclib.* ${libdir}/python2.7/SimpleXMLRPCServer.* ${libdir}/python2.7/DocXMLRPCServer.* "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-zlib="Python zlib Support."
+SUMMARY_${PN}-zlib="Python zlib compression support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-zlib="${PN}-core"
 FILES_${PN}-zlib="${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/zlib.so "
 
-DESCRIPTION_${PN}-modules="All Python modules"
+SUMMARY_${PN}-modules="All Python modules"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-modules="${PN}-2to3 ${PN}-audio ${PN}-bsddb ${PN}-codecs ${PN}-compile ${PN}-compiler ${PN}-compression ${PN}-core ${PN}-crypt ${PN}-ctypes ${PN}-curses ${PN}-datetime ${PN}-db ${PN}-debugger ${PN}-difflib ${PN}-distutils ${PN}-doctest ${PN}-elementtree ${PN}-email ${PN}-fcntl ${PN}-gdbm ${PN}-hotshot ${PN}-html ${PN}-idle ${PN}-image ${PN}-io ${PN}-json ${PN}-lang ${PN}-logging ${PN}-mailbox ${PN}-math ${PN}-mime ${PN}-mmap ${PN}-multiprocessing ${PN}-netclient ${PN}-netserver ${PN}-numbers ${PN}-pickle ${PN}-pkgutil ${PN}-pprint ${PN}-profile ${PN}-pydoc ${PN}-re ${PN}-readline ${PN}-resource ${PN}-robotparser ${PN}-shell ${PN}-smtpd ${PN}-sqlite3 ${PN}-sqlite3-tests ${PN}-stringold ${PN}-subprocess ${PN}-syslog ${PN}-terminal ${PN}-tests ${PN}-textutils ${PN}-threading ${PN}-tkinter ${PN}-unittest ${PN}-unixadmin ${PN}-xml ${PN}-xmlrpc ${PN}-zlib  "
 ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-modules = "1"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-argparse_1.2.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-argparse_1.2.1.bb
index 1f07738547..b2850a3831 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-argparse_1.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-argparse_1.2.1.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Python command-line parsing library"
+SUMMARY = "Python command-line parsing library"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=09d08bb5b7047e2688ea3faad6408aa8"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-dbus_1.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-dbus_1.2.0.bb
index a185d841e2..e64f99f87a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-dbus_1.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-dbus_1.2.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Python bindings for DBus, a socket-based message bus system for interprocess communication"
+SUMMARY = "Python bindings for the DBus inter-process communication system"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-docutils_0.11.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-docutils_0.11.bb
index 7987244c0c..f5da973d99 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-docutils_0.11.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-docutils_0.11.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Text processing system"
+SUMMARY = "Text processing system for documentation"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://docutils.sourceforge.net"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "PSF & BSD-2-Clause & GPLv3"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-gst_0.10.22.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-gst_0.10.22.bb
index 8b041c3da0..a551adbfa6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-gst_0.10.22.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-gst_0.10.22.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Python Gstreamer bindings"
+SUMMARY = "Python bindings for the GStreamer multimedia framework"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
 DEPENDS = "gstreamer gst-plugins-base python-pygobject"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-imaging_1.1.7.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-imaging_1.1.7.bb
index efc57cfabc..ed8cfcc212 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-imaging_1.1.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-imaging_1.1.7.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Python Imaging Library"
+SUMMARY = "Python Imaging Library (PIL)"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README;beginline=92;endline=120;md5=c4371af4579f1e489cf881c1443dd4ec"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycairo_1.10.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycairo_1.10.0.bb
index dc009b3edf..5b59b6ccc1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycairo_1.10.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycairo_1.10.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Python Bindings for the Cairo canvas library"
+SUMMARY = "Python bindings for the Cairo canvas library"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://cairographics.org/pycairo"
 BUGTRACKER = "http://bugs.freedesktop.org"
 SECTION = "python-devel"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycurl_7.19.0.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycurl_7.19.0.2.bb
index fb57b49a93..aceaab34cb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycurl_7.19.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycurl_7.19.0.2.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "libcurl python bindings."
+SUMMARY = "Python bindings for libcurl"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1+ | MIT"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_2.27.91.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_2.27.91.bb
index 322521bc20..49ee1083cf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_2.27.91.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_2.27.91.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Python GObject bindings"
+SUMMARY = "Python GObject bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a916467b91076e631dd8edb7424769c7"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygtk_2.24.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygtk_2.24.0.bb
index 475ea17300..3dbef897a2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygtk_2.24.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygtk_2.24.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Python GTK+ 2.17.x Bindings"
+SUMMARY = "Python bindings for the GTK+ UI toolkit"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 # needs gtk+ 2.17.x
 DEPENDS = "gtk+ libglade python-pycairo python-pygobject"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-scons_2.3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-scons_2.3.0.bb
index 1110f6ea43..eb2735d46f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-scons_2.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-scons_2.3.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A Software Construction Tool"
+SUMMARY = "Software Construction tool (make/autotools replacement)"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=98e9a1e6029e715255c52032a1eba637"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-setuptools_1.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-setuptools_1.4.bb
index 3cfda56ce6..4138d288a8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-setuptools_1.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-setuptools_1.4.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages"
+SUMMARY = "Downloads, builds, installs, upgrades, and uninstalls Python packages"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/setuptools"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python.inc
index fcfeda5cbc..87f5a39116 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "The Python Programming Language"
+SUMMARY = "The Python Programming Language"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.python.org"
 LICENSE = "PSFv2"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper-native_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper-native_1.0.bb
index e3eb8dc9d9..8d27c4db61 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper-native_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper-native_1.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Qemu helper utilities from Poky"
+SUMMARY = "Helper utilities needed by the runqemu script"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "qemu-native"
 PR = "r1"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index 319dcde991..e210ea1a3e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "open source processor emulator"
+SUMMARY = "Fast open source processor emulator"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://qemu.org"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv2.1"
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 zlib alsa-lib virtual/libx11 pixman dtc libsdl"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemuwrapper-cross_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemuwrapper-cross_1.0.bb
index 501d803e1d..3bfb5bde80 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemuwrapper-cross_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemuwrapper-cross_1.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Qemu wrapper script"
+SUMMARY = "QEMU wrapper script"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt-0.60.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt-0.60.inc
index 5fe201fc5b..18105bca02 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt-0.60.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt-0.60.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Tool to work with series of patches."
+SUMMARY = "Tool for working with series of patches"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt/"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync.inc
index fd337df1cb..4223c590f9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A file-synchronization tool"
+SUMMARY = "File synchronization tool"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://rsync.samba.org/"
 BUGTRACKER = "http://rsync.samba.org/bugzilla.html"
 SECTION = "console/network"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.bb
index 8c8b115ed6..6854c77f74 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A file-synchronization tool"
+SUMMARY = "File synchronization tool"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://rsync.samba.org/"
 BUGTRACKER = "http://rsync.samba.org/bugzilla.html"
 SECTION = "console/network"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb
index e18e7b6ad6..9c4de03ff7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Run postinstall scripts on device"
+SUMMARY = "Runs postinstall scripts on first boot of the target device"
 SECTION = "devel"
 PR = "r9"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace_4.8.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace_4.8.bb
index 9fedb6ba86..24827458cc 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace_4.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace_4.8.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "strace is a system call tracing tool."
+SUMMARY = "System call tracing tool"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://strace.sourceforge.net"
 SECTION = "console/utils"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/subversion/subversion_1.6.15.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/subversion/subversion_1.6.15.bb
index ef679b3b65..f225671d0f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/subversion/subversion_1.6.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/subversion/subversion_1.6.15.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "The Subversion (svn) client"
+SUMMARY = "Subversion (svn) version control system client"
 SECTION = "console/network"
 DEPENDS = "apr-util neon sqlite3"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "neon"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/subversion/subversion_1.7.10.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/subversion/subversion_1.7.10.bb
index 489bddfc61..acef3bd62d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/subversion/subversion_1.7.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/subversion/subversion_1.7.10.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "The Subversion (svn) client"
+SUMMARY = "Subversion (svn) version control system client"
 SECTION = "console/network"
 DEPENDS = "apr-util neon sqlite3 file"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "neon"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/swabber/swabber-native_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/swabber/swabber-native_git.bb
index 2648c61d34..2f313bb466 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/swabber/swabber-native_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/swabber/swabber-native_git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Swabber is a tool that can help with understanding a program's use of host files."
+SUMMARY = "Tool to monitor and report on host system file usage"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/swabber"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=393a5ca445f6965873eca0259a17f833"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb
index 1c240def9e..078f8bc40b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A multi-purpose linux bootloader"
+SUMMARY = "Multi-purpose linux bootloader"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://syslinux.zytor.com/"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0636e73ff0215e8d672dc4c32c317bb3 \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcf-agent/tcf-agent_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcf-agent/tcf-agent_git.bb
index e7779cd210..1eb0021eec 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcf-agent/tcf-agent_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcf-agent/tcf-agent_git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Target Communication Framework"
+SUMMARY = "Target Communication Framework for the Eclipse IDE"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://wiki.eclipse.org/TCF"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
index 0d6468a38c..be59ad1376 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Tool Command Language"
+SUMMARY = "Tool Command Language"
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 SECTION = "devel/tcltk"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://tcl.sourceforge.net"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/ubootchart/ubootchart_svn.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/ubootchart/ubootchart_svn.bb
index 8cdedf9005..b13755e855 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/ubootchart/ubootchart_svn.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/ubootchart/ubootchart_svn.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A boot profiling tool"
+SUMMARY = "A boot profiling tool"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://code.google.com/p/ubootchart/"
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8f0e2cd40e05189ec81232da84bd6e1a"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/unfs-server/unfs-server_2.1+2.2beta47.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/unfs-server/unfs-server_2.1+2.2beta47.bb
index f65e92bf37..226a6456d3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/unfs-server/unfs-server_2.1+2.2beta47.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/unfs-server/unfs-server_2.1+2.2beta47.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Userspace NFS server"
+SUMMARY = "Userspace NFS server"
 SECTION = "console/network"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb
index b1869fd4c9..9a28684236 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/unifdef/unifdef-native_2.6.18+git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Kernel header preprocessor"
+SUMMARY = "Kernel header preprocessor"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.9.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.9.0.bb
index 80aac62789..216fdab5ac 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.9.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.9.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Valgrind memory debugger"
+SUMMARY = "Valgrind memory debugger and instrumentation framework"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://valgrind.org/"
 BUGTRACKER = "http://valgrind.org/support/bug_reports.html"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2 & GPLv2+ & BSD"