Description: p7zip

New Description:

7zip extends the Archive Utility with the possibility to handle 7zip files. Also provided are command line utilities.

The suggestion in comment #1 is an over simplification. However , the description can be improved,

Proposal

7zip provides utilities to pack and unpack 7z archives with File Roller and using the Terminal.
Installing 7zip allows File Roller to use the very efficient 7z compression format for packing and unpacking files and directories. Additionally, it provides you with the 7z and 7za commands at the command line.

Complete list of supported formats:
  * Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
  * Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.

The Bug still needs to be forwarded to debian.

Are you sure about RAR? I think 7zip needs an external library to handle that.

The description needs to contain the essence of the current description which is why do I install p7zip over p7zip-full

Micah Gersten, p7zip package is hidden by default. And only p7zip-full package is displayed in SC when you search for 7zip.
The original description contains unnecessary reference to being an Unix port and references /usr/bin/* .
The new description, suggested in comment#3, is intended to remove jargon and make it better for everyone to understand.
If the new one is confusing too, any suggested changes ?

Also, anyone sure that RAR is part of p7zip?

Here is a patch that applies the proposed description.

Akshat Jain, Any luck with filing the bug in debian?

If you are still having trouble, have a look at :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian/Bugs
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting

The patch needs to be forwarded upstream.

@Akshat:

Good work but a small nitpick:

when you forward the patch please make sure you wrap around the description to 80 characters per line ideally so it appears neat and also

secondly I found a typo in the changelog "s/te/the" and a space can be left after the asterisk in the changelog to make it look something like:

* Edited the description to make it less geeky

Thirdly, as vish pointed out this is something which needs to be fixed in debian So please follow the above links in vish's comment in case you are experiencing problems doing so and please add a bugwatch here so that we can track the reported bugs' progress

Regards

Aksat: thank you for the patch! If you get a chance, could you possibly tweak it to have word-wrapping and also a "(LP: #602671)" reference to this bug; then we can forward it to Debian.

Debian Bug has been closed with a slightly improved description. If you are still not happy you might need to open a new bug.