clarify what the -{8,16,32} runtimes are for

This arose from discussion in #978013; clarify the long descriptions
of the runtime packages.

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 689727aab69f14220450cfeaa170b524435db8a3..c30e2732e60d34e49d6a4b852d4e535aaade763d 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library- 8 bit runtime files
  should use this library in preference to the older library,
  confusingly called pcre3 in Debian.
  .
- This package contains the 8 bit runtime library.
+ This package contains the 8 bit runtime library, which operates on
+ ASCII and UTF-8 input.
 
 Package: libpcre2-8-0-udeb
 Package-Type: udeb
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - 16 bit runtime fil
  should use this library in preference to the older library,
  confusingly called pcre3 in Debian.
  .
- This package contains the 16 bit runtime library.
+ This package contains the 16 bit runtime library, which operates on
+ UTF-16 input.
 
 Package: libpcre2-32-0
 Section: libs
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - 32 bit runtime fil
  should use this library in preference to the older library,
  confusingly called pcre3 in Debian.
  .
- This package contains the 32 bit runtime library.
+ This package contains the 32 bit runtime library, which operates on
+ UTF-32 input.
 
 Package: libpcre2-posix3
 Section: libs