Wordsmith the project description

git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/libjpeg-turbo/code/trunk@921 632fc199-4ca6-4c93-a231-07263d6284db

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diff --git a/release/ReadMe.rtf b/release/ReadMe.rtf
index a7fb467..bc464e9 100644
--- a/release/ReadMe.rtf
+++ b/release/ReadMe.rtf
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
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+\margl1440\margr1440\vieww26380\viewh15840\viewkind0
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-\f0\fs24 \cf0 libjpeg-turbo is a derivative of libjpeg that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64, and ARM systems.  On such systems, libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-4x as fast as the unmodified version of libjpeg, all else being equal.\
+\f0\fs24 \cf0 libjpeg-turbo is a JPEG image codec that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64, and ARM systems.  On such systems, libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-4x as fast as libjpeg, all else being equal.  On other types of systems, libjpeg-turbo can still outperform libjpeg by a significant amount, by virtue of its highly-optimized Huffman coding routines.  In many cases, the performance of libjpeg-turbo rivals that of proprietary high-speed JPEG codecs.\
 \
-libjpeg-turbo was originally based on libjpeg/SIMD by Miyasaka Masaru, but the TigerVNC and VirtualGL projects made numerous enhancements to the codec in 2009, including improved support for Mac OS X, 64-bit support, support for 32-bit and big-endian pixel formats (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), accelerated Huffman encoding/decoding, and various bug fixes.  The goal was to produce a fully open-source codec whose performance rivaled that of popular closed-source codecs available at the time.\
+libjpeg-turbo implements both the traditional libjpeg API as well as the less powerful but more straightforward TurboJPEG API.  libjpeg-turbo also features colorspace extensions that allow it to compress from/decompress to 32-bit and\
+big-endian pixel buffers (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), as well as a full-featured Java interface.\
 \
-In early 2010, libjpeg-turbo spun off into its own independent project, with the goal of making high-speed JPEG compression/decompression technology available to a broader range of users and developers.\
+libjpeg-turbo was originally based on libjpeg/SIMD, an MMX-accelerated derivative of libjpeg v6b developed by Miyasaka Masaru.  The TigerVNC and VirtualGL projects made numerous enhancements to the codec in 2009, and in early 2010, libjpeg-turbo spun off into an independent project, with the goal of making high-speed JPEG compression/decompression technology available to a broader range of users and developers.\
 }
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diff --git a/release/deb-control.tmpl b/release/deb-control.tmpl
index 199c8e8..18c8922 100644
--- a/release/deb-control.tmpl
+++ b/release/deb-control.tmpl
@@ -6,19 +6,24 @@ Architecture: {__ARCH}
 Essential: no
 Maintainer: The libjpeg-turbo Project [http://www.libjpeg-turbo.org]
 Description: A SIMD-accelerated JPEG codec that provides both the libjpeg and TurboJPEG APIs
- libjpeg-turbo is a derivative of libjpeg that uses SIMD instructions (MMX,
- SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86,
+ libjpeg-turbo is a JPEG image codec that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2,
+ NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86,
  x86-64, and ARM systems.  On such systems, libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-4x as
- fast as the unmodified version of libjpeg, all else being equal.
+ fast as libjpeg, all else being equal.  On other types of systems,
+ libjpeg-turbo can still outperform libjpeg by a significant amount, by virtue
+ of its highly-optimized Huffman coding routines.  In many cases, the
+ performance of libjpeg-turbo rivals that of proprietary high-speed JPEG
+ codecs.
  .
- libjpeg-turbo was originally based on libjpeg/SIMD by Miyasaka Masaru, but
- the TigerVNC and VirtualGL projects made numerous enhancements to the codec
- in 2009, including improved support for Mac OS X, 64-bit support, support
- for 32-bit and big-endian pixel formats (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), accelerated
- Huffman encoding/decoding, and various bug fixes.  The goal was to produce a
- fully open-source codec whose performance rivaled that of popular
- closed-source codecs available at the time.
+ libjpeg-turbo implements both the traditional libjpeg API as well as the less
+ powerful but more straightforward TurboJPEG API.  libjpeg-turbo also features
+ colorspace extensions that allow it to compress from/decompress to 32-bit and
+ big-endian pixel buffers (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), as well as a full-featured Java
+ interface.
  .
- In early 2010, libjpeg-turbo spun off into its own independent project, with
- the goal of making high-speed JPEG compression/decompression technology
- available to a broader range of users and developers.
+ libjpeg-turbo was originally based on libjpeg/SIMD, an MMX-accelerated
+ derivative of libjpeg v6b developed by Miyasaka Masaru.  The TigerVNC and
+ VirtualGL projects made numerous enhancements to the codec in 2009, and in
+ early 2010, libjpeg-turbo spun off into an independent project, with the goal
+ of making high-speed JPEG compression/decompression technology available to a
+ broader range of users and developers.
diff --git a/release/libjpeg-turbo.spec.in b/release/libjpeg-turbo.spec.in
index 2d427ea..c3fba3c 100644
--- a/release/libjpeg-turbo.spec.in
+++ b/release/libjpeg-turbo.spec.in
@@ -23,22 +23,26 @@ Provides: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}, turbojpeg = 2.00, libturbojpeg.so
 Obsoletes: turbojpeg
 
 %description
-libjpeg-turbo is a derivative of libjpeg that uses SIMD instructions (MMX,
-SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86,
-x86-64, and ARM systems.  On such systems, libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-4x as
-fast as the unmodified version of libjpeg, all else being equal.
+libjpeg-turbo is a JPEG image codec that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2,
+NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64,
+and ARM systems.  On such systems, libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-4x as fast as
+libjpeg, all else being equal.  On other types of systems, libjpeg-turbo can
+still outperform libjpeg by a significant amount, by virtue of its
+highly-optimized Huffman coding routines.  In many cases, the performance of
+libjpeg-turbo rivals that of proprietary high-speed JPEG codecs.
 
-libjpeg-turbo was originally based on libjpeg/SIMD by Miyasaka Masaru, but
-the TigerVNC and VirtualGL projects made numerous enhancements to the codec in
-2009, including improved support for Mac OS X, 64-bit support, support for
-32-bit and big-endian pixel formats (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), accelerated Huffman
-encoding/decoding, and various bug fixes.  The goal was to produce a fully
-open-source codec whose performance rivaled that of popular closed-source
-codecs available at the time.
+libjpeg-turbo implements both the traditional libjpeg API as well as the less
+powerful but more straightforward TurboJPEG API.  libjpeg-turbo also features
+colorspace extensions that allow it to compress from/decompress to 32-bit and
+big-endian pixel buffers (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), as well as a full-featured Java
+interface.
 
-In early 2010, libjpeg-turbo spun off into its own independent project, with
-the goal of making high-speed JPEG compression/decompression technology
-available to a broader range of users and developers.
+libjpeg-turbo was originally based on libjpeg/SIMD, an MMX-accelerated
+derivative of libjpeg v6b developed by Miyasaka Masaru.  The TigerVNC and
+VirtualGL projects made numerous enhancements to the codec in 2009, and in
+early 2010, libjpeg-turbo spun off into an independent project, with the goal
+of making high-speed JPEG compression/decompression technology available to a
+broader range of users and developers.
 
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