From 5a2a870a58bc5a8070765570cb44ad369394d8de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sharlatan Hellseher Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:24:13 +0100 Subject: gnu: go-golang-org-x-sync: Improve description. * gnu/packages/golang-build.scm (go-golang-org-x-sync) [description]: Extend and improve description. Change-Id: Ie5b48230d7bc7bbd03e2af76d3a3660960282291 --- gnu/packages/golang-build.scm | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/packages/golang-build.scm b/gnu/packages/golang-build.scm index 9c56c38fd9..761e7e9d08 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/golang-build.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/golang-build.scm @@ -293,9 +293,17 @@ loading algorithms.") (invoke "go" "test" "-v" "./...")))))))) (home-page "https://go.googlesource.com/sync/") (synopsis "Additional Go concurrency primitives") - (description "This package provides Go concurrency primitives in -addition to the ones provided by the language and “sync” and “sync/atomic” -packages.") + (description + "This package provides Go concurrency primitives in addition to the ones +provided by the language and @code{sync} and @code{sync/atomic} packages. +The package provides several Golang submodules: +@itemize +@item @code{errgroup} - synchronization, error propagation, and Context +cancelation for groups of goroutines working on subtasks of a common task +@item @code{semaphore} - a weighted semaphore implementation +@item @code{singleflight} - a duplicate function call suppression mechanism +@item @code{syncmap} - a concurrent map implementation +@end itemize") (license license:bsd-3))) (define-public go-golang-org-x-sys -- cgit v1.2.3