-* Mon Jan 25 1999 Stefan Hornburg <racke@linuxia.de>
- quoted RPM_OPT_FLAGS for the sake of robustness
-* Mon May 18 1998 Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.anu.edu.au>
- reworked for auto-building when I release rsync (tridge@samba.anu.edu.au)
-
-* Sat May 16 1998 John H Terpstra <jht@aquasoft.com.au>
- Upgraded to Rsync 2.0.6
- -new feature anonymous rsync
-
-* Mon Apr 6 1998 Douglas N. Arnold <dna@math.psu.edu>
-
-Upgrade to rsync version 1.7.2.
-
-* Sun Mar 1 1998 Douglas N. Arnold <dna@math.psu.edu>
+%description
+Rsync is a fast and extraordinarily versatile file copying tool. It can
+copy locally, to/from another host over any remote shell, or to/from a
+remote rsync daemon. It offers a large number of options that control
+every aspect of its behavior and permit very flexible specification of the
+set of files to be copied. It is famous for its delta-transfer algorithm,
+which reduces the amount of data sent over the network by sending only the
+differences between the source files and the existing files in the
+destination. Rsync is widely used for backups and mirroring and as an
+improved copy command for everyday use.