Package: less
Version: 444-1ubuntu1
Severity: minor

Less’s package description says:

Unlike the basic pager "more", it is capable of both backward and forward 
navigation through a file.

But more can go backwards; at least, Debian more can. more(1) says:

     b or ^B     Skip backwards k screenfuls of text.  Defaults to 1.  Only 
works with files, not pipes.

So it does allow “backward navigation through a file”.

Hence, I suggest removing the sentence above from the less package
description.

The equivalent sentence should also be removed from less(1). If you
want to add something about why less is better than more to the
package description, why not just say “Less has many more features
than the basic pager "more".”

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers oneiric-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'oneiric-updates'), (500, 'oneiric-security'), (500, 
'oneiric')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages less depends on:
ii  debianutils               4.0.2          Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                     2.13-20ubuntu5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libncurses5               5.9-1ubuntu5   shared libraries for terminal hand

less recommends no packages.

less suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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