4 files changed, 26 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/gis/python3-pyshp/README b/gis/python3-pyshp/README
index 9b92d4917c640..84ca915686b86 100644
--- a/gis/python3-pyshp/README
+++ b/gis/python3-pyshp/README
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-The pyshp library reads and writes ESRI Shapefiles in pure Python. You
-can read and write shp, shx, and dbf files with all types of
-geometry. Everything in the public ESRI shapefile specification is
-implemented. This library is compatible with Python versions 2.4
-to 3.x.
+The Python Shapefile Library (PyShp) provides read and write support for
+the Esri Shapefile format. The Shapefile format is a popular Geographic
+Information System vector data format created by Esri. For more
+information about this format please read the well-written "ESRI
+Shapefile Technical Description - July 1998" located at
+http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/p dfs/shapefile.pdf . The Esri
+document describes the shp and shx file formats. However a third file
+format called dbf is also required. This format is documented on the web
+as the "XBase File Format Description" and is a simple file-based
+database format created in the 1960's.
+
+Both the Esri and XBase file-formats are very simple in design and
+memory efficient which is part of the reason the shapefile format
+remains popular despite the numerous ways to store and exchange GIS data
+available today.
+
+Pyshp is compatible with Python 2.7-3.x, however this script only build
+the python3 version.
diff --git a/gis/python3-pyshp/python3-pyshp.SlackBuild b/gis/python3-pyshp/python3-pyshp.SlackBuild
index 0d4c5d814ce02..d679df6559bfb 100644
--- a/gis/python3-pyshp/python3-pyshp.SlackBuild
+++ b/gis/python3-pyshp/python3-pyshp.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=python3-pyshp
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/gis/python3-pyshp/python3-pyshp.info b/gis/python3-pyshp/python3-pyshp.info
index 4c1e813c86964..872d22102efff 100644
--- a/gis/python3-pyshp/python3-pyshp.info
+++ b/gis/python3-pyshp/python3-pyshp.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-pyshp"
-VERSION="2.2.0"
+VERSION="2.3.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp/archive/2.2.0/pyshp-2.2.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="c86bf7d61ab8eea82cc5069a51bebc32"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp/archive/2.3.0/pyshp-2.3.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="26b97abe849eacda6108120239de4b62"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/gis/python3-pyshp/slack-desc b/gis/python3-pyshp/slack-desc
index 99c1b4f15a450..20a9fad16de26 100644
--- a/gis/python3-pyshp/slack-desc
+++ b/gis/python3-pyshp/slack-desc
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
              |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 python3-pyshp: python3-pyshp (Python shapefile manipulation library)
 python3-pyshp:
-python3-pyshp: This library reads and writes ESRI Shapefiles in pure Python. You can
+python3-pyshp: This library reads and writes Esri Shapefiles in pure Python. You can
 python3-pyshp: read and write shp, shx, and dbf files with all types of geometry.
-python3-pyshp: Everything in the public ESRI shapefile specification is implemented.
-python3-pyshp: This library is compatible with Python versions 2.4 to 3.x.
-python3-pyshp:
+python3-pyshp: Everything in the public Esri shapefile specification is implemented.
 python3-pyshp:
+python3-pyshp: This library is compatible with Python versions 2.7 to 3.x, but this
+python3-pyshp: package only contains the python3 version.
 python3-pyshp:
 python3-pyshp:
 python3-pyshp: