better jdbc- gem summaries + READMEs

Author: kares

jdbc-derby/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # jdbc-derby
 
-Apache Derby, an Apache DB subproject, is an open source relational database 
+Apache Derby, an Apache DB subproject, is an open source relational database
 implemented entirely in Java.
 
 Some key advantages include:
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ For more information see http://db.apache.org/derby/
 
 ## Java DB
 
-Java DB is Oracle's supported distribution of the Apache Derby open source database. 
-It supports standard ANSI/ISO SQL through the JDBC and Java EE APIs. 
+Java DB is Oracle's supported distribution of the Apache Derby open source database.
+It supports standard ANSI/ISO SQL through the JDBC and Java EE APIs.
 Java DB is included in the JDK since Java 6 (1.6).
 
 See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javadb/overview/index.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ For backwards compatibility with older (<= **10.6.2.1**) versions of the gem use
 
 ## Copyright
 
-Copyright (c) 2012 [The JRuby Team](https://github.com/jruby).
+Copyright (c) 2012-2014 [The JRuby Team](https://github.com/jruby).
 
 Apache Derby is available under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 see *LICENSE.txt* and http://db.apache.org/derby/license.html for more details.

jdbc-derby/jdbc-derby.gemspec

@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.md"]
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.summary = %q{Derby/JavaDB JDBC driver for JRuby and Derby/ActiveRecord-JDBC (activerecord-jdbcderby-adapter).}
+  gem.summary = %q{Derby/JavaDB for JRuby, includes the JDBC driver as well as the embedded Derby database.}
   gem.description = %q{Install this gem `require 'jdbc/derby'` and invoke `Jdbc::Derby.load_driver` within JRuby to load the driver.}
 end

jdbc-h2/jdbc-h2.gemspec

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.md"]
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.summary = %q{H2 JDBC driver for JRuby and H2/ActiveRecord-JDBC (activerecord-jdbch2-adapter).}
+  gem.summary = %q{H2 (JDBC driver) for JRuby (usable with ActiveRecord-JDBC).}
   gem.description = %q{Install this gem `require 'jdbc/h2'` and invoke `Jdbc::H2.load_driver` within JRuby to load the driver.}
 end

jdbc-hsqldb/jdbc-hsqldb.gemspec

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.md"]
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.summary = %q{HSQLDB JDBC driver for JRuby and HSQLDB/ActiveRecord-JDBC (activerecord-jdbchsqldb-adapter).}
+  gem.summary = %q{HSQLDB (JDBC driver) for JRuby (usable with ActiveRecord-JDBC).}
   gem.description = %q{Install this gem `require 'jdbc/hsqldb'` and invoke `Jdbc::HSQLDB.load_driver` within JRuby to load the driver.}
 end

jdbc-jtds/README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # jdbc-jtds
 
-jTDS - SQL Server and Sybase JDBC driver gem for JRuby
+jTDS JDBC - SQL Server and Sybase JDBC driver gem for JRuby
 
-Open source JDBC 3.0 type 4 driver for Microsoft SQL Server (6.5 up to 2012) and Sybase ASE. 
-jTDS is a complete implementation of the JDBC 3.0 spec and the fastest JDBC driver for MS SQL Server. 
+jTDS is an open source (type 4) JDBC 3.0 driver for Microsoft SQL Server (6.5,
+7, 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2012) and Sybase Adaptive Server (10, 11, 12 and 15).
 
 For more information see http://jtds.sourceforge.net/
 
 ## Usage
 
-To make the driver (Java class) accessible to JDBC and ActiveRecord code running in JRuby :
+To make the driver accessible to JDBC with JRuby :
 
     require 'jdbc/jtds'
     Jdbc::JTDS.load_driver
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ For backwards compatibility with older (**1.2.5**) versions of the gem use :
     require 'jdbc/jtds'
     Jdbc::JTDS.load_driver(:require) if Jdbc::JTDS.respond_to?(:load_driver)
 
-NOTE: jTDS **1.3.0** requires Java 7 or newer, if you're on older Java please use **1.2.x**.
+**NOTE:** jTDS **1.3.x** requires Java 7, if you're on Java 6 use **1.2.x**.
 
 ## Copyright
 
-Copyright (c) 2012 [The JRuby Team](https://github.com/jruby).
+Copyright (c) 2012-2014 [The JRuby Team](https://github.com/jruby).
 
-jTDS is made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, 
+jTDS is made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License,
 see *LICENSE.txt* and http://jtds.sourceforge.net/license.html for more details.

jdbc-jtds/jdbc-jtds.gemspec

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.md"]
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.summary = %q{jTDS JDBC driver for JRuby and JTDS/ActiveRecord-JDBC (activerecord-jdbcmssql-adapter).}
+  gem.summary = %q{JDBC driver for SQL Server and Sybase using the TDS protocol (usable with ActiveRecord-JDBC).}
   gem.description = %q{Install this gem `require 'jdbc/jtds'` and invoke `Jdbc::JDTS.load_driver` within JRuby to load the driver.}
 end

jdbc-mysql/README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ For backwards compatibility with older (<= **5.1.13**) versions of the gem use :
 
 ## Copyright
 
-Copyright (c) 2013 [The JRuby Team](https://github.com/jruby).
+Copyright (c) 2013-2014 [The JRuby Team](https://github.com/jruby).
 
 MySQL open source software is provided under the GPL (2.0) License,
 see *LICENSE.txt* and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html .

jdbc-mysql/jdbc-mysql.gemspec

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.md"]
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.summary = %q{MySQL JDBC driver for JRuby and MySQL/ActiveRecord-JDBC (activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter).}
+  gem.summary = %q{JDBC driver for JRuby and MySQL (used by ActiveRecord-JDBC).}
   gem.description = %q{Install this gem `require 'jdbc/mysql'` and invoke `Jdbc::MySQL.load_driver` within JRuby to load the driver.}
 end

jdbc-postgres/README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # jdbc-postgres
 
-PostgreSQL JDBC driver allows Java programs to connect to a PostgreSQL database 
-using standard, database independent Java code. 
-It is a pure Java (Type IV) implementation.
+PostgreSQL JDBC driver allows Java programs to connect to a PostgreSQL database
+using standard, database independent Java code - it's a pure Java (Type 4) impl.
 
 For more information see http://jdbc.postgresql.org/
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ For backwards compatibility with older (<= **9.1.903**) versions of the gem use
 
 ## Copyright
 
-Copyright (c) 2012 [The JRuby Team](https://github.com/jruby).
+Copyright (c) 2012-2014 [The JRuby Team](https://github.com/jruby).
 
 The PostgreSQL JDBC driver is distributed under the BSD license,
 see *LICENSE.txt* and http://jdbc.postgresql.org/license.html for details.

jdbc-postgres/jdbc-postgres.gemspec

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.md"]
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.summary = %q{PostgreSQL JDBC driver for JRuby and PostgreSQL/ActiveRecord-JDBC (activerecord-jdbcpostgresql-adapter).}
+  gem.summary = %q{JDBC driver for JRuby and PostgreSQL (used by ActiveRecord-JDBC).}
   gem.description = %q{Install this gem `require 'jdbc/postgres'` and invoke `Jdbc::Postgres.load_driver` within JRuby to load the driver.}
 end