Update the project description, enhance & fix the README.md

README.md

@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ server for small or private networks, developed under the terms of the GNU
 General Public License ([GPL]); please see the file `COPYING` for licensing
 information.
 
-The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+The server is quite easy to configure and runs as a single-node server or can
-optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+be part of a network of ngIRCd servers in a LAN or across the internet. It
-user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+optionally supports the IPv6 protocol, SSL/TLS-protected client-server and
-server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
+server-server links, the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) system for user
-daemon of the IRCNet.
+authentication, IDENT requests, and character set conversion for legacy
+clients.
 
-The name ngIRCd means *next-generation IRC daemon*, which is a little bit
+The name ngIRCd stands for *next-generation IRC daemon*, which is a little bit
 exaggerated: *lightweight Internet Relay Chat server* most probably would have
 been a better name :-)
 
@@ -22,13 +23,16 @@ online available here: <https://ngircd.barton.de/doc/INSTALL.md>!
 
 ## Status
 
-The development of ngIRCd started back in 2001 and in the meantime it should be
+Development of *ngIRCd* started back in 2001: The server has been written from
-quite feature-complete and stable to be used as a daemon in real-world IRC
+scratch in C, tries to follow all relevant standards, and is not based on the
-networks.
+forefather, the daemon of the IRCNet.
 
 It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of the
-original ircd, but to implement most of the useful commands and semantics
+original `ircd` or corner-cases in the RFCs, but to implement most of the useful
-specified by the RFCs that are used by existing clients.
+commands and semantics that are used by existing clients.
+
+*ngIRCd* is used as the daemon in real-world in-house and public IRC networks
+and included in the package repositories of various operating systems.
 
 ## Features (or: why use ngIRCd?)
 
@@ -41,13 +45,13 @@ specified by the RFCs that are used by existing clients.
 - No problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses.
 - Freely available, modern, portable and tidy C source.
 - Wide field of supported platforms, including AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX,
-  IRIX, Linux, macOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
+  IRIX, Linux, macOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris and Windows with WSL or Cygwin.
 
 ## Documentation
 
 The **homepage** of the ngIRCd project is <https://ngircd.barton.de>.
 
-Installation on ngIRCd is described in the file `INSTALL.md` in the source
+Installation of ngIRCd is described in the file `INSTALL.md` in the source
 directory; please see the file `doc/QuickStart.md` in the `doc/` directory for
 some configuration examples.
 
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ Please don't hesitate to contact us if you encounter problems:
 - On IRC: <irc://irc.barton.de/ngircd>
 - Via the mailing list: <ngircd-ml@ngircd.barton.de>
 
-See <http://ngircd.barton.de/support> for details.
+See <https://ngircd.barton.de/support> for details.
 
 If you find any bugs in ngIRCd (which most probably will be there ...), please
 report them to our issue tracker at GitHub:

contrib/de.barton.ngircd.metainfo.xml

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 	<update_contact>alex@barton.de</update_contact>
 	<description>
 		<p>ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).</p>
-		<p>The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the daemon of the IRCNet.</p>
+		<p>The server is quite easy to configure and runs as a single-node server or can be part of a network of ngIRCd servers in a LAN or across the internet. It optionally supports the IPv6 protocol, SSL/TLS-protected client-server and server-server links, the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) system for user authentication, IDENT requests, and character set conversion for legacy clients.</p>
-		<p>The name ngIRCd means next-generation IRC daemon, which is a little bit exaggerated: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server most probably would have been a better name :-)</p>
+		<p>The name ngIRCd stands for next-generation IRC daemon, which is a little bit exaggerated: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server most probably would have been a better name :-)</p>
 	</description>
 	<icon type="remote" width="300" height="300">https://ngircd.barton.de/common/ngircd-300x300.png</icon>
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