[Bug 382499] [NEW] The description of the package file is incorrect

[Jay R. Wren]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: swapd

This package is from 2000 and the man page was never updated given
changes in the linux kernel.

It was definitely once true that swap partitions were faster than swap 
files, but Linux patched this up a very long time ago. 

Here is a fair discussion on the matter from 4.5 years ago: 
http://lwn.net/Articles/104457/

I believe the second paragraph is false:
"On systems that have constant need for virtual memory it would still be
 wise to use a swap partition in parallel with dynamic swapping, since swap
 partitions provide much faster access than swap files."

Can we remove the second paragraph from the description of the package?

** Affects: swapd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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