systemd unit file description is too vague

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Trivial - P5
    • 3.7.3
    • Affects Version/s: 3.7.2
    • Component/s: Packaging
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      The systemd unit file documentation suggests that the "Description" field should be specific and meaningful to the end user.

      Currently, Mongo's unit file (debian/mongod.service) has the description "High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database", and because systemd considers the description a friendlier version of the unit name, it uses it in log files, like so:

      systemd[1]: Started High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database.

      Following the example in the systemd docs, maybe something like "MongoDB database server" would make more sense.

              Assignee:
              Ramon Fernandez Marina
              Reporter:
              Maia Fox
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