diff --git a/srcpkgs/Twisted/template b/srcpkgs/Twisted/template
index 4208871f9cd..e50ab704bb2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Twisted/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Twisted/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'Twisted'
 pkgname=Twisted
-version=12.2.0
+version=12.3.0
 revision=1
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="twisted"
@@ -11,34 +11,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://twistedmatrix.com/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Twisted/${version%.*}/Twisted-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=d20c509f427bbae98694b5588afa202810aaa24fa89f9306b24b734fef6f5a40
-long_desc="
- Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications which works on
-  Python 2.4 through 2.6. The following are some of the modules included
-  with Twisted:
-
-  - twisted.application
-    A "Service" system that allows you to organize your application in
-    hierarchies with well-defined startup and dependency semantics,
-  - twisted.cred
-    A general credentials and authentication system that facilitates
-    pluggable authentication backends,
-  - twisted.enterprise
-    Asynchronous database access, compatible with any Python DBAPI2.0
-    modules,
-  - twisted.internet
-    Low-level asynchronous networking APIs that allow you to define
-    your own protocols that run over certain transports,
-  - twisted.manhole
-    A tool for remote debugging of your services which gives you a
-    Python interactive interpreter,
-  - twisted.protocols
-    Basic protocol implementations and helpers for your own protocol
-    implementations,
-  - twisted.python
-    A large set of utilities for Python tricks, reflection, text
-    processing, and anything else,
-  - twisted.spread
-    A secure, fast remote object system,
-  - twisted.trial
-    A unit testing framework that integrates well with Twisted-based code."
+checksum=d4d1afcfa7ca40a7da26832cba653851eb147a06bd3f7f6fae89af3d5cd295c6