Index: app/models/project.rb
===================================================================
--- app/models/project.rb	(revision 4265)
+++ app/models/project.rb	(working copy)
@@ -411,7 +411,14 @@
   
   # Returns a short description of the projects (first lines)
   def short_description(length = 255)
-    description.gsub(/^(.{#{length}}[^\n\r]*).*$/m, '\1...').strip if description
+    case
+    when summary.present?
+      summary
+    when description.present?
+      description.gsub(/^(.{#{length}}[^\n\r]*).*$/m, '\1...').strip
+    else
+      ""
+    end
   end
 
   def css_classes
Index: app/views/projects/_form.rhtml
===================================================================
--- app/views/projects/_form.rhtml	(revision 4265)
+++ app/views/projects/_form.rhtml	(working copy)
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <p><%= label(:project, :parent_id, l(:field_parent)) %><%= parent_project_select_tag(@project) %></p>
 <% end %>
 
+<p><%= f.text_area :summary, :rows => 2, :class => 'wiki-edit' %></p>
 <p><%= f.text_area :description, :rows => 5, :class => 'wiki-edit' %></p>
 <p><%= f.text_field :identifier, :required => true, :disabled => @project.identifier_frozen?, :maxlength => 20 %>
 <% unless @project.identifier_frozen? %>
Index: db/migrate/20101021153830_add_summary_to_projects.rb
===================================================================
--- db/migrate/20101021153830_add_summary_to_projects.rb	(revision 0)
+++ db/migrate/20101021153830_add_summary_to_projects.rb	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddSummaryToProjects < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :projects, :summary, :string, :limit => 255, :default => ''
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :projects, :summary
+  end
+end