I forgot to re-lint my packages after addressing some, but as it turns
out, not all complaints of the linker. I will modify the relevant patch
as follows when committing:

@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ API for locking files.")
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (home-page
      "https://github.com/benediktschmitt/py-filelock")
-    (synopsis "A platform independent file lock")
+    (synopsis "Platform independent file lock")
     (description "@code{filelock} contains a single module implementing
 a platform independent file lock in Python, which provides a simple way of
 inter-process communication.")