* [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers.
@ 2014-10-24 5:19 Eric Bavier
2014-10-24 16:05 ` Andreas Enge
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eric Bavier @ 2014-10-24 5:19 UTC (permalink / raw
To: guix-devel
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This patch does not clean up all warning from 'guix lint' because:
1. Warnings about patch names are generated in cases where a single
patch is used in several packages, or in packages that inherit from
another.
2. Many descriptions begin with the package name in lowercase form,
which triggers a warning about the description beginning with a
lowercase letter. In this patch I capitalised the package name if I
could find a reference to the capital form on the package's home-page
somewhere. Many packages are quite insistent that the package always be
referenced by the lowercase name, and I'm not sure how the description
would be reworded, or whether it really needs to be. We could add an
exception to the description-starts-with-a-capital-letter rule for when
the package name is the first word.
3. Some synopses begin with a numeral, triggering the capital-letter
warning.
4. Handling the pkg-config warnings should really have the builds
tested.
5. I didn't really want to begin looking at the synopses and
descriptions in xorg.scm...
Comments welcome. Nitpicks especially, since much of this is already
quite nitpicky. ;)
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From 6d02e35c7f4b776c6297fd2df5d06d5e4d8295e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:46:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers.
* gnu/packages/admin.scm, gnu/packages/aidc.scm,
gnu/packages/algebra.scm, gnu/packages/apr.scm,
gnu/packages/avahi.scm, gnu/packages/backup.scm,
gnu/packages/base.scm, gnu/packages/calcurse.scm,
gnu/packages/cdrom.scm, gnu/packages/check.scm,
gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/cook.scm,
gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm, gnu/packages/curl.scm,
gnu/packages/cyrus-sasl.scm, gnu/packages/databases.scm,
gnu/packages/doxygen.scm, gnu/packages/dwm.scm,
gnu/packages/emacs.scm, gnu/packages/feh.scm, gnu/packages/file.scm,
gnu/packages/fish.scm, gnu/packages/flex.scm, gnu/packages/fltk.scm,
gnu/packages/fontutils.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm,
gnu/packages/gcal.scm, gnu/packages/gcc.scm,
gnu/packages/geeqie.scm, gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm,
gnu/packages/gimp.scm, gnu/packages/gl.scm, gnu/packages/glib.scm,
gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gnunet.scm,
gnu/packages/gnupg.scm, gnu/packages/gperf.scm,
gnu/packages/grub.scm, gnu/packages/gsasl.scm, gnu/packages/gtk.scm,
gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm, gnu/packages/guile.scm,
gnu/packages/hurd.scm, gnu/packages/icu4c.scm,
gnu/packages/image.scm, gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm,
gnu/packages/irssi.scm, gnu/packages/kde.scm,
gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm, gnu/packages/libevent.scm,
gnu/packages/libusb.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm,
gnu/packages/lout.scm, gnu/packages/lsh.scm, gnu/packages/lsof.scm,
gnu/packages/lua.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm,
gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm, gnu/packages/mp3.scm,
gnu/packages/netpbm.scm, gnu/packages/noweb.scm,
gnu/packages/ocaml.scm, gnu/packages/openssl.scm,
gnu/packages/pcre.scm, gnu/packages/pdf.scm,
gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm, gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm,
gnu/packages/python.scm, gnu/packages/qt.scm,
gnu/packages/rsync.scm, gnu/packages/scrot.scm,
gnu/packages/sdl.scm, gnu/packages/skribilo.scm,
gnu/packages/ssh.scm, gnu/packages/stalonetray.scm,
gnu/packages/tcl.scm, gnu/packages/tcsh.scm,
gnu/packages/telephony.scm, gnu/packages/texlive.scm,
gnu/packages/tor.scm, gnu/packages/valgrind.scm,
gnu/packages/version-control.scm, gnu/packages/vim.scm,
gnu/packages/vpn.scm, gnu/packages/w3m.scm, gnu/packages/web.scm,
gnu/packages/wordnet.scm, gnu/packages/xiph.scm,
gnu/packages/xml.scm, gnu/packages/xorg.scm, gnu/packages/zip.scm,
gnu/packages/zsh.scm [synopsis, description]: Adjust according to
lint checkers.
* gnu/packages/fltk.scm (fltk)[source]: Wrap long line in uri.
* /gnu/packages/xiph.scm (libogg, libtheora, vorbis-tools)[source]: Same.
---
gnu/packages/admin.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/aidc.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/algebra.scm | 11 +++++------
gnu/packages/apr.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/avahi.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/backup.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/base.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/calcurse.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/cdrom.scm | 10 +++++-----
gnu/packages/check.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/compression.scm | 9 ++++-----
gnu/packages/cook.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/curl.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/cyrus-sasl.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/databases.scm | 10 +++++-----
gnu/packages/doxygen.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/dwm.scm | 24 ++++++++++++------------
gnu/packages/emacs.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/feh.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/file.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/fish.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/flex.scm | 14 +++++++-------
gnu/packages/fltk.scm | 13 +++++++------
gnu/packages/fontutils.scm | 24 ++++++++++++------------
gnu/packages/games.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/gcal.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/gcc.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/geeqie.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm | 14 +++++++-------
gnu/packages/gimp.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/gl.scm | 14 +++++++-------
gnu/packages/glib.scm | 10 +++++-----
gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
gnu/packages/gnunet.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/gnupg.scm | 18 ++++++++----------
gnu/packages/gperf.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/grub.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/gsasl.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/gtk.scm | 16 ++++++++--------
gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/guile.scm | 10 +++++-----
gnu/packages/hurd.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/icu4c.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/image.scm | 8 ++++----
gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm | 4 ++--
| 4 ++--
gnu/packages/kde.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/libevent.scm | 3 +--
gnu/packages/libusb.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/linux.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/lout.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/lsh.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/lsof.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/lua.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/maths.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/mp3.scm | 24 ++++++++++++------------
gnu/packages/netpbm.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/noweb.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/ocaml.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/openssl.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/pcre.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/pdf.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm | 5 ++---
gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/python.scm | 14 +++++++-------
gnu/packages/qt.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/rsync.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/scrot.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/sdl.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/skribilo.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/ssh.scm | 14 +++++++-------
gnu/packages/stalonetray.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/tcl.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/tcsh.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/telephony.scm | 15 +++++++--------
gnu/packages/texlive.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/tor.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/valgrind.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/version-control.scm | 8 ++++----
gnu/packages/vim.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/vpn.scm | 4 ++--
gnu/packages/w3m.scm | 2 +-
gnu/packages/web.scm | 19 ++++++++++---------
gnu/packages/wordnet.scm | 3 +--
gnu/packages/xiph.scm | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
gnu/packages/xml.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/xorg.scm | 6 +++---
gnu/packages/zip.scm | 24 ++++++++++++------------
gnu/packages/zsh.scm | 2 +-
92 files changed, 303 insertions(+), 309 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index a5b84af..f0688d3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ ONC RPC numbers")
"Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data
across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a
reliable \"back-end\" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other
-programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging
+programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging
and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you
would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.")
(license gpl2+)))
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel, USB).")
#:tests? #f ; no 'check' target.
#:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://acpica.org/")
- (synopsis "ACPICA tools for the development and debug of ACPI tables")
+ (synopsis "Tools for the development and debug of ACPI tables")
(description
"The ACPI Component Architecture (ACPICA) project provides an
OS-independent reference implementation of the Advanced Configuration and
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again.")
(synopsis "Daemon to monitor directories for events such as file removal")
(description
"A daemon that monitors directories for events, such as creating,
-deleting or modifying files. It can monitor different sets of directories for
+deleting or modifying files. It can monitor different sets of directories for
different events. When an event is detected, direvent calls a specified
external program with information about the event, such as the location
within the file system where it occurred. Thus, \"direvent\" provides an
diff --git a/gnu/packages/aidc.scm b/gnu/packages/aidc.scm
index d5428d3..02254c8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/aidc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/aidc.scm
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ formats.")
(synopsis "Encode data into a QR Code symbol")
(description "Libqrencode is a C library for encoding data in a QR Code
symbol, a kind of 2D symbology that can be scanned by handy terminals such as
-a mobile phone with CCD. The capacity of QR Code is up to 7000 digits or 4000
+a mobile phone with CCD. The capacity of QR Code is up to 7000 digits or 4000
characters, and is highly robust.")
(license license:lgpl2.1+)
(home-page "http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
index 53382eb..fc9f57d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
@@ -48,14 +48,13 @@
(inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp)
("mpfr" ,mpfr)
("mpc" ,mpc)))
- (synopsis "mpfrcx, a library for the arithmetic of univariate polynomials
-over arbitrary precision real or complex numbers")
+ (synopsis "Arithmetic of polynomials over arbitrary precision numbers")
(description
"mpfrcx is a library for the arithmetic of univariate polynomials over
arbitrary precision real (mpfr) or complex (mpc) numbers, without control
-on the rounding. For the time being, only the few functions needed to
+on the rounding. For the time being, only the few functions needed to
implement the floating point approach to complex multiplication are
-implemented. On the other hand, these comprise asymptotically fast
+implemented. On the other hand, these comprise asymptotically fast
multiplication routines such as Toom–Cook and the FFT. ")
(license lgpl2.1+)
(home-page "http://mpfrcx.multiprecision.org/")))
@@ -74,9 +73,9 @@ multiplication routines such as Toom–Cook and the FFT. ")
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp)
("mpfr" ,mpfr)))
- (synopsis "fplll, a library for LLL-reduction of euclidean lattices")
+ (synopsis "Library for LLL-reduction of euclidean lattices")
(description
- "fplll LLL-reduces euclidean lattices. Since version 3, it can also
+ "fplll LLL-reduces euclidean lattices. Since version 3, it can also
solve the shortest vector problem.")
(license lgpl2.1+)
(home-page "http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/damien.stehle/fplll/")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/apr.scm b/gnu/packages/apr.scm
index de068ee..cedeea8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/apr.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/apr.scm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
(description
"The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and
maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent interface
-to underlying platform-specific implementations. The primary goal is to provide
+to underlying platform-specific implementations. The primary goal is to provide
an API to which software developers may code and be assured of predictable if
not identical behaviour regardless of the platform on which their software is
built, relieving them of the need to code special-case conditions to work
diff --git a/gnu/packages/avahi.scm b/gnu/packages/avahi.scm
index c3faf8d..7ff47ae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/avahi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/avahi.scm
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
`(("intltool" ,intltool)
("glib" ,glib "bin")
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
- (synopsis "Avahi, an mDNS/DNS-SD implementation")
+ (synopsis "Implementation of mDNS/DNS-SD protocols")
(description
"Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local
network. It is an implementation of the mDNS (for \"Multicast DNS\") and
diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index a634c94..516712b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ archives in various formats such as tar and cpio. Libarchive also supports
reading and writing archives compressed using various compression filters such
as gzip and bzip2. The library is inherently stream-oriented; readers
serially iterate through the archive, writers serially add things to the
-archive. In particular, note that there is currently no built-in support for
+archive. In particular, note that there is currently no built-in support for
random access nor for in-place modification.")
(license license:bsd-2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index fe2f0f0..9eb1c6d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
(sha256
(base32 "19qy37gkasc4csb1d3bdiz9snn8mir2p3aj0jgzmfv0r2hi7mfzc"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package")
+ (synopsis "Example GNU package")
(description
"GNU Hello prints the message \"Hello, world!\" and then exits. It
serves as an example of standard GNU coding practices. As such, it supports
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.")
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "Print lines matching a pattern")
(description
- "grep is a tool for finding text inside files. Text is found by
+ "Grep is a tool for finding text inside files. Text is found by
matching a pattern provided by the user in one or many files. The pattern
may be provided as a basic or extended regular expression, or as fixed
strings. By default, the matching text is simply printed to the screen,
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ with the Linux kernel.")
(synopsis "Database of current and historical time zones")
(description "The Time Zone Database (often called tz or zoneinfo)
contains code and data that represent the history of local time for many
-representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to
+representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to
reflect changes made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets,
and daylight-saving rules.")
(license public-domain)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/calcurse.scm b/gnu/packages/calcurse.scm
index c13cfea..be1c49b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/calcurse.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/calcurse.scm
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
(home-page "http://www.calcurse.org")
(synopsis "Text-based calendar and scheduling")
(description
- "Calcurse is a text-based calendar and scheduling application. It helps
-keep track of events, appointments and everyday tasks. A configurable
+ "Calcurse is a text-based calendar and scheduling application. It helps
+keep track of events, appointments and everyday tasks. A configurable
notification system reminds user of upcoming deadlines, and the curses based
-interface can be customized to suit user needs. All of the commands are
+interface can be customized to suit user needs. All of the commands are
documented within an online help system.")
(license bsd-2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cdrom.scm b/gnu/packages/cdrom.scm
index 7c62e59..29def9b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cdrom.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cdrom.scm
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
(home-page "http://libcddb.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "C library to access data on a CDDB server")
(description
- "Libcddb is a C library to access data on a CDDB server (freedb.org). It
+ "Libcddb is a C library to access data on a CDDB server (freedb.org). It
allows you to:
1. search the database for possible CD matches;
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ allows you to:
3. submit new CD entries to the database.
Libcddb supports both the custom CDDB protocol and tunnelling the query and
-read operations over plain HTTP. It is also possible to use an HTTP proxy
-server. If you want to speed things up, you can make use of the built-in
+read operations over plain HTTP. It is also possible to use an HTTP proxy
+server. If you want to speed things up, you can make use of the built-in
caching facility provided by the library.")
(license lgpl2.1+)))
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ files.")
(find-files "bin" ".*")))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/")
- (synopsis "audio CD reading utility which includes extra data verification features")
+ (synopsis "Audio CD reading utility")
(description "Cdparanoia retrieves audio tracks from CDDA capable CDROM
drives. The data can be saved to a file or directed to standard output
in WAV, AIFF, AIFF-C or raw format. Most ATAPI, SCSI and several
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ reconstruction capability.")
(delete-file ".#GNUmakefile"))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://dvdisaster.net/en/index.html")
- (synopsis "error correcting codes for optical media images")
+ (synopsis "Error correcting codes for optical media images")
(description "Optical media (CD,DVD,BD) keep their data only for a
finite time (typically for many years). After that time, data loss develops
slowly with read errors growing from the outer media region towards the
diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index ebb04e2..55567b8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
"1jcahzrvxcnp5chdn2x46l0y4aba8d8yd70lljfin7h5knxrlyhs"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://check.sourceforge.net/")
- (synopsis "Check, a unit testing framework for C")
+ (synopsis "Unit test framework for C")
(description
- "Check is a unit testing framework for C. It features a simple
+ "Check is a unit testing framework for C. It features a simple
interface for defining unit tests, putting little in the way of the
developer. Tests are run in a separate address space, so Check can
catch both assertion failures and code errors that cause segmentation
-faults or other signals. The output from unit tests can be used within
+faults or other signals. The output from unit tests can be used within
source code editors and IDEs.")
(license lgpl2.1+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 217ddef..7c22300 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@
(string-append "--prefix=" out)))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://zlib.net/")
- (synopsis "The zlib compression library")
+ (synopsis "Compression library")
(description
"zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered --
that is, not covered by any patents -- lossless data-compression library for
use on virtually any computer hardware and operating system. The zlib data
-format is itself portable across platforms. Unlike the LZW compression method
+format is itself portable across platforms. Unlike the LZW compression method
used in Unix compress(1) and in the GIF image format, the compression method
currently used in zlib essentially never expands the data. (LZW can double or
triple the file size in extreme cases.) zlib's memory footprint is also
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ file; as a result, it is often used in conjunction with \"tar\", resulting in
,@(if (%current-target-system)
'(#:tests? #f)
'())))
- (synopsis "high-quality data compression program")
+ (synopsis "High-quality data compression program")
(description
"bzip2 is a freely available, patent free (see below), high-quality data
compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ decompression.")
(base32
"1dl35ca8fdss9z2d6y234gxh24ixq904xksizrjmjr5dimwhax6n"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis
- "XZ, general-purpose data compression software, successor of LZMA")
+ (synopsis "General-purpose data compression")
(description
"XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with high
compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like systems, but also
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cook.scm b/gnu/packages/cook.scm
index c1799e7..4eb3096 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cook.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cook.scm
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
("ed" ,ed)))
(home-page "http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/software/cook")
(synopsis "Tool for constructing files")
- (description "Cook is a tool for constructing files. It is given a set of
-files to create, and recipes of how to create them. In any non-trivial program
+ (description "Cook is a tool for constructing files. It is given a set of
+files to create, and recipes of how to create them. In any non-trivial program
there will be prerequisites to performing the actions necessary to creating
-any file, such as include files. Cook provides a mechanism to define these.")
+any file, such as include files. Cook provides a mechanism to define these.")
(license gpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm b/gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm
index efb7e1f..725a397 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cryptsetup.scm
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@
("popt" ,popt)))
(native-inputs
`(("python" ,python-wrapper)))
- (synopsis "hard disk encryption tool")
+ (synopsis "Hard disk encryption tool")
(description
"LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup)/Cryptsetup provides a standard on-disk
encryption format, which does not only facilitate compatibility among
distributions, but which also provides secure management of multiple user
-passwords. In contrast to existing solutions, LUKS stores all setup necessary
+passwords. In contrast to existing solutions, LUKS stores all setup necessary
setup information in the partition header, enabling the users to transport
or migrate their data seamlessly.")
(license license:gpl2)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/curl.scm b/gnu/packages/curl.scm
index f77c540..1a428d5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/curl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/curl.scm
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
(substitute* "tests/runtests.pl"
(("/bin/sh") (which "sh"))))
%standard-phases)))
- (synopsis "curl, command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax")
+ (synopsis "Command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax")
(description
"curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax,
supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP,
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cyrus-sasl.scm b/gnu/packages/cyrus-sasl.scm
index 9f70988..9880ace 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cyrus-sasl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cyrus-sasl.scm
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
;; ends up doing "ln -s plugin_common.lo plugin_common.o", which can
;; fail with EEXIST when building things in parallel.
#:parallel-build? #f))
- (synopsis "Cyrus SASL, an implementation of the Simple Authentication Security Layer framework")
+ (synopsis "Simple Authentication Security Layer implementation")
(description
"SASL (Simple Authentication Security Layer) is an Internet
-standards-track method for remote computers to authenticate. The Cyrus SASL
+standards-track method for remote computers to authenticate. The Cyrus SASL
library makes supporting various SASL mechanisms easy for both client and
server writers.")
(license (license:bsd-style "file://COPYING"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 59bd21b..5a7b995 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
;; notably iproute2.
"--enable-compat185"))))
%standard-phases)))
- (synopsis "db, the Berkeley database")
+ (synopsis "Berkeley database")
(description
"Berkeley DB is an embeddable database allowing developers the choice of
SQL, Key/Value, XML/XQuery or Java Object storage for their data model.")
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ types are supported, as is encryption.")
(synopsis "The SQLite database management system")
(description
"SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless,
-zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most
-widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is
-in the public domain.")
+zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most
+widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite
+is in the public domain.")
(license public-domain)))
(define-public tdb
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ in the public domain.")
;; ("libxslt" ,libxslt)
("python" ,python-2))) ;for the Waf build system
(home-page "http://tdb.samba.org/")
- (synopsis "TDB, the trivial database")
+ (synopsis "Trivial database")
(description
"TDB is a Trivial Database. In concept, it is very much like GDBM,
and BSD's DB except that it allows multiple simultaneous writers and uses
diff --git a/gnu/packages/doxygen.scm b/gnu/packages/doxygen.scm
index 8c51ae8..8b1a057 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/doxygen.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/doxygen.scm
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
"--prefix" out))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/")
- (synopsis "tool for generating documentation from annotated sources")
+ (synopsis "Generate documentation from annotated sources")
(description "Doxygen is the de facto standard tool for generating
documentation from annotated C++ sources, but it also supports other popular
programming languages such as C, Objective-C, C#, PHP, Java, Python,
diff --git a/gnu/packages/dwm.scm b/gnu/packages/dwm.scm
index ce87b14..b5dbe73 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/dwm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/dwm.scm
@@ -57,27 +57,27 @@
(home-page "http://dwm.suckless.org/")
(synopsis "Dynamic window manager")
(description
- "dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled,
-monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically,
+ "dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled,
+monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically,
optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.
-In tiled layout windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
+In tiled layout windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
-stacking area contains all other windows. In monocle layout all windows are
-maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized and
-moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the
+stacking area contains all other windows. In monocle layout all windows are
+maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized and
+moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the
layout applied.
-Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
-tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
+Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
+tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the
layout, the number of visible windows, the title of the focused window, and the
-text read from the root window name property, if the screen is focused. A
+text read from the root window name property, if the screen is focused. A
floating window is indicated with an empty square and a maximised floating
-window is indicated with a filled square before the windows title. The selected
-tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused window are
-indicated with a filled square in the top left corner. The tags which are
+window is indicated with a filled square before the windows title. The selected
+tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused window are
+indicated with a filled square in the top left corner. The tags which are
applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in the top
left corner.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 12a12a4..298e36b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ operations.")
(home-page "http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/")
(synopsis "Simple Web browser for Emacs based on w3m")
(description
- "emacs-w3m is an emacs interface for the w3m web browser.")
+ "Emacs-w3m is an emacs interface for the w3m web browser.")
(license gpl2+)))
(define-public emacs-wget
@@ -366,5 +366,5 @@ operations.")
(home-page "http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsWget")
(synopsis "Simple file downloader for Emacs based on wget")
(description
- "emacs-wget is an emacs interface for the wget file downloader.")
+ "Emacs-wget is an emacs interface for the wget file downloader.")
(license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/feh.scm b/gnu/packages/feh.scm
index 5f46743..3707a53 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/feh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/feh.scm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
(description
"feh is an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users.
Unlike most other viewers, it does not have a fancy GUI, but simply
-displays images. It can also be used to set the desktop wallpaper.
+displays images. It can also be used to set the desktop wallpaper.
It is controlled via commandline arguments and configurable key/mouse
actions.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/file.scm b/gnu/packages/file.scm
index 601b158..ccd6f6f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/file.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/file.scm
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
"0z1sgrcfy6d285kj5izy1yypf371bjl3247plh9ppk0svaxv714l"))
(patches (list (search-patch "file-CVE-2014-3587.patch")))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "file, a file type guesser")
+ (synopsis "File type guesser")
(description
"The file command is a file type guesser, a command-line tool that tells
-you in words what kind of data a file contains. It does not rely on filename
+you in words what kind of data a file contains. It does not rely on filename
extentions to tell you the type of a file, but looks at the actual contents
of the file.")
(license bsd-2)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fish.scm b/gnu/packages/fish.scm
index 5833e7b..6f818b4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fish.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fish.scm
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ discoverability, and friendliness. Fish has very user-friendly and powerful
tab-completion, including descriptions of every completion, completion of
strings with wildcards, and many completions for specific commands. It also
has extensive and discoverable help. A special help command gives access to
-all the fish documentation in your web browser. Other features include smart
+all the fish documentation in your web browser. Other features include smart
terminal handling based on terminfo, an easy to search history, and syntax
-highlighting. ")
+highlighting.")
(home-page "http://fishshell.com/")
(license gpl2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/flex.scm b/gnu/packages/flex.scm
index 82a2e98..0b29085 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/flex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/flex.scm
@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@
(home-page "http://flex.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Fast lexical analyser generator")
(description
- "Flex is a tool for generating scanners. A scanner, sometimes
+ "Flex is a tool for generating scanners. A scanner, sometimes
called a tokenizer, is a program which recognizes lexical patterns in
-text. The flex program reads user-specified input files, or its standard
+text. The flex program reads user-specified input files, or its standard
input if no file names are given, for a description of a scanner to
-generate. The description is in the form of pairs of regular expressions
-and C code, called rules. Flex generates a C source file named,
-\"lex.yy.c\", which defines the function yylex(). The file \"lex.yy.c\"
-can be compiled and linked to produce an executable. When the executable
+generate. The description is in the form of pairs of regular expressions
+and C code, called rules. Flex generates a C source file named,
+\"lex.yy.c\", which defines the function yylex(). The file \"lex.yy.c\"
+can be compiled and linked to produce an executable. When the executable
is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences of text matching the
-regular expressions for each rule. Whenever it finds a match, it
+regular expressions for each rule. Whenever it finds a match, it
executes the corresponding C code.")
(license (bsd-style "file://COPYING"
"See COPYING in the distribution."))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fltk.scm b/gnu/packages/fltk.scm
index e6d965e..9d22892 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fltk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fltk.scm
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
(source
(origin
(method url-fetch)
- (uri (string-append "http://fltk.org/pub/fltk/" version "/fltk-" version "-source.tar.gz"))
+ (uri (string-append "http://fltk.org/pub/fltk/" version
+ "/fltk-" version "-source.tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
"1974brlk723095vf8z72kazq1cbqr9a51kq6b0xda6zkjkgl8q0p"))))
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "https://www.fltk.org")
(synopsis "3D C++ GUI library")
- (description "FLTK is a C++ GUI toolkit providing modern GUI functionality without the
-bloat. It supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT emulation.
-FLTK is designed to be small and modular enough to be statically linked, but
-works fine as a shared library. FLTK also includes an excellent UI builder
-called FLUID that can be used to create applications in minutes.")
+ (description "FLTK is a C++ GUI toolkit providing modern GUI functionality
+without the bloat. It supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT
+emulation. FLTK is designed to be small and modular enough to be statically
+linked, but works fine as a shared library. FLTK also includes an excellent
+UI builder called FLUID that can be used to create applications in minutes.")
(license lgpl2.0))) ; plus certain additional permissions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index 512dbb6..e383b36 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@
(symlink (string-append include "/freetype2/freetype")
(string-append include "/freetype"))))
%standard-phases)))
- (synopsis "Freetype, a library to render fonts")
+ (synopsis "Font rendering library")
(description
"Freetype is a library that can be used by applications to access the
-contents of font files. It provides a uniform interface to access font files.
+contents of font files. It provides a uniform interface to access font files.
It supports both bitmap and scalable formats, including TrueType, OpenType,
-Type1, CID, CFF, Windows FON/FNT, X11 PCF, and others. It supports high-speed
+Type1, CID, CFF, Windows FON/FNT, X11 PCF, and others. It supports high-speed
anti-aliased glyph bitmap generation with 256 gray levels.")
(license license:freetype) ; some files have other licenses
(home-page "http://www.freetype.org/")))
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ high quality, anti-aliased and subpixel rendered text on a display.")
It is based on the code of the X11 rasteriser of the X11 project.
The bitmaps created by t1lib are returned in a data structure with type
-GLYPH. This special GLYPH-type is also used in the X11 window system to
-describe character bitmaps. It contains the bitmap data as well as some
-metric information. But t1lib is in itself entirely independent of the
-X11-system or any other graphical user interface. ")
+GLYPH. This special GLYPH-type is also used in the X11 window system to
+describe character bitmaps. It contains the bitmap data as well as some
+metric information. But t1lib is in itself entirely independent of the
+X11-system or any other graphical user interface.")
(license license:gpl2)
(home-page "http://www.t1lib.org/")))
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ X11-system or any other graphical user interface. ")
(patches (list (search-patch "teckit-cstdio.patch")))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
- (synopsis "TECkit, a toolkit for encoding conversions")
+ (synopsis "Toolkit for encoding conversions")
(description
"TECkit is a low-level toolkit intended to be used by other applications
that need to perform encoding conversions (e.g., when importing legacy data
-into a Unicode-based application). The primary component of the TECkit
+into a Unicode-based application). The primary component of the TECkit
package is therefore a library that performs conversions; this is the
-\"TECkit engine\". The engine relies on mapping tables in a specific binary
+\"TECkit engine\". The engine relies on mapping tables in a specific binary
format (for which documentation is available); there is a compiler that
creates such tables from a human-readable mapping description (a simple
text file).
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ To facilitate the development and testing of mapping tables for TECkit,
several applications are also included in the current package; these
include simple tools for applying conversions to plain-text and Standard
Format files, as well as both command-line and simple GUI versions of the
-TECkit compiler. However, it is not intended that these tools will be the
+TECkit compiler. However, it is not intended that these tools will be the
primary means by which end users perform conversions, and they have not
been designed, tested, and debugged to the extent that general-purpose
applications should be.")
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ applications should be.")
`(("freetype" ,freetype)
("perl" ,perl)
("python" ,python-2))) ; because of "import imap" in tests
- (synopsis "reimplementation of the SIL Graphite text processing engine")
+ (synopsis "Reimplementation of the SIL Graphite text processing engine")
(description
"Graphite2 is a reimplementation of the SIL Graphite text processing
engine. Graphite is a smart font technology designed to facilitate the
diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index e7868af..a1858bc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -372,6 +372,6 @@ Portable Game Notation.")
(synopsis "Ball and paddle game")
(description "XBoing is a blockout type game where you have a paddle which
you control to bounce a ball around the game zone destroying blocks with a
-proton ball. Each block carries a different point value. The more blocks you
-destroy, the better your score. The person with the highest score wins.")
+proton ball. Each block carries a different point value. The more blocks you
+destroy, the better your score. The person with the highest score wins.")
(license (x11-style "file://COPYING" "Very similar to the X11 licence."))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcal.scm b/gnu/packages/gcal.scm
index ca79887..6bb54fa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcal.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcal.scm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
(description
"Gcal is a program to calculate and print calendars on the
command-line. Calendars can be printed in 1-month, 3-month or whole-year
-views. In addition, eternal holiday lists can be generated for many
+views. In addition, eternal holiday lists can be generated for many
countries, which can be complemented by user-made lists of fixed dates to
make an agenda. Gcal can also calculate astronomical data, such as the
phases of the moon, and supports alternative calendar formats: Julian,
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 0260158..06e7332 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@ Go. It also includes runtime support libraries for these languages.")
bounded by linear constraints")
(description
"isl is a library for manipulating sets and relations of integer points
-bounded by linear constraints. Supported operations on sets include
+bounded by linear constraints. Supported operations on sets include
intersection, union, set difference, emptiness check, convex hull, (integer)
affine hull, integer projection, computing the lexicographic minimum using
parametric integer programming, coalescing and parametric vertex
-enumeration. It also includes an ILP solver based on generalized basis
+enumeration. It also includes an ILP solver based on generalized basis
reduction, transitive closures on maps (which may encode infinite graphs),
dependence analysis and bounds on piecewise step-polynomials.")
(license lgpl2.1+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/geeqie.scm b/gnu/packages/geeqie.scm
index 3bc25ce..ff45bda 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/geeqie.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/geeqie.scm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
(synopsis "Library and command-line utility to manage image metadata")
(description
"Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image
-metadata. It provides fast and easy read and write access to the Exif, IPTC
+metadata. It provides fast and easy read and write access to the Exif, IPTC
and XMP metadata of images in various formats.")
;; Files under `xmpsdk' are a copy of Adobe's XMP SDK, licensed under the
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
index 1d12075..30b9091 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
(synopsis "Little CMS, a small-footprint colour management engine")
(description
"Little CMS is a small-footprint colour management engine, with special
-focus on accuracy and performance. It uses the International Color
+focus on accuracy and performance. It uses the International Color
Consortium standard (ICC), approved as ISO 15076-1.")
(license license:x11)
(home-page "http://www.littlecms.com/")))
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Consortium standard (ICC), approved as ISO 15076-1.")
(sha256 (base32
"0zhcx67afb6b5r936w5jmaydj3ks8zh83n9rm5sv3m3k8q8jib1q"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "libpaper, a library for handling paper sizes")
+ (synopsis "Library for handling paper sizes")
(description
"The paper library and accompanying files are intended to provide a simple
way for applications to take actions based on a system- or user-specified
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ paper size.")
(substitute* "Makefile"
((" install.include") ""))))
%standard-phases)))
- (synopsis "psutils, a collection of utilities for manipulating PostScript documents")
+ (synopsis "Collection of utilities for manipulating PostScript documents")
(description
"PSUtils is a collection of utilities for manipulating PostScript
-documents. Programs included are psnup, for placing out several logical pages
+documents. Programs included are psnup, for placing out several logical pages
on a single sheet of paper, psselect, for selecting pages from a document,
pstops, for general imposition, psbook, for signature generation for booklet
printing, and psresize, for adjusting page sizes.")
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ output file formats and printers.")
(copy-file file (string-append dir "/" file)))
(find-files "." "pfb|afm"))))
%standard-phases)))))
- (synopsis "free replacements for the PostScript fonts")
+ (synopsis "Free replacements for the PostScript fonts")
(description
"gs-fonts provides fonts and font metrics customarily distributed with
-Ghostscript. It currently includes the 35 standard PostScript fonts.")
+Ghostscript. It currently includes the 35 standard PostScript fonts.")
(license license:gpl2)
(home-page "http://sourceforge.net/projects/gs-fonts/")))
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Ghostscript. It currently includes the 35 standard PostScript fonts.")
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("ghostscript" ,ghostscript)))
(native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
- (synopsis "postscript rendering library")
+ (synopsis "Postscript rendering library")
(description
"libspectre is a small library for rendering Postscript documents.
It provides a convenient easy to use API for handling and rendering
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gimp.scm b/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
index 8fe4f76..aeedd23 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gimp.scm
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
(home-page "http://gegl.org/babl/")
(synopsis "Image pixel format conversion library")
(description
- "babl is a dynamic, any to any, pixel format translation library.
+ "Babl is a dynamic, any to any, pixel format translation library.
It allows converting between different methods of storing pixels known as
pixel formats that have with different bitdepths and other data
representations, color models and component permutations.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gl.scm b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
index a65639b..6a7bb8f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
(synopsis "Mesa OpenGL Utility library")
(description
"GLU, or OpenGL Utility Library provides some higher-level functionality
-not provided by just OpenGL itself. Some of GLU's Features
+not provided by just OpenGL itself. Some of GLU's Features
include: Scaling of 2D images and creation of mipmap pyramids,
Transformation of object coordinates into device coordinates and
vice versa, Support for NURBS surfaces, Support for tessellation
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ as ASCII text.")
(synopsis "Alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)")
(description
"Freeglut is a completely Free/OpenSourced alternative to
-the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library. GLUT was originally
+the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library. GLUT was originally
written by Mark Kilgard to support the sample programs in the
-second edition OpenGL 'RedBook'. Since then, GLUT has been used
+second edition OpenGL 'RedBook'. Since then, GLUT has been used
in a wide variety of practical applications because it is simple,
widely available and highly portable.
GLUT (and hence freeglut) allows the user to create and manage windows
containing OpenGL contexts on a wide range of platforms and also read
-the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions. freeglut is released under
+the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions. Freeglut is released under
the X-Consortium license.")
(license l:x11)))
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ the X-Consortium license.")
(home-page "http://ftgl.sourceforge.net")
(synopsis "Font rendering library for OpenGL applications")
(description
- "FTGL is a font rendering library for OpenGL applications. Supported
+ "FTGL is a font rendering library for OpenGL applications. Supported
rendering modes are: Bitmaps, Anti-aliased pixmaps, Texture maps, Outlines,
Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes")
(license l:x11)))
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes")
(delete-file "src/gallium/state_trackers/d3d1x/w32api"))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://mesa3d.org/")
- (synopsis "Mesa, an OpenGL implementation")
+ (synopsis "OpenGL implementation")
(description "Mesa is a free implementation of the OpenGL specification -
-a system for rendering interactive 3D graphics. A variety of device drivers
+a system for rendering interactive 3D graphics. A variety of device drivers
allows Mesa to be used in many different environments ranging from software
emulation to complete hardware acceleration for modern GPUs.")
(license l:x11)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
index 0a42c0d..9649bca 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
(synopsis "Message bus for inter-process communication (IPC)")
(description
"D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to
-talk to one another. In addition to interprocess communication, D-Bus
+talk to one another. In addition to interprocess communication, D-Bus
helps coordinate process lifecycle; it makes it simple and reliable to
code a \"single instance\" application or daemon, and to launch
applications and daemons on demand when their services are needed.
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ applications and daemons on demand when their services are needed.
D-Bus supplies both a system daemon (for events such as \"new hardware
device added\" or \"printer queue changed\") and a
per-user-login-session daemon (for general IPC needs among user
-applications). Also, the message bus is built on top of a general
+applications). Also, the message bus is built on top of a general
one-to-one message passing framework, which can be used by any two apps
to communicate directly (without going through the message bus
-daemon). Currently the communicating applications are on one computer,
+daemon). Currently the communicating applications are on one computer,
or through unencrypted TCP/IP suitable for use behind a firewall with
shared NFS home directories.")
(license license:gpl2+))) ; or Academic Free License 2.1
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ bindings to call into the C library.")
(home-page "https://launchpad.net/intltool/+download")
(synopsis "Tools to centralise translations of different file formats")
(description
- "intltool is a set of tools to centralise translations of many different
+ "Intltool is a set of tools to centralise translations of many different
file formats using GNU gettext-compatible PO files.
The intltool collection can be used to do these things:
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ by GDBus included in Glib.")
(home-page "http://libsigc.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Type-safe callback system for standard C++")
(description
- "libsigc++ implements a type-safe callback system for standard C++. It
+ "Libsigc++ implements a type-safe callback system for standard C++. It
allows you to define signals and to connect those signals to any callback
function, either global or a member function, regardless of whether it is
static or virtual.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index d497246..c0c1eb3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly.")
"libgnome-desktop, gnome-about, and desktop-wide documents")
(description
"The libgnome-desktop library provides API shared by several applications
-on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons. There
-is no API or ABI guarantee, although we are doing our best to provide
-stability. Documentation for the API is available with gtk-doc.
+on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons.
+There is no API or ABI guarantee, although we are doing our best to provide
+stability. Documentation for the API is available with gtk-doc.
The gnome-about program helps find which version of GNOME is installed.")
; Some bits under the LGPL.
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ database is translated at Transifex.")
"GNOME desktop notification library")
(description
"Libnotify is a library that sends desktop notifications to a
-notification daemon, as defined in the Desktop Notifications spec. These
+notification daemon, as defined in the Desktop Notifications spec. These
notifications can be used to inform the user about an event or display
some form of information without getting in the user's way.")
(license license:lgpl2.1+)))
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ the API")
(propagated-inputs `(("pangox-compat" ,pangox-compat)))
(home-page "https://projects.gnome.org/gtkglext")
(synopsis "OpenGL extension to GTK+")
- (description "GtkGLExt is an OpenGL extension to GTK+. It provides
+ (description "GtkGLExt is an OpenGL extension to GTK+. It provides
additional GDK objects which support OpenGL rendering in GTK+ and GtkWidget
API add-ons to make GTK+ widgets OpenGL-capable.")
(license license:lgpl2.1+)))
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ library.")
(description "libidl is a library for creating trees of CORBA Interface
Definition Language (idl) files, which is a specification for defining
portable interfaces. libidl was initially written for orbit (the orb from the
-GNOME project, and the primary means of libidl distribution). However, the
+GNOME project, and the primary means of libidl distribution). However, the
functionality was designed to be as reusable and portable as possible.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
@@ -773,8 +773,8 @@ use in GNOME applications, built on top of CORBA.")
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://projects.gnome.org/gconf/")
(synopsis "store application preferences")
- (description "gconf is a system for storing application preferences. It
-is intended for user preferences; not arbitrary data storage.")
+ (description "gconf is a system for storing application preferences. It
+is intended for user preferences; not arbitrary data storage.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
@@ -842,9 +842,9 @@ designed to be accessed through the MIME functions in GnomeVFS.")
("intltool" ,intltool)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/gnome-vfs/")
- (synopsis "access files and folders in GNOME applications")
+ (synopsis "Access files and folders in GNOME applications")
(description "GnomeVFS is the core library used to access files and
-folders in GNOME applications. It provides a file system abstraction which
+folders in GNOME applications. It provides a file system abstraction which
allows applications to access local and remote files with a single consistent API.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
@@ -979,8 +979,8 @@ creating interactive structured graphics.")
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/libgnomeui/")
(synopsis "Additional widgets for applications")
- (description "The libgnomeui library provides additional widgets for
-applications. Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been ported to GTK+.")
+ (description "The libgnomeui library provides additional widgets for
+applications. Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been ported to GTK+.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
(define-public libglade
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ applications. Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been ported to GT
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/libglade")
(synopsis "load glade interfaces and access the glade built widgets")
- (description "libglade is a library that provides interfaces for loading
+ (description "libglade is a library that provides interfaces for loading
graphical interfaces described in glade files and for accessing the
widgets built in the loading process.")
(license license:gpl2+))) ; This is correct. GPL not LGPL
@@ -1034,8 +1034,8 @@ widgets built in the loading process.")
("glib" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-genmarshal, etc.
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://projects.gnome.org/gnome-print/home/faq.html")
- (synopsis "printing framework for GNOME")
- (description "Gnome-print is a high-quality printing framework for GNOME.")
+ (synopsis "Printing framework for GNOME")
+ (description "Gnome-print is a high-quality printing framework for GNOME.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm b/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
index 927d201..d9f8347 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnunet.scm
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ and support for SSL3 and TLS.")
(synopsis "Microfork of cURL with support for the HTTP/HTTPS/GnuTLS subset of cURL")
(description
"Gnurl is a microfork of cURL, a command line tool for transferring data
-with URL syntax. While cURL supports many crypto backends, libgnurl only
+with URL syntax. While cURL supports many crypto backends, libgnurl only
supports HTTPS, HTTPS and GnuTLS.")
(license (license:bsd-style "file://COPYING"
"See COPYING in the distribution."))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
index b90426f..5e7c566 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
"02lv5h865f8if391xjp3njg04k0l4x2pwjkcdbzcwilail1skazq"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://gnupg.org")
- (synopsis
- "Libgpg-error, a small library that defines common error values for all GnuPG components")
+ (synopsis "Library of error values for GnuPG components")
(description
"Libgpg-error is a small library that defines common error values
for all GnuPG components. Among these are GPG, GPGSM, GPGME,
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ generation.")
`(("libgpg-error" ,libgpg-error) ("pth" ,pth)))
(home-page "http://gnupg.org")
(synopsis
- "Libassuan, the IPC library used by GnuPG and related software")
+ "IPC library used by GnuPG and related software")
(description
"Libassuan is a small library implementing the so-called Assuan
protocol. This protocol is used for IPC between most newer
@@ -156,8 +155,7 @@ provided.")
(string-append "--with-gpg-error-prefix="
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "libgpg-error")))))
(home-page "http://www.gnupg.org")
- (synopsis
- "Libksba is a CMS and X.509 access library under development")
+ (synopsis "CMS and X.509 access library")
(description
"KSBA (pronounced Kasbah) is a library to make X.509 certificates
as well as the CMS easily accessible by other applications. Both
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ libskba (working with X.509 certificates and CMS data).")
("libassuan" ,libassuan)))
(arguments '(#:make-flags '("GPG=gpg2")))
(home-page "http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/")
- (synopsis "library providing simplified access to GnuPG functionality")
+ (synopsis "Library providing simplified access to GnuPG functionality")
(description
"GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME) is a library designed to make access to GnuPG
easier for applications. It provides a High-Level Crypto API for encryption,
@@ -303,8 +301,8 @@ and every application benefits from this.")
(synopsis "Programs to simplify GnuPG key signing")
(description
"Pius (PGP Individual UID Signer) helps attendees of PGP keysigning
-parties. It is the main utility and makes it possible to quickly and easily
-sign each UID on a set of PGP keys. It is designed to take the pain out of
+parties. It is the main utility and makes it possible to quickly and easily
+sign each UID on a set of PGP keys. It is designed to take the pain out of
the sign-all-the-keys part of PGP Keysigning Party while adding security
to the process.
@@ -375,9 +373,9 @@ PGP keysigning parties.")
"gpgparticipants.1" "gpgsigs.1" "gpgwrap.1"
"process_keys.1" "pgpring.1" "keyanalyze.1"))))
%standard-phases)))))
- (synopsis "collection of scripts for simplifying gnupg key signing")
+ (synopsis "Collection of scripts for simplifying gnupg key signing")
(description
- "signing-party is a collection for all kinds of PGP/GnuPG related things,
+ "Signing-party is a collection for all kinds of PGP/GnuPG related things,
including tools for signing keys, keyring analysis, and party preparation.
* caff: CA - Fire and Forget signs and mails a key
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gperf.scm b/gnu/packages/gperf.scm
index 9d9aaba..9e2e3c6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gperf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gperf.scm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/")
(synopsis "Perfect hash function generator")
(description
- "gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of
+ "GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of
strings, it produces a hash function and hash table in C or C++ code. That
the hash function is perfect means that no collisions can exist and that
look-ups can be made by single string comparisons.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/grub.scm b/gnu/packages/grub.scm
index 398a6d4..590041f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/grub.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/grub.scm
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
(synopsis "GRand Unified Boot loader")
(description
"GRUB is a multiboot bootloader. It is used for initially loading the
-kernel of an operating system and then transferring control to it. The kernel
+kernel of an operating system and then transferring control to it. The kernel
then goes on to load the rest of the operating system. As a multiboot
bootloader, GRUB handles the presence of multiple operating systems installed
on the same computer; upon booting the computer, the user is presented with a
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
index 8739c04..8fb21ee 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
(sha256 (base32
"101pr110ardcj2di940g6vaqifsaxc44h6hjn81l63dvmkj5a6ga"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "Libntlm, a library that implements NTLM authentication")
+ (synopsis "Library that implements NTLM authentication")
(description
"Libntlm is a library that implements NTLM authentication")
(license lgpl2.1+)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
(description
"The GNU Generic Security Service provides a free implementation of the
GSS-API specification. It provides a generic application programming
-interface for programs to access security services. Security services present
+interface for programs to access security services. Security services present
a generic, GSS interface, with which the calling application interacts via
this library, freeing the application developer from needing to know about
the underlying security implementation.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 4dd389b..8958504 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
(synopsis "GNOME accessibility toolkit")
(description
"ATK provides the set of accessibility interfaces that are implemented
-by other toolkits and applications. Using the ATK interfaces, accessibility
+by other toolkits and applications. Using the ATK interfaces, accessibility
tools have full access to view and control running applications.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/atk/")))
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ tools have full access to view and control running applications.")
"Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices.
Currently supported output targets include the X Window System (via both
Xlib and XCB), Quartz, Win32, image buffers, PostScript, PDF, and SVG file
-output. Experimental backends include OpenGL, BeOS, OS/2, and DirectFB.
+output. Experimental backends include OpenGL, BeOS, OS/2, and DirectFB.
Cairo is designed to produce consistent output on all output media while
taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available
eg. through the X Render Extension).
The cairo API provides operations similar to the drawing operators of
-PostScript and PDF. Operations in cairo including stroking and filling cubic
+PostScript and PDF. Operations in cairo including stroking and filling cubic
Bézier splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and
-antialiased text rendering. All drawing operations can be transformed by any
+antialiased text rendering. All drawing operations can be transformed by any
affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.)")
(license license:lgpl2.1) ; or Mozilla Public License 1.1
(home-page "http://cairographics.org/")))
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.)")
(native-inputs
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
("python" ,python-wrapper)))
- (synopsis "opentype text shaping engine")
+ (synopsis "OpenType text shaping engine")
(description
"HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine.")
(license (license:x11-style "file://COPYING"
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.)")
(synopsis "GNOME text and font handling library")
(description
"Pango is the core text and font handling library used in GNOME
-applications. It has extensive support for the different writing systems
+applications. It has extensive support for the different writing systems
used throughout the world.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/pango/")))
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ used throughout the world.")
`(("intltool" ,intltool)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/pango")
- (synopsis "functions now obsolete in pango")
+ (synopsis "Obsolete pango functions")
(description "Pangox was a X backend to pango. It is now obsolete and no
longer provided by recent pango releases. pangox-compat provides the
functions which were removed.")
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ is part of the GNOME accessibility project.")
(synopsis "Cross-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces")
(description
"GTK+, or the GIMP Toolkit, is a multi-platform toolkit for creating
-graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is
+graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is
suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete
application suites.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm b/gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm
index 38c5959..98e657f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm
@@ -114,5 +114,5 @@ dependencies.")
have total control of what it does by choosing which modules to include.
Included with it are a few modules that provide basic TinyWM-like window
management, some window record-keeping, multi-monitor support, and emacs-like
-keymaps and minibuffer. At this point, it's just enough to get you started.")
+keymaps and minibuffer. At this point, it's just enough to get you started.")
(license gpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 1a5835f..e0ff29d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ or 2.0."
"Guile-Reader is a simple framework for building readers for GNU Guile.
The idea is to make it easy to build procedures that extend Guile’s read
-procedure. Readers supporting various syntax variants can easily be written,
+procedure. Readers supporting various syntax variants can easily be written,
possibly by re-using existing “token readers” of a standard Scheme
-readers. For example, it is used to implement Skribilo’s R5RS-derived
+readers. For example, it is used to implement Skribilo’s R5RS-derived
document syntax.
Guile-Reader’s approach is similar to Common Lisp’s “read table”, but
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ many readers as needed).")
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile-ncurses/")
(synopsis "Guile bindings to ncurses")
(description
- "guile-ncurses provides Guile language bindings for the ncurses
+ "GNU Guile-Ncurses provides Guile language bindings for the ncurses
library.")
(license lgpl3+)))
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ format is also supported.")
(home-page "http://www.nongnu.org/guile-lib/")
(synopsis "Collection of useful Guile Scheme modules")
(description
- "guile-lib is intended as an accumulation place for pure-scheme Guile
+ "Guile-Lib is intended as an accumulation place for pure-scheme Guile
modules, allowing for people to cooperate integrating their generic Guile
modules into a coherent library. Think \"a down-scaled, limited-scope CPAN
for Guile\".")
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ for Guile\".")
(synopsis "JSON module for Guile")
(description
"Guile-json supports parsing and building JSON documents according to the
-http:://json.org specification. These are the main features:
+http:://json.org specification. These are the main features:
- Strictly complies to http://json.org specification.
- Build JSON documents programmatically via macros.
- Unicode support for strings.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/hurd.scm b/gnu/packages/hurd.scm
index aed6f66..8ac78d3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/hurd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/hurd.scm
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
"GNU MIG is the GNU distribution of the Mach 3.0 interface generator
MIG, as maintained by the GNU Hurd developers for the GNU project.
You need this tool to compile the GNU Mach and GNU Hurd distributions,
-and to compile the GNU C library for the Hurd. Also,you will need it
+and to compile the GNU C library for the Hurd. Also, you will need it
for other software in the GNU system that uses Mach-based inter-process
communication.")
(license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/icu4c.scm b/gnu/packages/icu4c.scm
index e7d5247..5963fe4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/icu4c.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/icu4c.scm
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@
(find-files "bin" ".*")
(find-files "sbin" ".*"))))))
%standard-phases)))))
- (synopsis "ICU, International Components for Unicode")
+ (synopsis "International Components for Unicode")
(description
"ICU is a set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and
-globalisation support for software applications. This package contains the
+globalisation support for software applications. This package contains the
C/C++ part.")
(license x11)
(home-page "http://site.icu-project.org/")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/image.scm b/gnu/packages/image.scm
index e4f831e..9425c11 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/image.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/image.scm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
(synopsis "Library for handling PNG files")
(description
"Libpng is the official PNG (Portable Network Graphics) reference
-library. It supports almost all PNG features and is extensible.")
+library. It supports almost all PNG features and is extensible.")
(license license:zlib)
(home-page "http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html")))
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ library. It supports almost all PNG features and is extensible.")
(sha256 (base32
"19q5zr4n60sjcvfbyv06n4pcl1mai3ipvnd2akflayciinj3wx9s"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "Libjpeg, a library for handling JPEG files")
+ (synopsis "Library for handling JPEG files")
(description
"Libjpeg implements JPEG image encoding, decoding, and transcoding.
JPEG is a standardized compression method for full-color and gray-scale
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ image files in PBMPLUS PPM/PGM, GIF, BMP, and Targa file formats.")
(list (string-append "--with-jpeg-include-dir="
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "libjpeg-8")
"/include"))))
- (synopsis "Libtiff, a library for handling TIFF files")
+ (synopsis "Library for handling TIFF files")
(description
"Libtiff provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a format
used for storing image data.
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ error-resilience, a Java-viewer for j2k-images, ...")
%standard-phases))))
(synopsis "Tools and library for working with GIF images")
(description
- "giflib is a library for reading and writing GIF images. It is API and
+ "GIFLIB is a library for reading and writing GIF images. It is API and
ABI compatible with libungif which was in wide use while the LZW compression
algorithm was patented. Tools are also included to convert, manipulate,
compose, and analyze GIF images.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm b/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
index e557893..d8af61c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
(synopsis "Create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images")
(description
"ImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert
-bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 100)
+bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 100)
including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG,
-and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and
+and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and
transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw
text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.")
(license (fsf-free "http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php"))))
--git a/gnu/packages/irssi.scm b/gnu/packages/irssi.scm
index da71bea..c97fd07 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/irssi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/irssi.scm
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
("perl" ,perl)))
(home-page "http://www.irssi.org/")
- (synopsis "Irssi, a terminal-based IRC client")
+ (synopsis "Terminal-based IRC client")
(description
- "Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports
+ "Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports
SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.")
(license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde.scm b/gnu/packages/kde.scm
index 6ed8c93..3500b0a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde.scm
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
(arguments
`(#:tests? #f)) ; no check target
(home-page "http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tools/Automoc4")
- (synopsis "build tool for KDE")
- (description "KDE desktop environment")
+ (synopsis "Build tool for KDE")
+ (description "AutoMoc4 automatically generates moc-files for KDE.")
(license bsd-2)))
(define-public phonon
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm b/gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm
index 24f5b51..dd95ff4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libdaemon.scm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
(synopsis "Lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemons")
(description
"libdaemon is a lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX
-daemons. It consists of the following parts:
+daemons. It consists of the following parts:
• A wrapper around fork() which does the correct daemonization procedure of
a process
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ daemons. It consists of the following parts:
• An API for running subprocesses with STDOUT and STDERR redirected to
syslog.
-APIs like these are used in most daemon software available. It is not that
+APIs like these are used in most daemon software available. It is not that
simple to get it done right and code duplication is not a goal.")
(license lgpl2.1+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libevent.scm b/gnu/packages/libevent.scm
index 7b8adba..27416a0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libevent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libevent.scm
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@
("which" ,which)
("python" ,python-wrapper)))
(home-page "http://libevent.org/")
- (synopsis
- "libevent, an event notification library")
+ (synopsis "Event notification library")
(description
"The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libusb.scm b/gnu/packages/libusb.scm
index 86ead7b..0d4f797 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libusb.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libusb.scm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
"16sz34ix6hw2wwl3kqx6rf26fg210iryr68wc439dc065pffw879"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://www.libusb.org")
- (synopsis "Libusb, a user-space USB library")
+ (synopsis "User-space USB library")
(description
"Libusb is a library that gives applications easy access to USB
devices on various operating systems.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 8bd2171..22e3aca 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ at login. Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features")
(inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
(home-page "http://psmisc.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis
- "set of utilities that use the proc filesystem, such as fuser, killall, and pstree")
+ "Small utilities that use the proc filesystem")
(description
"This PSmisc package is a set of some small useful utilities that
-use the proc filesystem. We're not about changing the world, but
+use the proc filesystem. We're not about changing the world, but
providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
(license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lout.scm b/gnu/packages/lout.scm
index 1121f16..f6715c8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lout.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lout.scm
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@
'install 'install-doc
,doc-phase
%standard-phases)))))
- (synopsis "Lout, a document layout system similar in style to LaTeX")
+ (synopsis "Document layout system")
(description
-"The Lout document formatting system is now reads a high-level description of
+"The Lout document formatting system reads a high-level description of
a document similar in style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript or plain text
output file.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lsh.scm b/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
index 1b4dfd0..a931a11 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
(home-page "http://www.lysator.liu.se/liboop/")
(synopsis "Event loop library")
(description "Liboop is a low-level event loop management library for
-POSIX-based operating systems. It supports the development of modular,
-multiplexed applications which may respond to events from several sources. It
+POSIX-based operating systems. It supports the development of modular,
+multiplexed applications which may respond to events from several sources. It
replaces the \"select() loop\" and allows the registration of event handlers
for file and network I/O, timers and signals. Since processes use these
mechanisms for almost all external communication, liboop can be used as the
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lsof.scm b/gnu/packages/lsof.scm
index 3611a45..f7e5ec0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lsof.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lsof.scm
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
(copy-file "lsof.8" (string-append out "/share/man/man8/lsof.8"))
))
%standard-phases)))))
- (synopsis "lsof displays information about open files")
+ (synopsis "Display information about open files")
(description
"Lsof stands for LiSt Open Files, and it does just that.
It lists information about files that are open by the processes running
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lua.scm b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
index 2bc627a..eda69f9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lua.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
(description
"Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. Lua
combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs
-based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed,
+based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed,
runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual machine, and has
automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal
for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index 20e700f..5293e27 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ problems in numerical linear algebra.")
(home-page "http://www.gnuplot.info")
(synopsis "Command-line driven graphing utility")
(description "Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven graphing
-utility. It was originally created to allow scientists and students to
+utility. It was originally created to allow scientists and students to
visualize mathematical functions and data interactively, but has grown to
-support many non-interactive uses such as web scripting. It is also used as a
+support many non-interactive uses such as web scripting. It is also used as a
plotting engine by third-party applications like Octave.")
;; X11 Style with the additional restriction that derived works may only be
;; distributed as patches to the original.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm b/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm
index 12a4827..ad67302 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ XTEA, 3WAY, TWOFISH, BLOWFISH, ARCFOUR, WAKE and more.")
(home-page "http://mhash.sourceforge.net/")
(synopsis "Thread-safe hash library")
(description
- "mhash is a thread-safe hash library, implemented in C, and provides a
-uniform interface to a large number of hash algorithms. These algorithms can
-be used to compute checksums, message digests, and other signatures. The HMAC
+ "Mhash is a thread-safe hash library, implemented in C, and provides a
+uniform interface to a large number of hash algorithms. These algorithms can
+be used to compute checksums, message digests, and other signatures. The HMAC
support implements the basics for message authentication, following RFC 2104.
Algorithms currently supplied are:
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
index 3860601..455e90a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
;; remove option that is not supported by gcc any more
(substitute* "configure" ((" -fforce-mem") "")))
%standard-phases)))
- (synopsis "libmad, an MPEG audio decoder")
+ (synopsis "MPEG audio decoder")
(description
"MAD (MPEG Audio Decoder) supports MPEG-1 and the MPEG-2 extension to
lower sampling frequencies, as well as the de facto MPEG 2.5 format.
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ This package contains the library.")
"0lb1w883dc46dajbdvnia5870brl5lvnlk7g7y58y9wpg5p4znk3"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
- (synopsis "libid3tag, a library for reading ID3 tags")
+ (synopsis "Library for reading ID3 tags")
(description
"libid3tag is a library for reading ID3 tags, both ID3v1 and the various
versions of ID3v2")
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ versions of ID3v2")
(substitute* "examples/test_io.cpp"
(("dami;") "dami;\nusing namespace std;")))
%standard-phases)))
- (synopsis "a library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags")
+ (synopsis "Library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags")
(description
"id3lib is a cross-platform software development library for reading,
-writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags. It is an on-going project
+writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags. It is an on-going project
whose primary goals are full compliance with the ID3v2 standard, portability
across several platforms, and providing a powerful and feature-rich API with
a highly stable and efficient implementation.")
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ a highly stable and efficient implementation.")
("pcre" ,pcre)))
(native-inputs
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
- (synopsis "libmp3splt, a library for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
+ (synopsis "Library for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
(description
"Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
-and an end time position, without decoding. For splitting an album, one may
+and an end time position, without decoding. For splitting an album, one may
select split points and filenames manually or obtain them automatically from
-CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files. The tool also supports
+CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files. The tool also supports
automatic silence split, that can be used also to adjust cddb/cue splitpoints.
This package contains the library.")
@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ This package contains the library.")
"106dnka56prlc9nsfh300f8841am2lmkwlzgl9lkr25mgnc35wwh"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("libmp3splt" ,libmp3splt)))
- (synopsis "mp3splt, a utiliy for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
+ (synopsis "Utiliy for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
(description
"Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
-and an end time position, without decoding. For splitting an album, one may
+and an end time position, without decoding. For splitting an album, one may
select split points and filenames manually or obtain them automatically from
-CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files. The tool also supports
+CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files. The tool also supports
automatic silence split, that can be used also to adjust cddb/cue splitpoints.
This package contains the binary.")
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ use with CD-recording software).")
(synopsis "GTK program to rip and encode CD audio tracks")
(description
"RipperX is a GTK program to rip CD audio tracks and encode them to the
-Ogg, MP3, or FLAC formats. It's goal is to be easy to use, requiring only
-a few mouse clicks to convert an entire album. It supports CDDB lookups
+Ogg, MP3, or FLAC formats. Its goal is to be easy to use, requiring only
+a few mouse clicks to convert an entire album. It supports CDDB lookups
for album and track information.")
(license license:gpl2)
(home-page "http://sourceforge.net/projects/ripperx/")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/netpbm.scm b/gnu/packages/netpbm.scm
index 21bef5f..0fdcf4c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/netpbm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/netpbm.scm
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
(for-each delete-file
'("config_template" "pkginfo" "README" "VERSION")))))
%standard-phases)))))
- (synopsis "Netpbm, a toolkit for manipulation of images")
+ (synopsis "Toolkit for manipulation of images")
(description
"Netpbm is a toolkit for the manipulation of graphic images, including
the conversion of images between a variety of different formats.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/noweb.scm b/gnu/packages/noweb.scm
index 155639f..be90e2d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/noweb.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/noweb.scm
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
(home-page "http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb/")
(synopsis "Literate programming tool")
(description
- "noweb is designed to meet the needs of literate programmers while
+ "Noweb is designed to meet the needs of literate programmers while
remaining as simple as possible. Its primary advantages are simplicity,
extensibility, and language-independence—especially noticeable when compared
with other literate-programming tools. noweb uses 5 control sequences to
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
index b4e48cc..2b4821e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
(synopsis "The OCaml programming language")
(description
"OCaml is a general purpose industrial-strength programming language with
-an emphasis on expressiveness and safety. Developed for more than 20 years at
+an emphasis on expressiveness and safety. Developed for more than 20 years at
Inria it benefits from one of the most advanced type systems and supports
functional, imperative and object-oriented styles of programming.")
(license (list qpl gpl2))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/openssl.scm b/gnu/packages/openssl.scm
index a94b7a5..6ce2510 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/openssl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/openssl.scm
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
(("/bin/rm")
"rm"))))
%standard-phases))))
- (synopsis "OpenSSL, an SSL/TLS implementation")
+ (synopsis "SSL/TLS implementation")
(description
"OpenSSL is an implementation of SSL/TLS")
(license license:openssl)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pcre.scm b/gnu/packages/pcre.scm
index 94df454..54a3e22 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pcre.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pcre.scm
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
"--enable-pcregrep-libz"
"--enable-pcregrep-libbz2"
"--enable-pcretest-libreadline")))
- (synopsis "PCRE, Perl Compatible Regular Expressions")
+ (synopsis "Perl Compatible Regular Expressions")
(description
"The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression
-pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE has its
+pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE has its
own native API, as well as a set of wrapper functions that correspond to the
POSIX regular expression API.")
(license license:bsd-3)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
index 5a0a3fa..f0a739b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
#:configure-flags
'("--enable-xpdf-headers" ; to install header files
"--enable-zlib")))
- (synopsis "Poppler, a pdf rendering library")
+ (synopsis "PDF rendering library")
(description
"Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.")
(license license:gpl2+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm b/gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm
index eb5f748..8317136 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm
@@ -48,14 +48,13 @@
"share/pkgconfig")))))
(home-page "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config")
(license gpl2+)
- (synopsis "a helper tool used when compiling applications and
-libraries")
+ (synopsis "Helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries")
(description
"pkg-config is a helper tool used when compiling applications and
libraries. It helps you insert the correct compiler options on the
command line so an application can use gcc -o test test.c `pkg-config
--libs --cflags glib-2.0` for instance, rather than hard-coding values
-on where to find glib (or other libraries). It is language-agnostic, so
+on where to find glib (or other libraries). It is language-agnostic, so
it can be used for defining the location of documentation tools, for
instance.")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm b/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm
index 07837eb..bd38a4b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
(synopsis "Any file to PostScript, including pretty-printing")
(description
"GNU a2ps converts almost anything to a PostScript file, ready for
-printing. It accomplishes this by being able to delegate files to external
+printing. It accomplishes this by being able to delegate files to external
handlers, such as Groff and Gzip. It handles as many steps as is necessary to
produce a pretty-printed file. It also includes some extra abilities for
special cases, such as pretty-printing \"--help\" output.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 897e248..551372c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
(directories '("lib/python2.7/site-packages")))))
(home-page "http://python.org")
(synopsis
- "Python, a high-level dynamically-typed programming language")
+ "High-level, dynamically-typed programming language")
(description
"Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that
is used in a wide variety of application domains. Some of its key
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ Python 3 support.")
(description
"Pycrypto is a collection of both secure hash functions (such as SHA256
and RIPEMD160), and various encryption algorithms (AES, DES, RSA, ElGamal,
-etc.). The package is structured to make adding new modules easy.")
+etc.). The package is structured to make adding new modules easy.")
(license public-domain)))
(define-public python-keyring
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ etc.). The package is structured to make adding new modules easy.")
(synopsis "Store and access your passwords safely")
(description
"The Python keyring lib provides a easy way to access the system keyring
-service from python. It can be used in any application that needs safe
+service from python. It can be used in any application that needs safe
password storage.")
;; "MIT" and PSF dual license
(license x11)))
@@ -475,10 +475,10 @@ password storage.")
(home-page "http://pypi.python.org/pypi/six/")
(synopsis "Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities")
(description
- "Six is a Python 2 and 3 compatibility library. It provides utility
+ "Six is a Python 2 and 3 compatibility library. It provides utility
functions for smoothing over the differences between the Python versions with
the goal of writing Python code that is compatible on both Python versions.
-Six supports every Python version since 2.5. It is contained in only one
+Six supports every Python version since 2.5. It is contained in only one
Python file, so it can be easily copied into your project.")
(license x11)))
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ datetime module, available in Python 2.3+.")
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "https://github.com/regebro/tzlocal")
(synopsis
- "tzinfo object for the local timezone")
+ "Local timezone information for Python")
(description
"Tzlocal returns a tzinfo object with the local timezone information.
This module attempts to fix a glaring hole in pytz, that there is no way to
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ Python 3.3+.")
(home-page "https://fedorahosted.org/dogtail/")
(synopsis "GUI test tool and automation framework written in Python")
(description
- "dogtail is a GUI test tool and automation framework written in Python.
+ "Dogtail is a GUI test tool and automation framework written in Python.
It uses Accessibility (a11y) technologies to communicate with desktop
applications. dogtail scripts are written in Python and executed like any
other Python program.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index f57fedb..3df0066 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
(native-inputs
`(("bison" ,bison)))
(home-page "http://xkbcommon.org/")
- (synopsis "library to handle keyboard descriptions")
+ (synopsis "Library to handle keyboard descriptions")
(description "Xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions,
including loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their
state. It is mainly meant for client toolkits, window systems, and other
diff --git a/gnu/packages/rsync.scm b/gnu/packages/rsync.scm
index 9c1a7a3..35bd13f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rsync.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rsync.scm
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
("acl" ,acl)))
- (synopsis "rsync, a remote (and local) file copying tool")
+ (synopsis "Remote (and local) file copying tool")
(description
- "rsync is a fast and versatile file copying tool. It can copy locally,
+ "Rsync is a fast and versatile file copying tool. It can copy locally,
to/from another host over any remote shell, or to/from a remote rsync daemon.
Its delta-transfer algorithm reduces the amount of data sent over the network
by sending only the differences between the source files and the existing
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ files in the destination.")
"Librsync is a free software library that implements the rsync
remote-delta algorithm. This algorithm allows efficient remote updates of a
file, without requiring the old and new versions to both be present at the
-sending end. The library uses a \"streaming\" design similar to that of zlib
+sending end. The library uses a \"streaming\" design similar to that of zlib
with the aim of allowing it to be embedded into many different applications.")
(license lgpl2.1+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/scrot.scm b/gnu/packages/scrot.scm
index a5bbe18..b842c2d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/scrot.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/scrot.scm
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
(home-page "http://linuxbrit.co.uk/software/")
(synopsis "Command-line screen capture utility for X Window System")
(description
- "scrot allows to save a screenshot of a full screen, a window or a part
+ "Scrot allows to save a screenshot of a full screen, a window or a part
of the screen selected by mouse.")
;; This license removes a clause about X Consortium from the original
;; X11 license.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
index 9fb40f2..b9b5262 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ joystick, and graphics hardware.")
(synopsis "Library for module sound formats")
(description
"MikMod is able to play a wide range of module formats, as well as
-digital sound files. It can take advantage of particular features of your
+digital sound files. It can take advantage of particular features of your
system, such as sound redirection over the network.")
(license lgpl2.1)
(home-page "http://mikmod.sourceforge.net/")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/skribilo.scm b/gnu/packages/skribilo.scm
index 6971e79..e0a167c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/skribilo.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/skribilo.scm
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ high-quality hard copies.
The input document can use Skribilo's markup language to provide information
about the document's structure, which is similar to HTML or LaTeX and does not
-require expertise. Alternatively, it can use a simpler, “markup-less” format
+require expertise. Alternatively, it can use a simpler, “markup-less” format
that borrows from Emacs' outline mode and from other conventions used in
emails, Usenet and text.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index 2f1bb79..b0324a2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ remote applications.")
(propagated-inputs `(("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)
("zlib" ,zlib)))
(arguments '(#:configure-flags `("--with-libgcrypt")))
- (synopsis "libssh2, a client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol")
+ (synopsis "Client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol")
(description
"libssh2 is a library intended to allow software developers access to
-the SSH-2 protocol in an easy-to-use self-contained package. It can be built
+the SSH-2 protocol in an easy-to-use self-contained package. It can be built
into an application to perform many different tasks when communicating with
a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
(license license:bsd-3)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
;; install without host keys and system configuration files
(zero? (apply system* "make" "install-nosysconf" make-flags)))
%standard-phases)))))
- (synopsis "OpenSSH, a client and server for the secure shell (ssh) protocol")
+ (synopsis "Client and server for the secure shell (ssh) protocol")
(description
"The SSH2 protocol implemented in OpenSSH is standardised by the
IETF secsh working group and is specified in several RFCs and drafts.
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ cryptographically secured connection: it provides integrity, confidentiality
and optional compression.
The user authentication layer uses the established connection and relies on
-the services provided by the transport layer. It provides several mechanisms
-for user authentication. These include traditional password authentication
+the services provided by the transport layer. It provides several mechanisms
+for user authentication. These include traditional password authentication
as well as public-key or host-based authentication mechanisms.
The connection layer multiplexes many different concurrent channels over the
authenticated connection and allows tunneling of login sessions and
-TCP-forwarding. It provides a flow control service for these channels.
+TCP-forwarding. It provides a flow control service for these channels.
Additionally, various channel-specific options can be negotiated.")
(license (license:bsd-style "file://LICENSE"
"See LICENSE in the distribution."))
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ especially over Wi-Fi, cellular, and long-distance links.")
(inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
(synopsis "Small SSH server and client")
(description "Dropbear is a relatively small SSH server and
-client. It runs on a variety of POSIX-based platforms. Dropbear is
+client. It runs on a variety of POSIX-based platforms. Dropbear is
particularly useful for embedded systems, such as wireless routers.")
(home-page "https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html")
(license (license:x11-style "" "See file LICENSE."))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/stalonetray.scm b/gnu/packages/stalonetray.scm
index 5a53cd8..762ac8c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/stalonetray.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/stalonetray.scm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
(synopsis "Standalone freedesktop.org and KDE systray implementation")
(description
"Stalonetray is a stand-alone freedesktop.org and KDE system
-tray (notification area) for X Window System/X11 (e.g. X.Org or XFree86). It
+tray (notification area) for X Window System/X11 (e.g. X.Org or XFree86). It
has full XEMBED support and minimal dependencies: an X11 lib only. Stalonetray
works with virtually any EWMH-compliant window manager.")
(license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tcl.scm b/gnu/packages/tcl.scm
index 099bad2..d988249 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tcl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tcl.scm
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
(description
"Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications such as
telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc. Expect really makes this
-stuff trivial. Expect is also useful for testing these same
-applications. And by adding Tk, you can wrap interactive applications in
+stuff trivial. Expect is also useful for testing these same
+applications. And by adding Tk, you can wrap interactive applications in
X11 GUIs.")
(license public-domain))) ; as written in `license.terms'
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tcsh.scm b/gnu/packages/tcsh.scm
index d29087a..f582713 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tcsh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tcsh.scm
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
(synopsis "Unix shell based on csh")
(description
"Tcsh is an enhanced, but completely compatible version of the Berkeley
-UNIX C shell (csh). It is a command language interpreter usable both as an
-interactive login shell and a shell script command processor. It includes a
+UNIX C shell (csh). It is a command language interpreter usable both as an
+interactive login shell and a shell script command processor. It includes a
command-line editor, programmable word completion, spelling correction, a
history mechanism, job control and a C-like syntax.")
(license bsd-4)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
index c4d7504..4f2193c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
(("^// TODO sc.*") "#include <sys/types.h>\n#include <sys/stat.h>\n")))
%standard-phases)))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "(u)Common C++ framework for threaded applications")
+ (synopsis "Common C++ framework for threaded applications")
(description "GNU Common C++ is an portable, optimized class framework for
threaded applications, supporting concurrent synchronization, inter-process
communications via sockets, and various methods for data handling, such as
@@ -64,12 +64,11 @@ reimplementation.")
(sha256 (base32
"0hpwxiyd7c3qnzksk6vw94cdig1v8yy6khgcaa87a7hb3zbkv4zg"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "(u)Common C++ framework for threaded applications")
- (description "GNU Common C++ is an portable, optimized class framework for
-threaded applications, supporting concurrent synchronization, inter-process
-communications via sockets, and various methods for data handling, such as
-serialization and XML parsing. It includes the uCommon C++ library, a smaller
-reimplementation.")
+ (synopsis "Common C++ framework for threaded applications")
+ (description "GNU uCommon C++ is meant as a very light-weight C++ library
+to facilitate using C++ design patterns even for very deeply embedded
+applications, such as for systems using uclibc along with posix threading
+support.")
(license gpl2+) ; plus runtime exception
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/commoncpp")))
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ to initiate and control SIP sessions.")
(inputs `(("osip" ,osip)))
(synopsis "Sip abstraction library")
(description "EXosip is a library that hides the complexity of using the
-SIP protocol for mutlimedia session establishement. This protocol is mainly to
+SIP protocol for mutlimedia session establishement. This protocol is mainly to
be used by VoIP telephony applications (endpoints or conference server) but
might be also usefull for any application that wish to establish sessions like
multiplayer games.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/texlive.scm b/gnu/packages/texlive.scm
index e562b02..86ec30f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/texlive.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/texlive.scm
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ world.")
("python" ,python-2) ; incompatible with Python 3 (print syntax)
("which" ,which)))
(home-page "https://launchpad.net/rubber")
- (synopsis "Rubber, a wrapper for LaTeX and friends")
+ (synopsis "Wrapper for LaTeX and friends")
(description
"Rubber is a program whose purpose is to handle all tasks related to the
compilation of LaTeX documents. This includes compiling the document itself,
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tor.scm b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
index 8c3a500..0d6f6b3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents
somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you
visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical
-location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including
+location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including
web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other
applications based on the TCP protocol.")
(license bsd-3)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/valgrind.scm b/gnu/packages/valgrind.scm
index 44a8381..af798be 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/valgrind.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/valgrind.scm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
(description
"Valgrind is an instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis
tools. There are Valgrind tools that can automatically detect many memory
-management and threading bugs, and profile your programs in detail. You can
+management and threading bugs, and profile your programs in detail. You can
also use Valgrind to build new tools.")
(license gpl2+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index eed72c4..a9186ef 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
(synopsis "Version control system supporting both distributed and centralized workflows")
(description
"GNU Bazaar is a version control system that allows you to record
-changes to project files over time. It supports both a distributed workflow
+changes to project files over time. It supports both a distributed workflow
as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
(license gpl2+)))
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ property manipulation.")
("sqlite" ,sqlite)
("zlib" ,zlib)))
(home-page "http://subversion.apache.org/")
- (synopsis "Subversion, a revision control system")
+ (synopsis "Revision control system")
(description
"Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as a
centralized version control system characterized by its
@@ -563,10 +563,10 @@ accessed and migrated on modern systems.")
(home-page "http://aegis.sourceforge.net")
(synopsis "Project change supervisor")
(description "Aegis is a project change supervisor, and performs some of
-the Software Configuration Management needed in a CASE environment. Aegis
+the Software Configuration Management needed in a CASE environment. Aegis
provides a framework within which a team of developers may work on many
changes to a program independently, and Aegis coordinates integrating these
changes back into the master source of the program, with as little disruption
-as possible. Resolution of contention for source files, a major headache for
+as possible. Resolution of contention for source files, a major headache for
any project with more than one developer, is one of Aegis's major functions.")
(license gpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/vim.scm b/gnu/packages/vim.scm
index 66e0f0e..e117fc4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/vim.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/vim.scm
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@
(synopsis "Text editor based on vi")
(description
"Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text
-editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX
+editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX
systems.
Vim is often called a \"programmer's editor,\" and so useful for programming
-that many consider it an entire IDE. It's not just for programmers, though. Vim
-is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing
+that many consider it an entire IDE. It's not just for programmers, though.
+Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing
configuration files.")
(license license:vim)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/vpn.scm b/gnu/packages/vpn.scm
index 480d977..9ff8b638 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/vpn.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/vpn.scm
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ endpoints.")
(synopsis "Client for Cisco VPN concentrators")
(description
"vpnc is a VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN equipment.
-It supports IPSec (ESP) with Mode Configuration and Xauth. It supports only
+It supports IPSec (ESP) with Mode Configuration and Xauth. It supports only
shared-secret IPSec authentication with Xauth, AES (256, 192, 128), 3DES,
-1DES, MD5, SHA1, DH1/2/5 and IP tunneling. It runs entirely in userspace.
+1DES, MD5, SHA1, DH1/2/5 and IP tunneling. It runs entirely in userspace.
Only \"Universal TUN/TAP device driver support\" is needed in the kernel.")
(license license:gpl2+) ; some file are bsd-2, see COPYING
(home-page "http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/w3m.scm b/gnu/packages/w3m.scm
index 1558d93..1e72c1d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/w3m.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/w3m.scm
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
("perl" ,perl)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "http://w3m.sourceforge.net/")
- (synopsis "w3m, a text-mode web browser")
+ (synopsis "Text-mode web browser")
(description
"w3m is a text-based web browser as well as a pager like 'more' or
'less'. With w3m you can browse web pages through a terminal emulator
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 86e2501..392acf7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@
(description
"The Apache HTTP Server Project is a collaborative software development
effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and
-freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project
-is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the
-Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its
-related documentation.")
+freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The
+project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world,
+using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server
+and its related documentation.")
(license l:asl2.0)
(home-page "https://httpd.apache.org/")))
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.")
("openssl" ,openssl)))
(synopsis "WebSockets library written in C")
(description
- "libwebsockets is a library that allows C programs to establish client
+ "Libwebsockets is a library that allows C programs to establish client
and server WebSockets connections---a protocol layered above HTTP that allows
for efficient socket-like bidirectional reliable communication channels.")
(home-page "http://libwebsockets.org/")
@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ Encode::decode(locale => $string).")
"The libwww-perl collection is a set of Perl modules which provides a
simple and consistent application programming interface to the
World-Wide Web. The main focus of the library is to provide classes
-and functions that allow you to write WWW clients. The library also
-contain modules that are of more general use and even classes that
+and functions that allow you to write WWW clients. The library also
+contains modules that are of more general use and even classes that
help you implement simple HTTP servers.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl/")))
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ help you implement simple HTTP servers.")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append
- "http://www.samba.org/~obnox/" name "/download/" name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+ "http://www.samba.org/~obnox/" name "/download/"
+ name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
(sha256
(base32
"0vl9igw7vm924rs6d6bkib7zfclxnlf9s8rmml1sfwj7xda9nmdy"))))
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@ help you implement simple HTTP servers.")
(home-page "https://banu.com/tinyproxy/")
(synopsis "Light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon")
(description "Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy
-daemon. Designed from the ground up to be fast and yet small, it is an ideal
+daemon. Designed from the ground up to be fast and yet small, it is an ideal
solution for use cases such as embedded deployments where a full featured HTTP
proxy is required, but the system resources for a larger proxy are
unavailable.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/wordnet.scm b/gnu/packages/wordnet.scm
index cb385d4..58831c4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wordnet.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wordnet.scm
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@
(inputs `(("tk" ,tk)
("tcl" ,tcl)))
(home-page "http://wordnet.princeton.edu/")
- (synopsis
- "WordNet, a lexical database for the English language")
+ (synopsis "Lexical database for the English language")
(description
"WordNet® is a large lexical database of English. Nouns, verbs,
adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xiph.scm b/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
index 4ddda70..0dea005 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
(base32
"16z74q422jmprhyvy7c9x909li8cqzmvzyr8cgbm52xcsp6pqs1z"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "libogg, a library for manipulating the ogg multimedia format")
+ (synopsis "Library for manipulating the ogg multimedia format")
(description
"The libogg library allows to manipulate the ogg multimedia container
format, which encapsulates raw compressed data and allows the interleaving of
-audio and video data. In addition to encapsulation and interleaving of
+audio and video data. In addition to encapsulation and interleaving of
multiple data streams, ogg provides packet framing, error detection, and
periodic timestamps for seeking.")
(license (license:bsd-style "file://COPYING"
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ periodic timestamps for seeking.")
(version "1.3.4")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
- (uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-"
- version ".tar.xz"))
+ (uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/"
+ "libvorbis-" version ".tar.xz"))
(sha256
(base32
"0wpk87jnhngcl3nc5i39flkycx1sjzilx8jjx4zc4p8r55ylj19g"))))
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ periodic timestamps for seeking.")
(propagated-inputs `(("libogg" ,libogg)))
(arguments `(#:configure-flags '("LDFLAGS=-lm")
#:parallel-tests? #f))
- (synopsis "libvorbis, a library implementing the vorbis audio format")
+ (synopsis "Library implementing the vorbis audio format")
(description
"The libvorbis library implements the ogg vorbis audio format,
a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to
(version "1.1.1")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
- (uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-"
- version ".tar.xz"))
+ (uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/"
+ "libtheora-" version ".tar.xz"))
(sha256
(base32
"0q8wark9ribij57dciym5vdikg2464p8q2mgqvfb78ksjh4s8vgk"))
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ OpenBSD's sndio.")
"/share/man"))))
;; FIXME: configure also looks for xmms, input could be added once it exists
(inputs `(("libogg" ,libogg)))
- (synopsis "flac free lossless audio codec")
+ (synopsis "Free lossless audio codec")
(description
"FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format that is lossless,
meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality.")
@@ -237,17 +237,17 @@ meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality.")
("libpng" ,libpng)
("python" ,python-wrapper)
("zlib" ,zlib)))
- (synopsis "kate, a karaoke and text codec for embedding in ogg")
+ (synopsis "Karaoke and text codec for embedding in ogg")
(description
"Kate is an overlay codec, originally designed for karaoke and text,
-that can be multiplixed in Ogg. Text and images can be carried by a Kate
-stream, and animated. Most of the time, this would be multiplexed with
+that can be multiplixed in Ogg. Text and images can be carried by a Kate
+stream, and animated. Most of the time, this would be multiplexed with
audio/video to carry subtitles, song lyrics (with or without karaoke data),
etc., but doesn't have to be.
Series of curves (splines, segments, etc.) may be attached to various
properties (text position, font size, etc.) to create animated overlays.
-This allows scrolling or fading text to be defined. This can even be used
+This allows scrolling or fading text to be defined. This can even be used
to draw arbitrary shapes, so hand drawing can also be represented by a
Kate stream.")
(license license:bsd-3)
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ Kate stream.")
(version "1.4.0")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
- (uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/vorbis-tools-"
- version ".tar.gz"))
+ (uri (string-append "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/"
+ "vorbis-tools-" version ".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
"1g12bnh5ah08v529y72kfdz5lhvy75iaz7f9jskyby23m9dkk2d3"))))
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Kate stream.")
("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
("speex" ,speex)))
- (synopsis "ogg vorbis tools")
+ (synopsis "Ogg vorbis tools")
(description
"Ogg vorbis is a non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free,
general-purpose compressed audio format.
@@ -300,11 +300,11 @@ ogginfo, to obtain information (tags, bitrate, length, etc.) about
(base32
"158xprn2086arvdib3vbbygz7z6jqkw2nci7nlywzzwallap0wmr"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (synopsis "highly versatile audio codec")
+ (synopsis "Versatile audio codec")
(description
- "Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus
+ "Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus
is unmatched for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet,
-but is also intended for storage and streaming applications. It is
+but is also intended for storage and streaming applications. It is
standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as RFC 6716 which
incorporated technology from Skype's SILK codec and Xiph.Org's CELT codec.")
(license license:bsd-3)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index 688aa3b..63d0ef2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ things the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags).")
"10ib8bpar2pl68aqksfinvfmqknwnk7i35ibq6yjl8dpb0cxj9dd"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://www.xmlsoft.org/")
- (synopsis "libxml2, a C parser for XML")
+ (synopsis "C parser for XML")
(inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
(native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
("python" ,python-2))) ; incompatible with Python 3 (print syntax)
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ things the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags).")
"13029baw9kkyjgr7q3jccw2mz38amq7mmpr5p3bh775qawd1bisz"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(home-page "http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/index.html")
- (synopsis "libxslt, a C library for applying XSLT stylesheets to XML documents")
+ (synopsis "C library for applying XSLT stylesheets to XML documents")
(inputs `(("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)
("libxml2" ,libxml2)
("python" ,python-wrapper)
("zlib" ,zlib)))
(description
- "Libxslt is an XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. It is
+ "Libxslt is an XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. It is
based on libxml for XML parsing, tree manipulation and XPath support.")
(license license:x11)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 498c7dd..f191754 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
`(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
(home-page "http://xeyes.sourcearchive.com/")
(synopsis "Follow-the-mouse X demo")
- (description "Xeyes is a demo program for x.org. It shows eyes
+ (description "Xeyes is a demo program for x.org. It shows eyes
following the mouse.")
(license license:x11)))
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ rasterisation.")
(synopsis "libdrm, direct rendering userspace library")
(description "The Direct Rendering Infrastructure, also known as the DRI,
is a framework for allowing direct access to graphics hardware under the
-X Window System in a safe and efficient manner. It includes changes to the
+X Window System in a safe and efficient manner. It includes changes to the
X server, to several client libraries, and to the kernel (DRM, Direct
-Rendering Manager). The most important use for the DRI is to create fast
+Rendering Manager). The most important use for the DRI is to create fast
OpenGL implementations providing hardware acceleration for Mesa.
Several 3D accelerated drivers have been written to the DRI specification,
including drivers for chipsets produced by 3DFX, AMD (formerly ATI), Intel
diff --git a/gnu/packages/zip.scm b/gnu/packages/zip.scm
index e8de7b3..4a55d46 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/zip.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/zip.scm
@@ -53,18 +53,18 @@
(zero? (apply system* "make" "generic_gcc" make-flags)))
(alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases))))
(home-page "http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html")
- (synopsis "Zip compression and file packing utility")
+ (synopsis "Compression and file packing utility")
(description
- "Zip is a compression and file packaging/archive utility. Zip is useful
+ "Zip is a compression and file packaging/archive utility. Zip is useful
for packaging a set of files for distribution, for archiving files, and for
saving disk space by temporarily compressing unused files or directories.
Zip puts one or more compressed files into a single ZIP archive, along with
information about the files (name, path, date, time of last modification,
-protection, and check information to verify file integrity). An entire
+protection, and check information to verify file integrity). An entire
directory structure can be packed into a ZIP archive with a single command.
Zip has one compression method (deflation) and can also store files without
-compression. Zip automatically chooses the better of the two for each file.
+compression. Zip automatically chooses the better of the two for each file.
Compression ratios of 2:1 to 3:1 are common for text files.")
(license (license:bsd-style "file://LICENSE"
"See LICENSE in the distribution."))))
@@ -95,15 +95,15 @@ Compression ratios of 2:1 to 3:1 are common for text files.")
(("/man/") "/share/man/"))))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html")
- (synopsis "Unzip decompression and file extraction utility")
+ (synopsis "Decompression and file extraction utility")
(description
- "UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format
-(also called \"zipfiles\").
+ "UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format,
+also called \"zipfiles\".
-UnZip lists, tests, or extracts files from a .zip archive. The default
-behaviour (with no options) is to extract into the current directory
-(and subdirectories below it) all files from the specified zipfile.
-UnZip recreates the stored directory structure by default.")
+UnZip lists, tests, or extracts files from a .zip archive. The default
+behaviour (with no options) is to extract into the current directory, and
+subdirectories below it, all files from the specified zipfile. UnZip
+recreates the stored directory structure by default.")
(license (license:bsd-style "file://LICENSE"
"See LICENSE in the distribution."))))
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ UnZip recreates the stored directory structure by default.")
(arguments
`(#:parallel-tests? #f)) ; since test files are created on the fly
(home-page "http://zziplib.sourceforge.net/")
- (synopsis "zziplib, a library for accessing zip files")
+ (synopsis "Library for accessing zip files")
(description
"zziplib is a library based on zlib for accessing zip files.")
(license license:lgpl2.0+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/zsh.scm b/gnu/packages/zsh.scm
index 778085c..63913a3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/zsh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/zsh.scm
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
(synopsis "Powerful shell for interactive use and scripting")
(description "The Z shell (zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used
as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter
-for shell scripting. Zsh can be thought of as an extended Bourne shell
+for shell scripting. Zsh can be thought of as an extended Bourne shell
with a large number of improvements, including some features of bash,
ksh, and tcsh.")
(home-page "http://www.zsh.org/")
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^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers.
2014-10-24 5:19 [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers Eric Bavier
@ 2014-10-24 16:05 ` Andreas Enge
2014-10-25 22:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-10-24 18:32 ` Alex Kost
2014-10-25 22:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Enge @ 2014-10-24 16:05 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Eric Bavier; +Cc: guix-devel
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:19:03AM -0500, Eric Bavier wrote:
> 2. Many descriptions begin with the package name in lowercase form,
> which triggers a warning about the description beginning with a
> lowercase letter. In this patch I capitalised the package name if I
> could find a reference to the capital form on the package's home-page
> somewhere. Many packages are quite insistent that the package always be
> referenced by the lowercase name, and I'm not sure how the description
> would be reworded, or whether it really needs to be. We could add an
> exception to the description-starts-with-a-capital-letter rule for when
> the package name is the first word.
Personally I would capitalise; we are not bound by upstream wishes to use
incorrect language.
> 5. I didn't really want to begin looking at the synopses and
> descriptions in xorg.scm...
Actually, I filled most of them with a fixed synopsis and description that
is independent of the actual package. So if they do not pass the tests,
they should be simple to modify.
> Comments welcome. Nitpicks especially, since much of this is already
> quite nitpicky. ;)
I would rather trust you with these clean-ups than go through all of the
changes myself... I think they fall under the "one may push simple changes"
provision anyway.
Andreas
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers.
2014-10-24 5:19 [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers Eric Bavier
2014-10-24 16:05 ` Andreas Enge
@ 2014-10-24 18:32 ` Alex Kost
2014-10-25 22:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alex Kost @ 2014-10-24 18:32 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Eric Bavier; +Cc: guix-devel
Tremendous work!! My admiration :-)
Eric Bavier (2014-10-24 09:19 +0400) wrote:
> This patch does not clean up all warning from 'guix lint' because:
>
> 1. Warnings about patch names are generated in cases where a single
> patch is used in several packages, or in packages that inherit from
> another.
>
> 2. Many descriptions begin with the package name in lowercase form,
> which triggers a warning about the description beginning with a
> lowercase letter. In this patch I capitalised the package name if I
> could find a reference to the capital form on the package's home-page
> somewhere. Many packages are quite insistent that the package always be
> referenced by the lowercase name, and I'm not sure how the description
> would be reworded, or whether it really needs to be. We could add an
> exception to the description-starts-with-a-capital-letter rule for when
> the package name is the first word.
>
> 3. Some synopses begin with a numeral, triggering the capital-letter
> warning.
Perhaps the capital-letter linter should be adjusted for such a case.
> 4. Handling the pkg-config warnings should really have the builds
> tested.
>
> 5. I didn't really want to begin looking at the synopses and
> descriptions in xorg.scm...
>
> Comments welcome. Nitpicks especially, since much of this is already
> quite nitpicky. ;)
[...]
> @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ especially over Wi-Fi, cellular, and long-distance links.")
> (inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
> (synopsis "Small SSH server and client")
> (description "Dropbear is a relatively small SSH server and
> -client. It runs on a variety of POSIX-based platforms. Dropbear is
> +client. It runs on a variety of POSIX-based platforms. Dropbear is
> particularly useful for embedded systems, such as wireless routers.")
There are also trailing spaces on the line above. As it is the only
such line in “ssh.scm” I think it's OK to fix it in the same commit.
[...]
> @@ -543,7 +544,7 @@ help you implement simple HTTP servers.")
> (home-page "https://banu.com/tinyproxy/")
> (synopsis "Light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon")
> (description "Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy
> -daemon. Designed from the ground up to be fast and yet small, it is an ideal
> +daemon. Designed from the ground up to be fast and yet small, it is an ideal
> solution for use cases such as embedded deployments where a full featured HTTP
> proxy is required, but the system resources for a larger proxy are
> unavailable.")
Also a space here↑ but there are some more in “web.scm”.
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* Re: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers.
2014-10-24 16:05 ` Andreas Enge
@ 2014-10-25 22:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2014-10-25 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Andreas Enge; +Cc: guix-devel
Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:19:03AM -0500, Eric Bavier wrote:
>> 2. Many descriptions begin with the package name in lowercase form,
>> which triggers a warning about the description beginning with a
>> lowercase letter. In this patch I capitalised the package name if I
>> could find a reference to the capital form on the package's home-page
>> somewhere. Many packages are quite insistent that the package always be
>> referenced by the lowercase name, and I'm not sure how the description
>> would be reworded, or whether it really needs to be. We could add an
>> exception to the description-starts-with-a-capital-letter rule for when
>> the package name is the first word.
>
> Personally I would capitalise; we are not bound by upstream wishes to use
> incorrect language.
I would keep the “official name” as is, even if it’s lower-case.
Ludo’.
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* Re: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers.
2014-10-24 5:19 [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers Eric Bavier
2014-10-24 16:05 ` Andreas Enge
2014-10-24 18:32 ` Alex Kost
@ 2014-10-25 22:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-10-26 15:03 ` Eric Bavier
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2014-10-25 22:15 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Eric Bavier; +Cc: guix-devel
Eric Bavier <ericbavier@gmail.com> skribis:
> 1. Warnings about patch names are generated in cases where a single
> patch is used in several packages, or in packages that inherit from
> another.
I think the checker should be amended to deal with that, I’m not sure
how.
> 2. Many descriptions begin with the package name in lowercase form,
> which triggers a warning about the description beginning with a
> lowercase letter. In this patch I capitalised the package name if I
> could find a reference to the capital form on the package's home-page
> somewhere. Many packages are quite insistent that the package always be
> referenced by the lowercase name, and I'm not sure how the description
> would be reworded, or whether it really needs to be. We could add an
> exception to the description-starts-with-a-capital-letter rule for when
> the package name is the first word.
Yes, sounds like a good idea.
> 3. Some synopses begin with a numeral, triggering the capital-letter
> warning.
guile -c '(use-modules(guix)(gnu)(ice-9 regex))(fold-packages (lambda (p r) (if (and (package-synopsis p) (string-match "^[0-9]" (package-synopsis p))) (cons p r) r)) (list))'
returns the empty list. Which one was it?
> 4. Handling the pkg-config warnings should really have the builds
> tested.
Yes.
> 5. I didn't really want to begin looking at the synopses and
> descriptions in xorg.scm...
Heheh.
> Comments welcome. Nitpicks especially, since much of this is already
> quite nitpicky. ;)
I was wondering who was going to take care of that now that we have all
these fancy checkers, so thank you! :-)
I skimmed through it and I think you can commit it. If ‘make
sync-description’ is unhappy, we should see what’s going on, and
possibly amend the upstream description if needed.
(BTW, ‘build-aux/sync-descriptions’ should probably be turned into a
checker. Anyone?)
Ludo’.
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* Re: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Some cleanup based on lint checkers.
2014-10-25 22:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2014-10-26 15:03 ` Eric Bavier
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eric Bavier @ 2014-10-26 15:03 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: guix-devel
Ludovic Courtès writes:
> Eric Bavier <ericbavier@gmail.com> skribis:
>> 2. Many descriptions begin with the package name in lowercase form,
>> which triggers a warning about the description beginning with a
>> lowercase letter. In this patch I capitalised the package name if I
>> could find a reference to the capital form on the package's home-page
>> somewhere. Many packages are quite insistent that the package always be
>> referenced by the lowercase name, and I'm not sure how the description
>> would be reworded, or whether it really needs to be. We could add an
>> exception to the description-starts-with-a-capital-letter rule for when
>> the package name is the first word.
>
> Yes, sounds like a good idea.
I'll do this in an updated patch.
>> 3. Some synopses begin with a numeral, triggering the capital-letter
>> warning.
>
> guile -c '(use-modules(guix)(gnu)(ice-9 regex))(fold-packages (lambda (p r) (if (and (package-synopsis p) (string-match "^[0-9]" (package-synopsis p))) (cons p r) r)) (list))'
>
> returns the empty list. Which one was it?
E.g. linux-libre, fltk, and cairo.
>> Comments welcome. Nitpicks especially, since much of this is already
>> quite nitpicky. ;)
>
> I was wondering who was going to take care of that now that we have all
> these fancy checkers, so thank you! :-)
>
> I skimmed through it and I think you can commit it. If ‘make
> sync-description’ is unhappy, we should see what’s going on, and
> possibly amend the upstream description if needed.
I forgot about sync-description here. I will check that.
--
Eric Bavier
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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