meta.description fixups

Mostly scripted substitutions with a couple of subjective enhancements.

6 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/elm-compiler.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/elm-compiler.nix
index 87a0b660d2a..9cf8eda2d9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/elm-compiler.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/elm-compiler.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://elm-lang.org";
-    description = "Values to help with elm-package, elm-make, and elm-lang.org.";
+    description = "Values to help with elm-package, elm-make, and elm-lang.org";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
index 8206bb19e4f..54604f548fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ in mkDerivation (rec {
   };
 
   homepage = "https://github.com/ghcjs/ghcjs";
-  description = "GHCJS is a Haskell to JavaScript compiler that uses the GHC API";
+  description = "A Haskell to JavaScript compiler that uses the GHC API";
   license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
   platforms = ghc.meta.platforms;
   maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ jwiegley cstrahan ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix
index f0dc9378c4f..588861ee42d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gwt/2.4.0.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/;
-    description = "Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications";
+    description = "A development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.10.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.10.nix
index b518a9a0e0e..ab13e0ba7dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.10.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Scala is a general purpose programming language";
+    description = "A general purpose programming language";
     longDescription = ''
       Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express
       common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.9.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.9.nix
index de5db1eff99..c98e2e75c17 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.9.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Scala is a general purpose programming language";
+    description = "A general purpose programming language";
     longDescription = ''
       Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express
       common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/yap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/yap/default.nix
index f9b587c0504..2482f2ac131 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/yap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/yap/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~vsc/Yap/";
-    description = "Yap Prolog System is a ISO-compatible high-performance Prolog compiler";
+    description = "A ISO-compatible high-performance Prolog compiler";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.artistic2;
 
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];