treewide: remove package names from prefix of descriptions

33 files changed, 34 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/fpc/lazarus.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/fpc/lazarus.nix
index 9f50ea9abba..71303305791 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/fpc/lazarus.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/fpc/lazarus.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Lazarus graphical IDE for the FreePascal language";
+    description = "Graphical IDE for the FreePascal language";
     homepage = "https://www.lazarus.freepascal.org";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus ;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/stalin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/stalin/default.nix
index 430bc251b4b..e37b207b4f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/stalin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/stalin/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~qobi/software.html";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    description = "Stalin, an optimizing Scheme compiler";
+    description = "An optimizing Scheme compiler";
 
     maintainers = [ ];
     platforms = ["i686-linux"];  # doesn't want to work on 64-bit platforms
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/belr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/belr/default.nix
index 90067e493a1..546949d9f21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/belr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/belr/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DENABLE_STATIC=NO" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Belr is Belledonne Communications' language recognition library";
+    description = "Belledonne Communications' language recognition library";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/belr";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/bzrtp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/bzrtp/default.nix
index d54539d9f25..4fe53a5d629 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/bzrtp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/bzrtp/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=cast-function-type";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "BZRTP is an opensource implementation of ZRTP keys exchange protocol";
+    description = "An opensource implementation of ZRTP keys exchange protocol";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/bzrtp";
     # They have switched to GPLv3 on git HEAD so probably the next release will
     # be GPL3.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
index dde0806add4..9b1adb7e235 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cwida/duckdb";
-    description = "DuckDB is an embeddable SQL OLAP Database Management System";
+    description = "Embeddable SQL OLAP Database Management System";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ costrouc ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libstroke/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libstroke/default.nix
index 534ad7afc71..e97b96d71d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libstroke/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libstroke/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Libstroke, a library for simple gesture recognition";
+    description = "A library for simple gesture recognition";
     homepage = "https://web.archive.org/web/20161204100704/http://etla.net/libstroke/";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libthreadar/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libthreadar/default.nix
index ed19fab6d99..96c0418f74c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libthreadar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libthreadar/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://libthreadar.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = ''
+    description = "A C++ library that provides several classes to manipulate threads";
+    longDescription = ''
       Libthreadar is a C++ library providing a small set of C++ classes to manipulate
       threads in a very simple and efficient way from your C++ code.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/martyr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/martyr/default.nix
index 4254bfe82ea..51fd6962e70 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/martyr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/martyr/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Martyr is a Java framework around the IRC protocol to allow application writers easy manipulation of the protocol and client state";
+    description = "Java framework around the IRC protocol to allow application writers easy manipulation of the protocol and client state";
     homepage = "http://martyr.sourceforge.net/";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/qcdnum/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/qcdnum/default.nix
index c1252622393..1c17b318c9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/qcdnum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/qcdnum/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "QCDNUM is a very fast QCD evolution program written in FORTRAN77";
+    description = "A very fast QCD evolution program written in FORTRAN77";
     license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
     homepage    = "https://www.nikhef.nl/~h24/qcdnum/index.html";
     platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pupnp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pupnp/default.nix
index 192ed56d456..4930b222d03 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pupnp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pupnp/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "libupnp, an open source UPnP development kit for Linux";
+    description = "An open source UPnP development kit for Linux";
 
     longDescription = ''
       The Linux SDK for UPnP Devices (libupnp) provides developers
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/parmetis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/parmetis/default.nix
index 97023d07c7f..8f24356c733 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/parmetis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/parmetis/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "ParMETIS is an MPI-based parallel library that implements a variety of algorithms for partitioning unstructured graphs, meshes, and for computing fill-reducing orderings of sparse matrices";
+    description = "An MPI-based parallel library that implements a variety of algorithms for partitioning unstructured graphs, meshes, and for computing fill-reducing orderings of sparse matrices";
     homepage = "http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/parmetis/overview";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sope/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sope/default.nix
index 59205a949e4..b24b0b9bcd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sope/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ gnustep.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "SOPE is an extensive set of frameworks which form a complete Web application server environment";
+    description = "An extensive set of frameworks which form a complete Web application server environment";
     license = licenses.publicDomain;
     homepage = "https://github.com/inverse-inc/sope";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/symengine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/symengine/default.nix
index 524958e51a2..6ab463bea1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/symengine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/symengine/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "SymEngine is a fast symbolic manipulation library";
+    description = "A fast symbolic manipulation library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/symengine/symengine";
     platforms = platforms.unix ++ platforms.windows;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/cocoapods/default.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/cocoapods/default.nix
index 2ab285b1730..8559ff5c74c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/cocoapods/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/cocoapods/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = toString ./update;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description     = "CocoaPods manages dependencies for your Xcode projects";
+    description     = "Manages dependencies for your Xcode projects";
     homepage        = "https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods";
     license         = licenses.mit;
     platforms       = platforms.darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/buildbot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/buildbot/default.nix
index 595f97bcb8f..55ff34b2520 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/buildbot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/buildbot/default.nix
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ let
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://buildbot.net/";
-      description = "Buildbot is an open-source continuous integration framework for automating software build, test, and release processes";
+      description = "An open-source continuous integration framework for automating software build, test, and release processes";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ nand0p ryansydnor lopsided98 ];
       license = licenses.gpl2;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docutils/default.nix
index 8c1fb3720ca..e24a00564be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docutils/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Docutils -- Python Documentation Utilities";
+    description = "Python Documentation Utilities";
     homepage = "http://docutils.sourceforge.net/";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xdot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xdot/default.nix
index 990e74d2549..6a4d7f01cc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xdot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xdot/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gobject-introspection pygobject3 graphviz gtk3 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "xdot.py is an interactive viewer for graphs written in Graphviz's dot";
+    description = "An interactive viewer for graphs written in Graphviz's dot";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jrfonseca/xdot.py";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coz/default.nix
index 09bb44dc55f..42b47a9a8fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coz/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/plasma-umass/coz";
-    description = "Coz: Causal Profiling";
+    description = "Profiler based on casual profiling";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ zimbatm ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/pev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/pev/default.nix
index cf09d249a9a..c7e2e27bece 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/pev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/pev/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "pev is a full-featured, open source, multiplatform command line toolkit to work with PE (Portable Executables) binaries";
+    description = "A full-featured, open source, multiplatform command line toolkit to work with PE (Portable Executables) binaries";
     homepage = "http://pev.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bloop/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bloop/default.nix
index 45612182ed9..61a6b4bed4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bloop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bloop/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://scalacenter.github.io/bloop/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    description = "Bloop is a Scala build server and command-line tool to make the compile and test developer workflows fast and productive in a build-tool-agnostic way";
+    description = "A Scala build server and command-line tool to make the compile and test developer workflows fast and productive in a build-tool-agnostic way";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ tomahna ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
index 516eeff2091..014acc89e1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "deadcode is a very simple utility which detects unused declarations in a Go package";
+    description = "Very simple utility which detects unused declarations in a Go package";
     homepage = "https://github.com/remyoudompheng/go-misc/tree/master/deadcode";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/default.nix
index 01dc924c811..2df473ac596 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   goDeps = ./deps.nix;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "errcheck is a program for checking for unchecked errors in go programs";
+    description = "Program for checking for unchecked errors in go programs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/impl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/impl/default.nix
index 327226fe7a1..825aa0c1fa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/impl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/impl/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   goDeps = ./deps.nix;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "impl generates method stubs for implementing an interface";
+    description = "Generate method stubs for implementing an interface";
     homepage = "https://github.com/josharian/impl";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jbake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jbake/default.nix
index ad127b94960..44d537f9762 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/jbake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jbake/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "JBake is a Java based, open source, static site/blog generator for developers & designers";
+    description = "Java based, open source, static site/blog generator for developers & designers";
     homepage = "https://jbake.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ moaxcp ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/minizinc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/minizinc/default.nix
index bf182a1ae41..1d01ef97f40 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/minizinc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/minizinc/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.minizinc.org/";
-    description = "MiniZinc is a medium-level constraint modelling language";
+    description = "A medium-level constraint modelling language";
 
     longDescription = ''
       MiniZinc is a medium-level constraint modelling
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cli11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cli11/default.nix
index 0d058ef1f88..25ec42eac8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cli11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cli11/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "CLI11 is a command line parser for C++11";
+    description = "Command line parser for C++11";
     homepage = "https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nand0p ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/3.x.nix
index 75b0113b497..853a240ffc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/3.x.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "SWIG, an interface compiler that connects C/C++ code to higher-level languages";
+    description = "An interface compiler that connects C/C++ code to higher-level languages";
     homepage = "http://swig.org/";
     # Different types of licenses available: http://www.swig.org/Release/LICENSE .
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/nsis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/nsis/default.nix
index 33be56c539d..303ea6a00fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/nsis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/nsis/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installTargets = [ "install-compiler" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "NSIS is a free scriptable win32 installer/uninstaller system that doesn't suck and isn't huge";
+    description = "A free scriptable win32 installer/uninstaller system that doesn't suck and isn't huge";
     homepage = "https://nsis.sourceforge.io/";
     license = licenses.zlib;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/omniorb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/omniorb/default.nix
index 350407098a4..2ab8fa23dde 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/omniorb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/omniorb/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "omniORB is a robust high performance CORBA ORB for C++ and Python. It is freely available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (for the libraries), and GNU General Public License (for the tools). omniORB is largely CORBA 2.6 compliant";
+    description = "A robust high performance CORBA ORB for C++ and Python. It is freely available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (for the libraries), and GNU General Public License (for the tools). omniORB is largely CORBA 2.6 compliant";
     homepage    = "http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/";
     license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ smironov ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pgloader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pgloader/default.nix
index 94ba95b2d92..6d4bcaadd11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pgloader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pgloader/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://pgloader.io/";
-    description = "pgloader loads data into PostgreSQL and allows you to implement Continuous Migration from your current database to PostgreSQL";
+    description = "Loads data into PostgreSQL and allows you to implement Continuous Migration from your current database to PostgreSQL";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mguentner ];
     license = licenses.postgresql;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/reftools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/reftools/default.nix
index 440d2f96133..a31108f3381 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/reftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/reftools/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "reftools - refactoring tools for Go";
+    description = "Refactoring tools for Go";
     homepage = "https://github.com/davidrjenni/reftools";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/xqilla/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/xqilla/default.nix
index 7d8029ee1f1..e97a6f1cdb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/xqilla/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/xqilla/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [ "--with-xerces=${xercesc}" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "XQilla is an XQuery and XPath 2 library and command line utility written in C++, implemented on top of the Xerces-C library";
+    description = "An XQuery and XPath 2 library and command line utility written in C++, implemented on top of the Xerces-C library";
     license     = licenses.asl20 ;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ obadz ];
     platforms   = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/newman/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/newman/default.nix
index ed4041ab76f..6aa2413677c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/newman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/newman/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in
 nodePackages.newman.override {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.getpostman.com";
-    description = "Newman is a command-line collection runner for Postman";
+    description = "A command-line collection runner for Postman";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
   };