Fixed some descriptions

18 files changed, 27 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/unimath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/unimath/default.nix
index e16156dec53..e6f32d60c4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/unimath/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/unimath/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/UniMath/UniMath;
-    description = "UniMath aims to formalize a substantial body of mathematics using the univalent point of view.";
+    description = "A formalization of a substantial body of mathematics using the univalent point of view";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jwiegley ];
     platforms = coq.meta.platforms;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/geis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/geis/default.nix
index 15f42afd9a8..24c24fe5f12 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/geis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/geis/default.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://launchpad.net/geis";
-    description = "GEIS is a library for applications and toolkit programmers which provides a consistent platform independent interface for any system-wide input gesture recognition mechanism.";
+    description = "A library for applications and toolkit programmers which provides a consistent platform independent interface for any system-wide input gesture recognition mechanism";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcouchbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcouchbase/default.nix
index 841edd3dff6..bcc9e9f673f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcouchbase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcouchbase/default.nix
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig perl git libevent openssl];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "C client library for Couchbase.";
+    description = "C client library for Couchbase";
     homepage = "https://github.com/couchbase/libcouchbase";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_cthelper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_cthelper/default.nix
index 197892897f3..97319840975 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_cthelper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_cthelper/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libmnl ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Userspace library that provides the programming interface to the user-space connection tracking helper infrastructure.";
+    description = "Userspace library that provides the programming interface to the user-space connection tracking helper infrastructure";
     longDescription = ''
       libnetfilter_cthelper is the userspace library that provides the programming interface
       to the user-space helper infrastructure available since Linux kernel 3.6. With this
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_cttimeout/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_cttimeout/default.nix
index 0626e91b8ba..2920cbd9785 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_cttimeout/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_cttimeout/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libmnl ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Userspace library that provides the programming interface to the connection tracking timeout infrastructure.";
+    description = "Userspace library that provides the programming interface to the connection tracking timeout infrastructure";
     longDescription = ''
       libnetfilter_cttimeout is the userspace library that provides the programming
       interface to the fine-grain connection tracking timeout infrastructure.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libosmpbf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libosmpbf/default.nix
index 6ff5d816776..334748d668c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libosmpbf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libosmpbf/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://github.com/scrosby/OSM-binary;
-    description = "C library to read and write OpenStreetMap PBF files.";
+    description = "C library to read and write OpenStreetMap PBF files";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/luabind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/luabind/default.nix
index edb914123e1..e03535ba979 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/luabind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/luabind/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://github.com/luabind/luabind;
-    description = "Luabind is a library that helps you create bindings between C++ and Lua.";
+    description = "A library that helps you create bindings between C++ and Lua";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
index 296c5f6b920..01bb3371f5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = "http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng/";
     description = ''
       A collection of Fortran77 subroutines to solve large scale eigenvalue
-      problems.
+      problems
     '';
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ttuegel ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/stxxl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/stxxl/default.nix
index b387c59efa1..23590f17ca8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/stxxl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/stxxl/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://github.com/stxxl/stxxl;
-    description = "STXXL is an implementation of the C++ standard template library STL for external memory (out-of-core) computations.";
+    description = "An implementation of the C++ standard template library STL for external memory (out-of-core) computations";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.boost;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tevent/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tevent/default.nix
index db863d951a6..baa7e288178 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tevent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tevent/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "an event system based on the talloc memory management library.";
+    description = "An event system based on the talloc memory management library";
     homepage = http://tevent.samba.org/;
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
index ff95bb4a000..d7bd2348244 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
   clx = buildLispPackage rec {
     baseName = "clx";
     version = "git-20150117";
-    description = "An implementation of the X Window System protocol in Lisp.";
+    description = "An implementation of the X Window System protocol in Lisp";
     deps = [];
     # Source type: git
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
   clx-truetype = buildLispPackage rec {
     baseName = "clx-truetype";
     version = "git-20141112";
-    description = "clx-truetype is pure common lisp solution for antialiased TrueType font rendering using CLX and XRender extension.";
+    description = "clx-truetype is pure common lisp solution for antialiased TrueType font rendering using CLX and XRender extension";
     deps = [cl-fad cl-store cl-vectors clx trivial-features zpb-ttf];
     # Source type: git
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
   trivial-features = buildLispPackage rec {
     baseName = "trivial-features";
     version = "git-20141112";
-    description = "Ensures consistent *FEATURES* across multiple CLs.";
+    description = "Ensures consistent *FEATURES* across multiple CLs";
     deps = [];
     # Source type: git
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
   babel = buildLispPackage rec {
     baseName = "babel";
     version = "git-20141113";
-    description = "Babel, a charset conversion library.";
+    description = "A charset conversion library";
     deps = [alexandria trivial-features];
     # Source type: git
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
   trivial-gray-streams = buildLispPackage rec {
     baseName = "trivial-gray-streams";
     version = "git-20141113";
-    description = "Compatibility layer for Gray Streams (see http://www.cliki.net/Gray%20streams).";
+    description = "Compatibility layer for Gray Streams (see http://www.cliki.net/Gray%20streams)";
     deps = [];
     # Source type: git
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
   cl-ssl = buildLispPackage rec {
     baseName = "cl+ssl";
     version = "git-20141113";
-    description = "Common Lisp interface to OpenSSL.";
+    description = "Common Lisp interface to OpenSSL";
     deps = [bordeaux-threads cffi flexi-streams trivial-garbage trivial-gray-streams];
     # Source type: git
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
   trivial-garbage = buildLispPackage rec {
     baseName = "trivial-garbage";
     version = "git-20141113";
-    description = "Portable finalizers, weak hash-tables and weak pointers.";
+    description = "Portable finalizers, weak hash-tables and weak pointers";
     deps = [];
     # Source type: git
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
   cl-base64 = buildLispPackage rec {
     baseName = "cl-base64";
     version = "git-20141113";
-    description = "Base64 encoding and decoding with URI support.";
+    description = "Base64 encoding and decoding with URI support";
     deps = [];
     # Source type: git
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/chefdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/chefdk/default.nix
index 8352c71a686..f8e759b83ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/chefdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/chefdk/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bundlerEnv {
   buildInputs = [ perl ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A streamlined development and deployment workflow for Chef platform.";
+    description = "A streamlined development and deployment workflow for Chef platform";
     homepage    = https://downloads.chef.io/chef-dk/;
     license     = with licenses; asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/sqldeveloper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/sqldeveloper/default.nix
index 9a0afdc8e1d..7c4aefee639 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/sqldeveloper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/sqldeveloper/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Oracle's Oracle DB GUI client.";
+    description = "Oracle's Oracle DB GUI client";
     longDescription = ''
       Oracle SQL Developer is a free integrated development environment that
       simplifies the development and management of Oracle Database in both
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf-archive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf-archive/default.nix
index 0e6ca01c625..c5c965ac58e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf-archive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf-archive/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ xz ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Archive of autoconf m4 macros.";
+    description = "Archive of autoconf m4 macros";
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix
index 259224aac5d..9c48227c9a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkbaskisms/;
-    description = "Performs basic checks on shell scripts for the presence of non portable syntax.";
+    description = "Performs basic checks on shell scripts for the presence of non portable syntax";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jshon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jshon/default.nix
index fa11671db0b..4b35ba0cce2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jshon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jshon/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = http://kmkeen.com/jshon;
-    description = "JSON parser designed for maximum convenience within the shell.";
+    description = "JSON parser designed for maximum convenience within the shell";
     license = licenses.free;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rushmorem ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix
index 341088dc0f2..4ef9cc6d285 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A utility intended to provide Rust code completion for editors and IDEs.";
+    description = "A utility intended to provide Rust code completion for editors and IDEs";
     homepage = https://github.com/phildawes/racer;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.jagajaga ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/selenium/selendroid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/selenium/selendroid/default.nix
index e34e479e938..6604bc5648d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/selenium/selendroid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/selenium/selendroid/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://code.google.com/p/selenium;
-    description = "Test automation for native or hybrid Android apps and the mobile web.";
+    description = "Test automation for native or hybrid Android apps and the mobile web";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.asl20;