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-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/analysis/sparse/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/java/fastjar/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/cflow/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/complexity/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/cppi/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.13a.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.2.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/omake/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/2.x.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/sqsh/default.nix2
29 files changed, 29 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix
index 89a17d28a1b..10cdf01103a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/lcov/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "LCOV, a code coverage tool that enhances GNU gcov";
+    description = "Code coverage tool that enhances GNU gcov";
 
     longDescription =
       '' LCOV is an extension of GCOV, a GNU tool which provides information
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/sparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/sparse/default.nix
index 6d0e28f0ab2..6898b7eee54 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/sparse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/sparse/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Sparse, a semantic parser for C";
+    description = "Semantic parser for C";
     homepage    = "https://git.kernel.org/cgit/devel/sparse/sparse.git/";
     license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
index 5ffc287d114..aaeee026d0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.valgrind.org/;
-    description = "Valgrind, a debugging and profiling tool suite";
+    description = "Debugging and profiling tool suite";
 
     longDescription = ''
       Valgrind is an award-winning instrumentation framework for
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
index b7316fc17c4..a4863d12b5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ unzip jdk makeWrapper ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Gradle is an enterprise-grade build system";
+    description = "Enterprise-grade build system";
     longDescription = ''
       Gradle is a build system which offers you ease, power and freedom.
       You can choose the balance for yourself. It has powerful multi-project
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix
index 54509178b1a..50f2037b271 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     homepage = "http://doxygen.org/";
-    description = "Doxygen, a source code documentation generator tool";
+    description = "Source code documentation generator tool";
 
     longDescription = ''
       Doxygen is a documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/java/fastjar/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/java/fastjar/default.nix
index c8bb94412ca..e5a9ca50ce9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/java/fastjar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/java/fastjar/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let version = "0.94"; in
     doCheck = true;
 
     meta = {
-      description = "FastJar, a fast Java archiver written in C";
+      description = "Fast Java archiver written in C";
 
       longDescription = ''
         Fastjar is a version of Sun's `jar' utility, written entirely in C, and
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 8d8fc5d464e..fc48a4aabad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU Binutils, tools for manipulating binaries (linker, assembler, etc.)";
+    description = "Tools for manipulating binaries (linker, assembler, etc.)";
 
     longDescription = ''
       The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools.  The main
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cflow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cflow/default.nix
index 53bc8ed78c8..b1322d461ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cflow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cflow/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU cflow, a tool to analyze the control flow of C programs";
+    description = "Tool to analyze the control flow of C programs";
 
     longDescription = ''
       GNU cflow analyzes a collection of C source files and prints a
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
index 0bf5bbce692..51f5ed6091f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   configureFlags = "--enable-release";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Coccinelle, a program to apply C code semantic patches";
+    description = "Program to apply semantic patches to C code";
 
     longDescription =
       '' Coccinelle is a program matching and transformation engine which
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/complexity/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/complexity/default.nix
index 9f1eca0fa13..a7ae4d17ab1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/complexity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/complexity/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU Complexity, C code complexity measurement tool";
+    description = "C code complexity measurement tool";
 
     longDescription =
       '' GNU Complexity is a tool designed for analyzing the complexity of C
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cppi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cppi/default.nix
index 500129c7c9d..2942408de80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cppi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cppi/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/cppi/;
 
-    description = "GNU cppi, a cpp directive indenter";
+    description = "A C preprocessor directive indenter";
 
     longDescription =
       '' GNU cppi indents C preprocessor directives to reflect their nesting
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix
index 3a83b1ba325..223f1968274 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cscope/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Cscope, a developer's tool for browsing source code";
+    description = "A developer's tool for browsing source code";
 
     longDescription = ''
       Cscope is a developer's tool for browsing source code.  It has
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix
index 80def733cf8..bf13a5daa66 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://ctags.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "Exuberant Ctags, a tool for fast source code browsing";
+    description = "A tool for fast source code browsing (exuberant ctags)";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index 2b5ced78063..5ee0f64a4e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "GDB, the GNU Project debugger";
+    description = "The GNU Project debugger";
 
     longDescription = ''
       GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix
index 9926dd6cd33..19e934f884f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU Gengetopt, a command-line option parser generator";
+    description = "Command-line option parser generator";
 
     longDescription =
       '' GNU Gengetopt program generates a C function that uses getopt_long
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix
index d6abf8d10bd..b366feb304a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/global/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU GLOBAL source code tag system";
+    description = "Source code tag system";
 
     longDescription = ''
       GNU GLOBAL is a source code tagging system that works the same way
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix
index e25998e5420..f0fd081ec5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU gperf, a perfect hash function generator";
+    description = "Perfect hash function generator";
 
     longDescription = ''
       GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator.  For a given
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
index 23bd35c8739..c4ba7073889 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU help2man generates man pages from `--help' output";
+    description = "Generate man pages from `--help' output";
 
     longDescription =
       '' help2man produces simple manual pages from the ‘--help’ and
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix
index 5eee9ead5d6..262d8aad23b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontPatchShebangs = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU Libtool, a generic library support script";
+    description = "Generic library support script";
 
     longDescription = ''
       GNU libtool is a generic library support script.  Libtool hides
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix
index 455305be749..1aa9a2c058d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "SLOCCount, a set of tools for counting physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC)";
+    description = "Set of tools for counting physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC)";
 
     longDescription = ''
       This is the home page of "SLOCCount", a set of tools for
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix
index 09978b5ad65..66d6b65453e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/swig/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-ccache";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "SWIG, an interface compiler that connects C/C++ code to higher-level languages";
+    description = "Interface compiler that connects C/C++ code to higher-level languages";
 
     longDescription = ''
        SWIG is an interface compiler that connects programs written in C and
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.13a.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.13a.nix
index 5131d381412..a3155230514 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.13a.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.13a.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   #doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU Texinfo, the GNU documentation system";
+    description = "The GNU documentation system";
 
     longDescription = ''
       Texinfo is the official documentation format of the GNU project.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.2.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.2.nix
index 804e7a2527f..62e1ff62d1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.2.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/";
-    description = "GNU Texinfo, the GNU documentation system";
+    description = "The GNU documentation system";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/omake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/omake/default.nix
index 22e0d71af4d..300cbbc0a0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/omake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/omake/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 #  buildFlags = "world.opt";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Omake build system";
+    description = "A build system designed for scalability and portability";
     homepage = "${webpage}";
     license = "GPL";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/2.x.nix
index 5bf5d7c2e8c..f89e7bca5a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/2.x.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/";
-    description = "GNU Bison, a Yacc-compatible parser generator";
+    description = "Yacc-compatible parser generator";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix
index 5947f85343c..49602a23201 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/";
-    description = "GNU Bison, a Yacc-compatible parser generator";
+    description = "Yacc-compatible parser generator";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
index e301fe8431a..6c7b2a4d9ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "OProfile, a system-wide profiler for Linux";
+    description = "System-wide profiler for Linux";
     longDescription = ''
       OProfile is a system-wide profiler for Linux systems, capable of
       profiling all running code at low overhead.  It consists of a
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
index 457a5d1dcaa..826ca93aa7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://sysprof.com/;
-    description = "Sysprof, a system-wide profiler for Linux";
+    description = "System-wide profiler for Linux";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/sqsh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/sqsh/default.nix
index a0f7922b1aa..15a6985b8bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/sqsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/sqsh/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "SQSH is command line tool for querying Sybase/MSSQL databases";
+    description = "Command line tool for querying Sybase/MSSQL databases";
     longDescription = 
       ''
       Sqsh (pronounced skwish) is short for SQshelL (pronounced s-q-shell),