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authorolgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.org>2014-07-10 20:13:11 +0800
committerolgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.org>2014-07-10 20:13:11 +0800
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Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus minor
COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. A few Makefiles where not included as they contain Latin-1 characters that break the Phabricator workflow. Category N. CR: D307 Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/apinger/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/aprsc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/arp-sk/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/blam/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/bld/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/bsdproxy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/clusterit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/cnet/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/cvsync/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/daemonlogger/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/dante/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/echoping/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/exabgp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/fonulator/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/freedbd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/freerdp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/fspclient/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/glflow/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/gnet2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/gsk/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/hlmaster/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ipsorc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/java-beepcore/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/jgroups/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/jwhois/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/kissd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/kojoney/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/l2tpd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ldapdiff/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/libfb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/libnet/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/libnet10/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/libopennet/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/libosip/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/libpcapnav/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/libsocket++/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/linc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/mediaproxy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/mgen/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/micro_inetd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/mpich2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/nast/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ncp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/netpipes/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ng_daphne/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/nifmon/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ntlmaps/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/omnitty/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/onenetd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/openh323/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/openradius/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/opentracker/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/openvswitch/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/p5-BBS-Client/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/p5-Net-FS-Flickr/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/p5-Net-FS-Gmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/p5-Net-Finger/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/p5-Net-OAuth/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/p5-Net-Trackback/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/p5-Net-Z3950-SimpleServer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/p5-POE-Component-PubSub/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/pear-Net_Nmap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/pear-Net_Whois/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/pecl-cvsclient/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/pecl-oauth/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/pen/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/portfwd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/py-radix/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/py-soappy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/py-suds/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/pythondirector/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/quagga-re/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/radiusd-cistron/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/radvd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/raggle/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rexx-sock/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rfbproxy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rinetd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rshell/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rtg/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ruby-dict/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ruby-growl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ruby-net-geoip/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ruby-tcpsocketpipe/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ruby-tserver/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rubygem-amq-client/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rubygem-amq-protocol/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rubygem-amqp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rubygem-amqp067/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rubygem-gitlab_omniauth-ldap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rubygem-rubyntlm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rubygem-rubyntlm01/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/rubygem-yadis/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/sbd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/sdl2_net/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/seda/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/self-service-password/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/siproxd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/skstream/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/slirp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/slurm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/sniffit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/spserver/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ssspl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/stund/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tcpcat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tcpdstat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tcpreen/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tcpsg/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tcpslice/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tcptraceroute-devel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tcpxtract/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tinyfugue/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tinyldap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tn5250j/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/tshark-lite/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ttlscan/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/unix2tcp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/urelay/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/ushare/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/vnstat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/wmlj/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/wmnet/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/wmnetmon/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/wmpiki/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/xboxproxy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/xisp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/yazproxy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--net/zsync/Makefile2
129 files changed, 129 insertions, 129 deletions
diff --git a/net/apinger/Makefile b/net/apinger/Makefile
index 2ccd890be955..2442aa610d11 100644
--- a/net/apinger/Makefile
+++ b/net/apinger/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://freebsdcluster.org/~mich/software/ \
http://www.bnet.pl/~jajcus/apinger/
MAINTAINER= mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An IP device monitoring tool
+COMMENT= IP device monitoring tool
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_RC_SUBR= apinger
diff --git a/net/aprsc/Makefile b/net/aprsc/Makefile
index 7f2c45a2d612..7fa07703c62f 100644
--- a/net/aprsc/Makefile
+++ b/net/aprsc/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://he.fi/aprsc/down/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= db
MAINTAINER= toyokun@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A plain APRS-IS server
+COMMENT= Plain APRS-IS server
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/net/arp-sk/Makefile b/net/arp-sk/Makefile
index 13c1496b8b97..57bb930aa827 100644
--- a/net/arp-sk/Makefile
+++ b/net/arp-sk/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://sid.rstack.org/arp-sk/files/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool designed to manipulate ARP tables of all kinds of equipment
+COMMENT= Tool designed to manipulate ARP tables of all kinds of equipment
LIB_DEPENDS= net:${PORTSDIR}/net/libnet
diff --git a/net/blam/Makefile b/net/blam/Makefile
index 3dd55e5d6a8f..e63c5d10d42b 100644
--- a/net/blam/Makefile
+++ b/net/blam/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.cmartin.tk/${PORTNAME}/ \
http://romain.blogreen.org/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= mono@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple feed reader for GNOME
+COMMENT= Simple feed reader for GNOME
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/webkit-sharp-1.0.pc:${PORTSDIR}/www/webkit-sharp
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/net/bld/Makefile b/net/bld/Makefile
index ee57a4a8af24..d5d93158db5f 100644
--- a/net/bld/Makefile
+++ b/net/bld/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.online.redhate.org/bld/ \
http://olivier.beyssac.googlepages.com/
MAINTAINER= obld@r14.freenix.org
-COMMENT= A blacklisting daemon
+COMMENT= Blacklisting daemon
USE_RC_SUBR= bld
MANCOMPRESSED= yes
diff --git a/net/bsdproxy/Makefile b/net/bsdproxy/Makefile
index 8cd155e2b887..9ca7d47a33a4 100644
--- a/net/bsdproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/bsdproxy/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://daveb.net/bsdproxy/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A TCP proxy, demonstrating use of the kevent(2)/kqueue(2) API
+COMMENT= TCP proxy, demonstrating use of the kevent(2)/kqueue(2) API
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_GNOME= glib12
diff --git a/net/clusterit/Makefile b/net/clusterit/Makefile
index d3ed120060f6..dbe68c59f754 100644
--- a/net/clusterit/Makefile
+++ b/net/clusterit/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net devel parallel
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of clustering tools
+COMMENT= Collection of clustering tools
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/cnet/Makefile b/net/cnet/Makefile
index 494efe38d56a..2ab40fb43d73 100644
--- a/net/cnet/Makefile
+++ b/net/cnet/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/cnet/ \
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= itetcu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A networking simulator
+COMMENT= Networking simulator
LIB_DEPENDS= tk84.1:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/tk84
diff --git a/net/cvsync/Makefile b/net/cvsync/Makefile
index 2ec3ef013775..dc8b7ca0a5dd 100644
--- a/net/cvsync/Makefile
+++ b/net/cvsync/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.cvsync.org/pub/cvsync/ \
ftp://ftp.allbsd.org/pub/cvsync/
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A portable CVS repository synchronization utility
+COMMENT= Portable CVS repository synchronization utility
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/doc/COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/net/daemonlogger/Makefile b/net/daemonlogger/Makefile
index 3daa453cb87f..416a3a8376d6 100644
--- a/net/daemonlogger/Makefile
+++ b/net/daemonlogger/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://www.snort.org/users/roesch/code/
MAINTAINER= wxs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A packet sniffer capable of running as a daemon and as a software tap
+COMMENT= Packet sniffer capable of running as a daemon and as a software tap
LIB_DEPENDS= dnet.1:${PORTSDIR}/net/libdnet
diff --git a/net/dante/Makefile b/net/dante/Makefile
index 29249b74d0d8..2ef0e3577f2b 100644
--- a/net/dante/Makefile
+++ b/net/dante/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.inet.no/pub/socks/ \
ftp://ftp.inet.no/pub/socks/old/
MAINTAINER= anders@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A circuit-level firewall/proxy
+COMMENT= Circuit-level firewall/proxy
CONFLICTS= socks5-[0-9]*
diff --git a/net/echoping/Makefile b/net/echoping/Makefile
index 58b2b7d4e10e..56b76b59a950 100644
--- a/net/echoping/Makefile
+++ b/net/echoping/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net ipv6
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= sumikawa@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A ping-like program that uses TCP and/or HTTP
+COMMENT= Ping-like program that uses TCP and/or HTTP
LIB_DEPENDS= libpopt.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/popt \
libidn.so:${PORTSDIR}/dns/libidn
diff --git a/net/exabgp/Makefile b/net/exabgp/Makefile
index 1b941734b8a4..dfae90329720 100644
--- a/net/exabgp/Makefile
+++ b/net/exabgp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GH GHC \
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= zi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A BGP engine and route injector
+COMMENT= BGP engine and route injector
LICENSE= BSD
diff --git a/net/fonulator/Makefile b/net/fonulator/Makefile
index 3e5dea0b33b1..7cd6f1dffe0b 100644
--- a/net/fonulator/Makefile
+++ b/net/fonulator/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net net-mgmt
MASTER_SITES= http://support.red-fone.com/fonulator/
MAINTAINER= fjoe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A foneBRIDGE configuration utility
+COMMENT= FoneBRIDGE configuration utility
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
CPPFLAGS+= -I${LOCALBASE}/include ${LIBNET_CPPFLAGS}
diff --git a/net/freedbd/Makefile b/net/freedbd/Makefile
index d2177d7aadc6..65354974cfa7 100644
--- a/net/freedbd/Makefile
+++ b/net/freedbd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net audio
MASTER_SITES= http://rink.nu/downloads/projects/
MAINTAINER= rink@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A lightweight daemon for answering FreeDB queries
+COMMENT= Lightweight daemon for answering FreeDB queries
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= run
diff --git a/net/freerdp/Makefile b/net/freerdp/Makefile
index 3039758ce248..3fb0e429c46e 100644
--- a/net/freerdp/Makefile
+++ b/net/freerdp/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DISTVERSIONSUFFIX= -beta+2013071101
CATEGORIES= net comms ipv6
MAINTAINER= fluffy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A free implementation of Remote Desktop Protocol
+COMMENT= Free implementation of Remote Desktop Protocol
LICENSE= APACHE20
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/net/fspclient/Makefile b/net/fspclient/Makefile
index 35850cbd1bfc..35118d02fd9e 100644
--- a/net/fspclient/Makefile
+++ b/net/fspclient/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A ftp-like client for the FSP service
+COMMENT= Ftp-like client for the FSP service
USES= tar:bzip2 scons
MAKE_ARGS= prefix=${PREFIX}
diff --git a/net/glflow/Makefile b/net/glflow/Makefile
index 197680a107d1..ea6c50c231b7 100644
--- a/net/glflow/Makefile
+++ b/net/glflow/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= glFlow-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= lx@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A NetFlow tool for detecting DoS attacks
+COMMENT= NetFlow tool for detecting DoS attacks
PLIST_FILES= bin/glflow
PORTDOCS= README
diff --git a/net/gnet2/Makefile b/net/gnet2/Makefile
index dc9c897f43e7..4981265b49b8 100644
--- a/net/gnet2/Makefile
+++ b/net/gnet2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GNOME
PKGNAMESUFFIX= 2
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple network library built upon Glib-2
+COMMENT= Simple network library built upon Glib-2
USES= libtool pathfix pkgconfig
USE_GNOME= glib20
diff --git a/net/gsk/Makefile b/net/gsk/Makefile
index e4cb146a0c0b..3ce3ee40de64 100644
--- a/net/gsk/Makefile
+++ b/net/gsk/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net devel
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C library for writing servers
+COMMENT= C library for writing servers
USES= pathfix pkgconfig libtool
USE_GNOME= glib20
diff --git a/net/hlmaster/Makefile b/net/hlmaster/Makefile
index ed39e4bb4ce8..a6ff532b32b9 100644
--- a/net/hlmaster/Makefile
+++ b/net/hlmaster/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net games
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}%20${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Half-Life game master server daemon
+COMMENT= Half-Life game master server daemon
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/ipsorc/Makefile b/net/ipsorc/Makefile
index a569e864e7b9..dfb14aecad73 100644
--- a/net/ipsorc/Makefile
+++ b/net/ipsorc/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://200ok.org/distfiles/ipsorc/ \
http://sorcerer.mirrors.pair.com/sources/ipsorcery/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= ecu@200ok.org
-COMMENT= A tool to create and send IP packets with a graphical GTK front-end
+COMMENT= Tool to create and send IP packets with a graphical GTK front-end
USE_GNOME= gtk12
USE_BZIP2= yes
diff --git a/net/java-beepcore/Makefile b/net/java-beepcore/Makefile
index 4f21da85d308..e1b7c907b5fc 100644
--- a/net/java-beepcore/Makefile
+++ b/net/java-beepcore/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= java-
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of BEEP core and BEEP mapping for TCP in Java
+COMMENT= Implementation of BEEP core and BEEP mapping for TCP in Java
RUN_DEPENDS= ${JAVALIBDIR}/xercesImpl.jar:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/xerces-j
diff --git a/net/jgroups/Makefile b/net/jgroups/Makefile
index 5d0ece01fe65..d17789e1d001 100644
--- a/net/jgroups/Makefile
+++ b/net/jgroups/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ale
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Java toolkit for reliable multicast communication
+COMMENT= Java toolkit for reliable multicast communication
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/net/jwhois/Makefile b/net/jwhois/Makefile
index c4b062584e34..51f536887ed9 100644
--- a/net/jwhois/Makefile
+++ b/net/jwhois/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= jwhois
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=An improved WHOIS client capable of selecting server to query
+COMMENT=AImproved WHOIS client capable of selecting server to query
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/net/kissd/Makefile b/net/kissd/Makefile
index b0a20b46f335..a4581b322477 100644
--- a/net/kissd/Makefile
+++ b/net/kissd/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net multimedia
MASTER_SITES= http://rink.nu/downloads/projects/
MAINTAINER= rink@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A daemon for providing multimedia files to KiSS DP-50x players
+COMMENT= Daemon for providing multimedia files to KiSS DP-50x players
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/kojoney/Makefile b/net/kojoney/Makefile
index 85482e78637c..5061ca0b7d73 100644
--- a/net/kojoney/Makefile
+++ b/net/kojoney/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= systemoperator@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A low level interaction honeypot that emulates an SSH server
+COMMENT= Low level interaction honeypot that emulates an SSH server
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zope.interface>=3.3.0_1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-zope.interface \
${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/Crypto:${PORTSDIR}/security/py-pycrypto \
diff --git a/net/l2tpd/Makefile b/net/l2tpd/Makefile
index 8d0d54935aef..5e816d04514f 100644
--- a/net/l2tpd/Makefile
+++ b/net/l2tpd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/L2TPd/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= sobomax@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of the layer two tunneling protocol
+COMMENT= Implementation of the layer two tunneling protocol
USES= compiler:nestedfct
diff --git a/net/ldapdiff/Makefile b/net/ldapdiff/Makefile
index e97501ac5570..dc27df12b926 100644
--- a/net/ldapdiff/Makefile
+++ b/net/ldapdiff/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}_src
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A utility for patching LDAP directories using LDIF files
+COMMENT= Utility for patching LDAP directories using LDIF files
USES= iconv
USE_OPENLDAP= yes
diff --git a/net/libfb/Makefile b/net/libfb/Makefile
index 1df6a7182fc9..c9e52baa4a4a 100644
--- a/net/libfb/Makefile
+++ b/net/libfb/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net net-mgmt
MASTER_SITES= http://support.red-fone.com/downloads/fonulator/
MAINTAINER= fjoe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A foneBRIDGE configuration library
+COMMENT= FoneBRIDGE configuration library
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LIBNET_CONFIG}:${PORTSDIR}/net/libnet
diff --git a/net/libnet/Makefile b/net/libnet/Makefile
index f511bdc08d2a..a940f2243ccd 100644
--- a/net/libnet/Makefile
+++ b/net/libnet/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/libnet-dev
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= distfiles
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C library for creating IP packets
+COMMENT= C library for creating IP packets
LATEST_LINK= ${PORTNAME}${SHORT_VER}
diff --git a/net/libnet10/Makefile b/net/libnet10/Makefile
index c8534323adcc..206e09e43ed9 100644
--- a/net/libnet10/Makefile
+++ b/net/libnet10/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= distfiles
PKGNAMESUFFIX= 10
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C library for creating IP packets
+COMMENT= C library for creating IP packets
CFLAGS+= -fPIC
diff --git a/net/libopennet/Makefile b/net/libopennet/Makefile
index 98908b455d88..eef0afff3d6f 100644
--- a/net/libopennet/Makefile
+++ b/net/libopennet/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.rkeene.org/files/oss/libopennet/ \
http://www.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~gslin/files/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for opening files over a network
+COMMENT= Library for opening files over a network
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
PLIST_SUB= PORTVERSION=${PORTVERSION}
diff --git a/net/libosip/Makefile b/net/libosip/Makefile
index b1781ac9e51a..33bf2514fa8a 100644
--- a/net/libosip/Makefile
+++ b/net/libosip/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GNU/osip
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}2-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A low layer of SIP implementation
+COMMENT= Low layer of SIP implementation
CONFLICTS= libosip2-2*
diff --git a/net/libpcapnav/Makefile b/net/libpcapnav/Makefile
index 04b0b587a951..cfbc25c9e960 100644
--- a/net/libpcapnav/Makefile
+++ b/net/libpcapnav/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF/netdude/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A libpcap wrapper library
+COMMENT= libpcap wrapper library
USES= libtool
CONFIGURE_ARGS= --disable-gtk-doc --with-html-dir=${DOCSDIR}
diff --git a/net/libsocket++/Makefile b/net/libsocket++/Makefile
index 534ec3f6d469..d30dc511f34b 100644
--- a/net/libsocket++/Makefile
+++ b/net/libsocket++/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://src.linuxhacker.at/socket++/
DISTNAME= socket++-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= arved@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C++ wrapper library to the sockets
+COMMENT= C++ wrapper library to the sockets
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/net/linc/Makefile b/net/linc/Makefile
index cf60a7054cf8..109ba4f765bd 100644
--- a/net/linc/Makefile
+++ b/net/linc/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GNOME
DIST_SUBDIR= gnome2
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for writing networked servers & clients
+COMMENT= Library for writing networked servers & clients
USE_BZIP2= yes
diff --git a/net/mediaproxy/Makefile b/net/mediaproxy/Makefile
index 79a2ca15d436..23929106e34f 100644
--- a/net/mediaproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/mediaproxy/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://mediaproxy.ag-projects.com/ \
http://mediaproxy.ag-projects.com/old/
MAINTAINER= steve@energistic.com
-COMMENT= A far-end NAT traversal solution for SER/OpenSER
+COMMENT= Far-end NAT traversal solution for SER/OpenSER
USE_RC_SUBR= mediaproxy proxydispatcher
diff --git a/net/mgen/Makefile b/net/mgen/Makefile
index 52d91f17758a..6c56f9d98442 100644
--- a/net/mgen/Makefile
+++ b/net/mgen/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= src-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= jmohacsi@bsd.hu
-COMMENT= An IP network performance tests and measurements
+COMMENT= IP network performance tests and measurements
# Dumps core on 64-bit architectures. This was reported to the upstream
# author, who promised to fix it in one of the next releases.
diff --git a/net/micro_inetd/Makefile b/net/micro_inetd/Makefile
index e2199064db46..ccb4f70aeee3 100644
--- a/net/micro_inetd/Makefile
+++ b/net/micro_inetd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.acme.com/software/micro_inetd/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_29jun2005
MAINTAINER= pankov_p@mail.ru
-COMMENT= A inetd-like program intended for temporarily usage
+COMMENT= inetd-like program intended for temporarily usage
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
PLIST_FILES= bin/micro_inetd man/man1/micro_inetd.1.gz
diff --git a/net/mpich2/Makefile b/net/mpich2/Makefile
index 00866f7c9604..0664df56f93b 100644
--- a/net/mpich2/Makefile
+++ b/net/mpich2/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/downloads/tarballs
DIST_SUBDIR= mpich
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A portable implementation of MPI-1 and MPI-2
+COMMENT= Portable implementation of MPI-1 and MPI-2
LICENSE= MPICH
LICENSE_NAME= MPICH
diff --git a/net/nast/Makefile b/net/nast/Makefile
index 8dd40b8c744e..d387230f618b 100644
--- a/net/nast/Makefile
+++ b/net/nast/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= BERLIOS
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A packet sniffer
+COMMENT= Packet sniffer
LICENSE= GPLv2 # (or later)
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/net/ncp/Makefile b/net/ncp/Makefile
index f35a51d99493..467af3048c8a 100644
--- a/net/ncp/Makefile
+++ b/net/ncp/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://dl.fefe.de/ http://dl.mteege.de/fefe/
MAINTAINER= matthias@mteege.de
-COMMENT= A fast file copy tool for LANs
+COMMENT= Fast file copy tool for LANs
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libowfat.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libowfat
diff --git a/net/netpipes/Makefile b/net/netpipes/Makefile
index 48831a31e752..4c24f2890eff 100644
--- a/net/netpipes/Makefile
+++ b/net/netpipes/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=kris
DISTNAME= netpipes-4.2-export
MAINTAINER= doconnor@gsoft.com.au
-COMMENT= A group of shell utilities to connect programs to sockets
+COMMENT= Group of shell utilities to connect programs to sockets
CONFLICTS= timelimit-[0-9]*
diff --git a/net/ng_daphne/Makefile b/net/ng_daphne/Makefile
index 660ac6c7aec0..e94d777c5acc 100644
--- a/net/ng_daphne/Makefile
+++ b/net/ng_daphne/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://newton.ee.auth.gr/ng_daphne/ \
LOCAL/glarkin
MAINTAINER= gedimitr@auth.gr
-COMMENT= A simple netgraph module for multihop ad hoc networks
+COMMENT= Simple netgraph module for multihop ad hoc networks
SSP_UNSAFE= kernel module does not support ssp
diff --git a/net/nifmon/Makefile b/net/nifmon/Makefile
index 1fb74d502b3b..79a0b204a78a 100644
--- a/net/nifmon/Makefile
+++ b/net/nifmon/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://www.freebsd-support.de/misc/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A curses based network interface monitoring tool
+COMMENT= Curses based network interface monitoring tool
PLIST_FILES= bin/nifmon man/man8/nifmon.8.gz
diff --git a/net/ntlmaps/Makefile b/net/ntlmaps/Makefile
index c511728c86a3..726bd53ed4b6 100644
--- a/net/ntlmaps/Makefile
+++ b/net/ntlmaps/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= kevlo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A proxy that authenticates the user using the NTLM protocol
+COMMENT= Proxy that authenticates the user using the NTLM protocol
USE_PYTHON= yes
USES= dos2unix
diff --git a/net/omnitty/Makefile b/net/omnitty/Makefile
index 4e0d74d050dd..2520703fb9b4 100644
--- a/net/omnitty/Makefile
+++ b/net/omnitty/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A curses-based SSH multiplexer
+COMMENT= Curses-based SSH multiplexer
LIB_DEPENDS= librote.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rote
diff --git a/net/onenetd/Makefile b/net/onenetd/Makefile
index 4bc40efc2766..e1fc177dbe7c 100644
--- a/net/onenetd/Makefile
+++ b/net/onenetd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://offog.org/files/ \
http://ftp.i-scream.org/pub/offog.org/files/
MAINTAINER= tdb@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A single-server inetd
+COMMENT= Single-server inetd
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
PLIST_FILES= bin/onenetd \
diff --git a/net/openh323/Makefile b/net/openh323/Makefile
index 57767dc77f83..059df6b74159 100644
--- a/net/openh323/Makefile
+++ b/net/openh323/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= -tar.gz
DIST_SUBDIR= openh323
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A H323 Video Conferencing library
+COMMENT= H323 Video Conferencing library
LIB_DEPENDS= libpt_r.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pwlib
diff --git a/net/openradius/Makefile b/net/openradius/Makefile
index 83d419504222..3ebc52f69e02 100644
--- a/net/openradius/Makefile
+++ b/net/openradius/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://evbergen.home.xs4all.nl/openradius/download/ \
http://www.mirrors.wiretapped.net/security/authentication/radius/openradius/
MAINTAINER= crees@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A RADIUS server with some actual documentation
+COMMENT= RADIUS server with some actual documentation
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/net/opentracker/Makefile b/net/opentracker/Makefile
index 1689973837cd..6671cc2c16e1 100644
--- a/net/opentracker/Makefile
+++ b/net/opentracker/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.bayofrum.net/dist/${PORTNAME}/ \
https://www.glenbarber.us/ports/net/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= crees@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A free lightweight bittorrent tracker using libowfat
+COMMENT= Free lightweight bittorrent tracker using libowfat
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libowfat.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libowfat
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/Makefile b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
index d960fffa0800..e6f57e9ff7dc 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/Makefile
+++ b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://openvswitch.org/releases/
MAINTAINER= emaste@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A production quality, multilayer virtual switch
+COMMENT= Production quality, multilayer virtual switch
LICENSE= APACHE20
diff --git a/net/p5-BBS-Client/Makefile b/net/p5-BBS-Client/Makefile
index 365040e87a54..cdd5fdd692b9 100644
--- a/net/p5-BBS-Client/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-BBS-Client/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:CORNELIUS
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= perl@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Client Module For BBS Systems
+COMMENT= Client Module For BBS Systems
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Net-Telnet>=0:${PORTSDIR}/net/p5-Net-Telnet
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/net/p5-Net-FS-Flickr/Makefile b/net/p5-Net-FS-Flickr/Makefile
index ef67a083649b..3f825a3bbfe6 100644
--- a/net/p5-Net-FS-Flickr/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-Net-FS-Flickr/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= snowfly@yuntech.edu.tw
-COMMENT= A Perl interface for store and retrieve files on Flickr
+COMMENT= Perl interface for store and retrieve files on Flickr
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-libwww>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/p5-libwww \
p5-Acme-Steganography-Image-Png>=0:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/p5-Acme-Steganography-Image-Png \
diff --git a/net/p5-Net-FS-Gmail/Makefile b/net/p5-Net-FS-Gmail/Makefile
index 3bfd1995ddff..5d6addde5090 100644
--- a/net/p5-Net-FS-Gmail/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-Net-FS-Gmail/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= snowfly@yuntech.edu.tw
-COMMENT= A Perl interface for store and retrieve files on Gmail
+COMMENT= Perl interface for store and retrieve files on Gmail
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Mail-Webmail-Gmail>=0:${PORTSDIR}/mail/p5-Mail-Webmail-Gmail \
p5-Time-modules>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Time-modules \
diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Finger/Makefile b/net/p5-Net-Finger/Makefile
index 9da7643b9989..e94dc640c509 100644
--- a/net/p5-Net-Finger/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-Net-Finger/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Perl implementation of a finger client
+COMMENT= Perl implementation of a finger client
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/net/p5-Net-OAuth/Makefile b/net/p5-Net-OAuth/Makefile
index f0ff33d781d9..759ec47f9bee 100644
--- a/net/p5-Net-OAuth/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-Net-OAuth/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= sahil@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of the OAuth protocol
+COMMENT= Implementation of the OAuth protocol
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Class-Accessor>=0.31:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Class-Accessor \
p5-Class-Data-Inheritable>=0.06:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Class-Data-Inheritable \
diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Trackback/Makefile b/net/p5-Net-Trackback/Makefile
index 140fb78a0b0c..076d44c26a4b 100644
--- a/net/p5-Net-Trackback/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-Net-Trackback/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= Net
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= coryking@mozimedia.com
-COMMENT= An interface for developing Trackback clients and servers
+COMMENT= Interface for developing Trackback clients and servers
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Class-ErrorHandler>=0.01:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Class-ErrorHandler \
p5-libwww>0:${PORTSDIR}/www/p5-libwww
diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Z3950-SimpleServer/Makefile b/net/p5-Net-Z3950-SimpleServer/Makefile
index d0626d312188..152ebbf78679 100644
--- a/net/p5-Net-Z3950-SimpleServer/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-Net-Z3950-SimpleServer/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Perl module for developing Z39.50 servers
+COMMENT= Perl module for developing Z39.50 servers
LIB_DEPENDS= libyaz.so:${PORTSDIR}/net/yaz
diff --git a/net/p5-POE-Component-PubSub/Makefile b/net/p5-POE-Component-PubSub/Makefile
index 3c0ad8d3af02..eb05f13c7577 100644
--- a/net/p5-POE-Component-PubSub/Makefile
+++ b/net/p5-POE-Component-PubSub/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= perl@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A generic publish/subscribe POE::Component
+COMMENT= Generic publish/subscribe POE::Component
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-POE>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-POE
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/net/pear-Net_Nmap/Makefile b/net/pear-Net_Nmap/Makefile
index b3dca2f97c88..e23eedf435d9 100644
--- a/net/pear-Net_Nmap/Makefile
+++ b/net/pear-Net_Nmap/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 1.0.5
CATEGORIES= net pear
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Simple Wrapper Class for the Nmap Utility
+COMMENT= Simple Wrapper Class for the Nmap Utility
LICENSE= LGPL3
diff --git a/net/pear-Net_Whois/Makefile b/net/pear-Net_Whois/Makefile
index 008b74515901..dd997306bb12 100644
--- a/net/pear-Net_Whois/Makefile
+++ b/net/pear-Net_Whois/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 1.0.5
CATEGORIES= net pear
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to query internet domain name services
+COMMENT= Tool to query internet domain name services
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear \
diff --git a/net/pecl-cvsclient/Makefile b/net/pecl-cvsclient/Makefile
index fdcda8e8956a..d63bfac97e4f 100644
--- a/net/pecl-cvsclient/Makefile
+++ b/net/pecl-cvsclient/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PHP extension for CVS pserver client
+COMMENT= PHP extension for CVS pserver client
USE_PHP= yes
USE_PHPEXT= yes
diff --git a/net/pecl-oauth/Makefile b/net/pecl-oauth/Makefile
index 4f44295f2493..37b85944661d 100644
--- a/net/pecl-oauth/Makefile
+++ b/net/pecl-oauth/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Php Interface to the OAuth Protocol
+COMMENT= Php Interface to the OAuth Protocol
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/include/curl/curl.h:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl
diff --git a/net/pen/Makefile b/net/pen/Makefile
index fc0021c906d1..e8cacb5cde4e 100644
--- a/net/pen/Makefile
+++ b/net/pen/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://siag.nu/pub/pen/ \
http://siag.nu/pub/pen/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A load balancer for simple TCP based protocols
+COMMENT= Load balancer for simple TCP based protocols
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_OPENSSL= yes
diff --git a/net/portfwd/Makefile b/net/portfwd/Makefile
index 869130ade579..65f3603419f7 100644
--- a/net/portfwd/Makefile
+++ b/net/portfwd/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Port Forwarding Daemon
+COMMENT= Port Forwarding Daemon
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/net/py-radix/Makefile b/net/py-radix/Makefile
index ccd85c726f41..dd3ffa253ba0 100644
--- a/net/py-radix/Makefile
+++ b/net/py-radix/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= py-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= lerik@nolink.net
-COMMENT= A Python radix-tree implementation
+COMMENT= Python radix-tree implementation
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/net/py-soappy/Makefile b/net/py-soappy/Makefile
index 052df2f746f5..2524645f1283 100644
--- a/net/py-soappy/Makefile
+++ b/net/py-soappy/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= SOAPpy-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= 5u623l20@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A SOAP implementation
+COMMENT= SOAP implementation
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
diff --git a/net/py-suds/Makefile b/net/py-suds/Makefile
index f90ac4329411..739f9f3965ef 100644
--- a/net/py-suds/Makefile
+++ b/net/py-suds/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= corsmith@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A SOAP implementation
+COMMENT= SOAP implementation
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/net/pythondirector/Makefile b/net/pythondirector/Makefile
index 4a3bf8f961b8..dc5a44d34c46 100644
--- a/net/pythondirector/Makefile
+++ b/net/pythondirector/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net python
MASTER_SITES= SF/pythondirector/pythondirector/pythondirector-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A TCP load balancer written in Python
+COMMENT= TCP load balancer written in Python
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/twisted/__init__.py:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-twisted
diff --git a/net/quagga-re/Makefile b/net/quagga-re/Makefile
index a8fc5ea38d94..b4059a5d6533 100644
--- a/net/quagga-re/Makefile
+++ b/net/quagga-re/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= quagga-re
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -re
MAINTAINER= sem@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A branch of popular quagga software pointed at stability
+COMMENT= Branch of popular quagga software pointed at stability
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/net/radiusd-cistron/Makefile b/net/radiusd-cistron/Makefile
index d8562b621c7e..5b9c4971d7ef 100644
--- a/net/radiusd-cistron/Makefile
+++ b/net/radiusd-cistron/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.radius.cistron.nl/pub/radius/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A RADIUS-compliant remote authentication and accounting server
+COMMENT= RADIUS-compliant remote authentication and accounting server
CONFLICTS?= freeradius-0.* gnu-radius-1.* openradius-0.*
diff --git a/net/radvd/Makefile b/net/radvd/Makefile
index e7268efc52e7..fd5c38606eab 100644
--- a/net/radvd/Makefile
+++ b/net/radvd/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net ipv6
MASTER_SITES= http://www.litech.org/radvd/dist/
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Linux/BSD IPv6 router advertisement daemon
+COMMENT= Linux/BSD IPv6 router advertisement daemon
LIB_DEPENDS= libdaemon.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libdaemon
diff --git a/net/raggle/Makefile b/net/raggle/Makefile
index 6f0877e7b66d..a1d65cf4c8f7 100644
--- a/net/raggle/Makefile
+++ b/net/raggle/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://www.raggle.org/files/
MAINTAINER= jadawin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A console RSS aggregator written in Ruby
+COMMENT= Console RSS aggregator written in Ruby
RUN_DEPENDS= ${RUBY_SITELIBDIR}/ncurses.rb:${PORTSDIR}/devel/ruby-ncurses
diff --git a/net/rexx-sock/Makefile b/net/rexx-sock/Makefile
index 1a7fa57452d5..8e4f8b3178fa 100644
--- a/net/rexx-sock/Makefile
+++ b/net/rexx-sock/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= rexx-
DISTNAME= RxSock-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A function package for Rexx programmers to create sockets
+COMMENT= Function package for Rexx programmers to create sockets
BUILD_DEPENDS= rexx-regina>=3.3_1:${PORTSDIR}/lang/rexx-regina
RUN_DEPENDS= rexx-regina>=3.3_1:${PORTSDIR}/lang/rexx-regina
diff --git a/net/rfbproxy/Makefile b/net/rfbproxy/Makefile
index 416f34ac0f92..17b58087e845 100644
--- a/net/rfbproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/rfbproxy/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= pphillips@experts-exchange.com
-COMMENT= A simple tool for recording VNC sessions
+COMMENT= Simple tool for recording VNC sessions
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/rinetd/Makefile b/net/rinetd/Makefile
index d2e35af52d66..e46f8d107a67 100644
--- a/net/rinetd/Makefile
+++ b/net/rinetd/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= distfiles
DISTNAME= rinetd
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple TCP port redirector
+COMMENT= Simple TCP port redirector
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/net/rshell/Makefile b/net/rshell/Makefile
index 2527b6db0d48..1dcff181cd60 100644
--- a/net/rshell/Makefile
+++ b/net/rshell/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://wolfram.schneider.org/src/
MAINTAINER= wosch@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A front end for rsh(1) and rcp(1)
+COMMENT= Front end for rsh(1) and rcp(1)
MAN1= rshell.1
MLINKS= rshell.1 rcopy.1
diff --git a/net/rtg/Makefile b/net/rtg/Makefile
index c1d2fc53654d..1af56571b4fc 100644
--- a/net/rtg/Makefile
+++ b/net/rtg/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF \
ftp://ftpmirror.uk/freebsd-ports/rtg/
MAINTAINER= freebsd-ports@dan.me.uk
-COMMENT= A flexible, high-performance SNMP statistics monitoring system
+COMMENT= Flexible, high-performance SNMP statistics monitoring system
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/net/ruby-dict/Makefile b/net/ruby-dict/Makefile
index eb06b0adbd9b..09193c880fca 100644
--- a/net/ruby-dict/Makefile
+++ b/net/ruby-dict/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A client-side implementation of the DICT protocol in Ruby
+COMMENT= Client-side implementation of the DICT protocol in Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_SETUP= yes
diff --git a/net/ruby-growl/Makefile b/net/ruby-growl/Makefile
index db66363ecca5..a0c258a9d01b 100644
--- a/net/ruby-growl/Makefile
+++ b/net/ruby-growl/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX:S|${RUBY_SUFFIX}-||}
MAINTAINER= tota@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pure-ruby growl notifier
+COMMENT= Pure-ruby growl notifier
USE_RUBY= yes
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/net/ruby-net-geoip/Makefile b/net/ruby-net-geoip/Makefile
index 9ec50070d3d3..778665f9f3d0 100644
--- a/net/ruby-net-geoip/Makefile
+++ b/net/ruby-net-geoip/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby extension that wraps around libGeoIP
+COMMENT= Ruby extension that wraps around libGeoIP
BUILD_DEPENDS= GeoIP>=1.4.6:${PORTSDIR}/net/GeoIP
LIB_DEPENDS= GeoIP.5:${PORTSDIR}/net/GeoIP
diff --git a/net/ruby-tcpsocketpipe/Makefile b/net/ruby-tcpsocketpipe/Makefile
index eeeb78362091..451c2f6c29d5 100644
--- a/net/ruby-tcpsocketpipe/Makefile
+++ b/net/ruby-tcpsocketpipe/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
EXTRACT_ONLY= # none
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to create I/O pipes for TCP socket tunneling
+COMMENT= Ruby library to create I/O pipes for TCP socket tunneling
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_FEATURES= devel-logger
diff --git a/net/ruby-tserver/Makefile b/net/ruby-tserver/Makefile
index ddfb62c103f5..3584dc03a324 100644
--- a/net/ruby-tserver/Makefile
+++ b/net/ruby-tserver/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library for writing a preforking server like Apache
+COMMENT= Ruby library for writing a preforking server like Apache
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/net/rubygem-amq-client/Makefile b/net/rubygem-amq-client/Makefile
index 002173edbd8b..3782b9f563af 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-amq-client/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-amq-client/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fully-featured, low-level AMQP 0.9.1 client in Ruby
+COMMENT= Fully-featured, low-level AMQP 0.9.1 client in Ruby
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-amq-protocol>=0.9.0:${PORTSDIR}/net/rubygem-amq-protocol \
rubygem-eventmachine>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-eventmachine
diff --git a/net/rubygem-amq-protocol/Makefile b/net/rubygem-amq-protocol/Makefile
index 982b7acb1e5e..0225c36b5306 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-amq-protocol/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-amq-protocol/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An AMQP serialization library for Ruby
+COMMENT= AMQP serialization library for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/net/rubygem-amqp/Makefile b/net/rubygem-amqp/Makefile
index 13b0683905be..c81e58199186 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-amqp/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-amqp/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of the AMQP protocol for RabbitMQ clients
+COMMENT= Implementation of the AMQP protocol for RabbitMQ clients
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-amq-client>=0.9.4:${PORTSDIR}/net/rubygem-amq-client \
rubygem-amq-protocol>=0.9.4:${PORTSDIR}/net/rubygem-amq-protocol \
diff --git a/net/rubygem-amqp067/Makefile b/net/rubygem-amqp067/Makefile
index 1a899e9a679d..ac1813b14aab 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-amqp067/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-amqp067/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of the AMQP protocol for RabbitMQ clients
+COMMENT= Implementation of the AMQP protocol for RabbitMQ clients
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-eventmachine>=0.12.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-eventmachine
diff --git a/net/rubygem-gitlab_omniauth-ldap/Makefile b/net/rubygem-gitlab_omniauth-ldap/Makefile
index fb4618520543..ebbe30ac090b 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-gitlab_omniauth-ldap/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-gitlab_omniauth-ldap/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LDAP strategy for OmniAuth.
+COMMENT= LDAP strategy for OmniAuth
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-net-ldap>=0.3.1:${PORTSDIR}/net/rubygem-net-ldap \
rubygem-omniauth>=1.0:${PORTSDIR}/security/rubygem-omniauth \
diff --git a/net/rubygem-rubyntlm/Makefile b/net/rubygem-rubyntlm/Makefile
index d02fc17c969a..f996fc096c11 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-rubyntlm/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-rubyntlm/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= Message creator and parser for the NTLM authentication.
+COMMENT= Message creator and parser for the NTLM authentication
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/net/rubygem-rubyntlm01/Makefile b/net/rubygem-rubyntlm01/Makefile
index 0e0f9d8d68e2..185ba2e1f2ef 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-rubyntlm01/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-rubyntlm01/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
PKGNAMESUFFIX= 01
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= Message creator and parser for the NTLM authentication.
+COMMENT= Message creator and parser for the NTLM authentication
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/net/rubygem-yadis/Makefile b/net/rubygem-yadis/Makefile
index a55baf34e0bb..7d054766a78e 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-yadis/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-yadis/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Yadis Service discovery library written in pure Ruby
+COMMENT= Yadis Service discovery library written in pure Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/net/sbd/Makefile b/net/sbd/Makefile
index 42628c3e6ac8..2821fa0626df 100644
--- a/net/sbd/Makefile
+++ b/net/sbd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://tigerteam.se/dl/sbd/ \
http://redundancy.redundancy.org/mirror/
MAINTAINER= lx@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A netcat clone with more features and crypto
+COMMENT= Netcat clone with more features and crypto
ALL_TARGET= unix
diff --git a/net/sdl2_net/Makefile b/net/sdl2_net/Makefile
index 7af8252377ad..5ad577b852f1 100644
--- a/net/sdl2_net/Makefile
+++ b/net/sdl2_net/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/release/
DISTNAME= SDL2_net-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A small sample cross-platform networking library
+COMMENT= Small sample cross-platform networking library
LICENSE= ZLIB
diff --git a/net/seda/Makefile b/net/seda/Makefile
index 629857679762..20dc622843b4 100644
--- a/net/seda/Makefile
+++ b/net/seda/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-release-${VERSION_DATE}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An Architecture for Highly Concurrent Server Applications
+COMMENT= Architecture for Highly Concurrent Server Applications
USE_JAVA= yes
JAVA_VERSION= 1.6+
diff --git a/net/self-service-password/Makefile b/net/self-service-password/Makefile
index 6e9fcaa91b24..6836035e16dd 100644
--- a/net/self-service-password/Makefile
+++ b/net/self-service-password/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://tools.ltb-project.org/attachments/download/497/
DISTNAME= ltb-project-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@bsdserwis.com
-COMMENT= A set of PHP-scripts to change LDAP password over the web
+COMMENT= Set of PHP-scripts to change LDAP password over the web
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/net/siproxd/Makefile b/net/siproxd/Makefile
index 160564cdc5f1..832fbdf76614 100644
--- a/net/siproxd/Makefile
+++ b/net/siproxd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= frank@dynamical-systems.org
-COMMENT= A proxy/masquerading daemon for the SIP protocol
+COMMENT= Proxy/masquerading daemon for the SIP protocol
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/net/skstream/Makefile b/net/skstream/Makefile
index f827f6c632c6..6f00a3338ae4 100644
--- a/net/skstream/Makefile
+++ b/net/skstream/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF/worldforge/${PORTNAME}%20%28network%20lib%29/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= oliver@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An iostream based C++ socket library
+COMMENT= iostream based C++ socket library
USES= pathfix pkgconfig compiler:c++11-lib gmake
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/slirp/Makefile b/net/slirp/Makefile
index 57f6cf93cdd1..fcf86277df64 100644
--- a/net/slirp/Makefile
+++ b/net/slirp/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A (C)SLIP/PPP emulator for users with shell accounts
+COMMENT= (C)SLIP/PPP emulator for users with shell accounts
BROKEN= Does not build
diff --git a/net/slurm/Makefile b/net/slurm/Makefile
index 387d3ac66b17..f1f9392a559b 100644
--- a/net/slurm/Makefile
+++ b/net/slurm/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.wormulon.net/files/slurm/ \
http://www.raisdorf.net/files/slurm/
MAINTAINER= mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A generic network load monitor
+COMMENT= Generic network load monitor
LDFLAGS+= -lncurses
diff --git a/net/sniffit/Makefile b/net/sniffit/Makefile
index fbcbe31ec440..a655e577d712 100644
--- a/net/sniffit/Makefile
+++ b/net/sniffit/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PATCHFILES= sniffit_0.3.7.beta-10.diff.gz:patches
PATCH_DIST_STRIP= -p1
MAINTAINER= edwin@mavetju.org
-COMMENT= A packet sniffer program. For educational use
+COMMENT= Packet sniffer program. For educational use
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
ALL_TARGET=
diff --git a/net/spserver/Makefile b/net/spserver/Makefile
index 06d2c0c9542e..6507a70460dc 100644
--- a/net/spserver/Makefile
+++ b/net/spserver/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.src
MAINTAINER= vanilla@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A TCP server framework library written in C++ based on libevent
+COMMENT= TCP server framework library written in C++ based on libevent
LIB_DEPENDS= event-1.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
diff --git a/net/ssspl/Makefile b/net/ssspl/Makefile
index acc5b2807801..bd4546d2b639 100644
--- a/net/ssspl/Makefile
+++ b/net/ssspl/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= sss
EXTRACT_SUFX= .pl
MAINTAINER= gaod@hychen.org
-COMMENT= A Simple Socks Server for Perl
+COMMENT= Simple Socks Server for Perl
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-URI>=0:${PORTSDIR}/net/p5-URI \
p5-libwww>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/p5-libwww
diff --git a/net/stund/Makefile b/net/stund/Makefile
index 8c995733844c..af2d291d1675 100644
--- a/net/stund/Makefile
+++ b/net/stund/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}_Aug13
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= sobomax@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple STUN (RFC 3489) server and client
+COMMENT= Simple STUN (RFC 3489) server and client
USES= gmake
USE_RC_SUBR= stund
diff --git a/net/tcpcat/Makefile b/net/tcpcat/Makefile
index 40cd28dd5dad..10f35b4453dc 100644
--- a/net/tcpcat/Makefile
+++ b/net/tcpcat/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://ess4.engr.uvic.ca/proj/tcpcat/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= roam/net
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple utility for sending/receiving data over a TCP or a Unix-domain socket
+COMMENT= Simple utility for sending/receiving data over a TCP or a Unix-domain socket
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
PLIST_FILES= bin/tcpcat
diff --git a/net/tcpdstat/Makefile b/net/tcpdstat/Makefile
index bade1b322a40..200424f05d10 100644
--- a/net/tcpdstat/Makefile
+++ b/net/tcpdstat/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://tracer.csl.sony.co.jp/pub/mawi/tools/
DISTNAME= tcpd-tools-0.9
MAINTAINER= richard@unixguru.nl
-COMMENT= A tool for generating statistics from tcpdump (libpcap) files
+COMMENT= Tool for generating statistics from tcpdump (libpcap) files
PLIST_FILES= bin/tcpdstat
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/net/tcpreen/Makefile b/net/tcpreen/Makefile
index eea2e0c3d354..80f7c59383ac 100644
--- a/net/tcpreen/Makefile
+++ b/net/tcpreen/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net ipv6
MASTER_SITES= http://www.remlab.net/files/tcpreen/
MAINTAINER= jmohacsi@bsd.hu
-COMMENT= A simple TCP session re-engineering tool
+COMMENT= Simple TCP session re-engineering tool
USES= tar:bzip2
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/tcpsg/Makefile b/net/tcpsg/Makefile
index 0fe5b7160960..58c7c42bd77f 100644
--- a/net/tcpsg/Makefile
+++ b/net/tcpsg/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple TCP port forwarder
+COMMENT= Simple TCP port forwarder
post-patch:
@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|%%PREFIX%%|${PREFIX}|" ${WRKSRC}/tcpsg.c
diff --git a/net/tcpslice/Makefile b/net/tcpslice/Makefile
index 474d2cf75d43..41098d8565ce 100644
--- a/net/tcpslice/Makefile
+++ b/net/tcpslice/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://www.tcpdump.org/weekly/
MAINTAINER= sbz@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for extracting portions of pcap files
+COMMENT= Tool for extracting portions of pcap files
PLIST_FILES= sbin/tcpslice \
man/man1/tcpslice.1.gz
diff --git a/net/tcptraceroute-devel/Makefile b/net/tcptraceroute-devel/Makefile
index 2f347874d8b5..6b7fd25c4898 100644
--- a/net/tcptraceroute-devel/Makefile
+++ b/net/tcptraceroute-devel/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://michael.toren.net/code/tcptraceroute/ \
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -devel
MAINTAINER= josh.carroll@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A traceroute implementation using TCP packets
+COMMENT= Traceroute implementation using TCP packets
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LIBNET_CONFIG}:${PORTSDIR}/net/libnet
diff --git a/net/tcpxtract/Makefile b/net/tcpxtract/Makefile
index fc5f8edf1f0c..4c03d99eaf97 100644
--- a/net/tcpxtract/Makefile
+++ b/net/tcpxtract/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= nobutaka@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for extracting files from network traffic
+COMMENT= Tool for extracting files from network traffic
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/tinyfugue/Makefile b/net/tinyfugue/Makefile
index e2aa8d945f31..5828a108dbf3 100644
--- a/net/tinyfugue/Makefile
+++ b/net/tinyfugue/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTVERSION= ${PORTVERSION:S/.//}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= fjoe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A popular programmable MUD client, with macro support and more
+COMMENT= Popular programmable MUD client, with macro support and more
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
CONFIGURE_ARGS= --enable-manpage --enable-version --enable-symlink --datadir=${PREFIX}/lib
diff --git a/net/tinyldap/Makefile b/net/tinyldap/Makefile
index c7da68757562..74476e837880 100644
--- a/net/tinyldap/Makefile
+++ b/net/tinyldap/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.dinoex.de/pub/tinyldap/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${SNAPSHOT}
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A small LDAP implementation
+COMMENT= Small LDAP implementation
BUILD_DEPENDS+= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libowfat.a:${PORTSDIR}/${LIBOWFAT_PORT}
diff --git a/net/tn5250j/Makefile b/net/tn5250j/Makefile
index 55c919e4b0e1..8417a938801a 100644
--- a/net/tn5250j/Makefile
+++ b/net/tn5250j/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-src
MAINTAINER= saper@saper.info
-COMMENT= A 5250 terminal emulator for the AS/400 written in Java
+COMMENT= 5250 terminal emulator for the AS/400 written in Java
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${JAVAJARDIR}/mail.jar:${PORTSDIR}/java/javamail \
${JYTHON_JAR}:${PORTSDIR}/lang/jython \
diff --git a/net/tshark-lite/Makefile b/net/tshark-lite/Makefile
index c54af6ad6239..5d192b7a77a8 100644
--- a/net/tshark-lite/Makefile
+++ b/net/tshark-lite/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ LITE= yes
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -lite
MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../tshark
-COMMENT= A powerful network analyzer/capture tool (lite package)
+COMMENT= Powerful network analyzer/capture tool (lite package)
.include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"
diff --git a/net/ttlscan/Makefile b/net/ttlscan/Makefile
index 801dbc840d1d..b1914309b0a2 100644
--- a/net/ttlscan/Makefile
+++ b/net/ttlscan/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://www.wormulon.net/files/ttlscan/
MAINTAINER= mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A TCP based scanner, showing ttl responses
+COMMENT= TCP based scanner, showing ttl responses
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/include/dnet.h:${PORTSDIR}/net/libdnet \
${LIBNET_CONFIG}:${PORTSDIR}/net/libnet10
diff --git a/net/unix2tcp/Makefile b/net/unix2tcp/Makefile
index 6d36a8fa1386..b264e1cd7c8a 100644
--- a/net/unix2tcp/Makefile
+++ b/net/unix2tcp/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://freebsdcluster.org/~mich/software/ \
http://ahriman.bucharest.roedu.net/unix2tcp/
MAINTAINER= mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A connection forwarder that converts Unix sockets into TCP sockets
+COMMENT= Connection forwarder that converts Unix sockets into TCP sockets
CFLAGS+= -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/urelay/Makefile b/net/urelay/Makefile
index a327fe59d628..6b6b50ab9a34 100644
--- a/net/urelay/Makefile
+++ b/net/urelay/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://devel.ringlet.net/net/urelay/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An UCSPI-based TCP forwarder
+COMMENT= UCSPI-based TCP forwarder
PLIST_FILES= bin/urelay \
man/man1/urelay.1.gz
diff --git a/net/ushare/Makefile b/net/ushare/Makefile
index 4d5768505c50..98e49de4adfe 100644
--- a/net/ushare/Makefile
+++ b/net/ushare/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://ushare.geexbox.org/releases/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A lightweight UPnP (TM) A/V Media Server
+COMMENT= Lightweight UPnP (TM) A/V Media Server
LIB_DEPENDS= upnp.9:${PORTSDIR}/devel/upnp
diff --git a/net/vnstat/Makefile b/net/vnstat/Makefile
index 54f5ee4702a7..6d3ed3ebc4d0 100644
--- a/net/vnstat/Makefile
+++ b/net/vnstat/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://humdi.net/vnstat/ \
http://mirror.mcx2.org/
MAINTAINER= feld@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A console-based network traffic monitor
+COMMENT= Console-based network traffic monitor
MAKE_ARGS= CC="${CC}" CFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib"
diff --git a/net/wmlj/Makefile b/net/wmlj/Makefile
index 3327229b01da..85e57cba11d7 100644
--- a/net/wmlj/Makefile
+++ b/net/wmlj/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dockapp that monitors your friends list at LiveJournal.com
+COMMENT= Dockapp that monitors your friends list at LiveJournal.com
LIB_DEPENDS= curl:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl
diff --git a/net/wmnet/Makefile b/net/wmnet/Makefile
index e723de2f0547..4b735de87c08 100644
--- a/net/wmnet/Makefile
+++ b/net/wmnet/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.enteract.com/users/rneswold/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= novel
MAINTAINER= novel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A network bandwidth monitor intended for the WindowMaker dock
+COMMENT= Network bandwidth monitor intended for the WindowMaker dock
USE_XORG= xpm
diff --git a/net/wmnetmon/Makefile b/net/wmnetmon/Makefile
index bf741fbf2c20..a3f5a50328a9 100644
--- a/net/wmnetmon/Makefile
+++ b/net/wmnetmon/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net windowmaker
MASTER_SITES= http://www.linuks.mine.nu/dockapps/
MAINTAINER= xride@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A host availability monitor intended for the WindowMaker dock
+COMMENT= Host availability monitor intended for the WindowMaker dock
USE_XORG= xpm
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/net/wmpiki/Makefile b/net/wmpiki/Makefile
index 5460988f302e..4c36e504c2b1 100644
--- a/net/wmpiki/Makefile
+++ b/net/wmpiki/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://mirror2.unixfreunde.de/ \
http://freebsd.unixfreunde.de/sources/
MAINTAINER= t.kempka@web.de
-COMMENT= A multiping host checker dockapp
+COMMENT= Multiping host checker dockapp
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
diff --git a/net/xboxproxy/Makefile b/net/xboxproxy/Makefile
index 8c10f91e41bf..1012a36ea606 100644
--- a/net/xboxproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/xboxproxy/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.semicomplete.com/files/xboxproxy/
DISTNAME= proxy-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A proxy for the XBox system link protocol
+COMMENT= Proxy for the XBox system link protocol
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LIBNET_CONFIG}:${PORTSDIR}/net/libnet10
diff --git a/net/xisp/Makefile b/net/xisp/Makefile
index 4b55e21b9f79..b2fa85a3cc46 100644
--- a/net/xisp/Makefile
+++ b/net/xisp/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://xisp.hellug.gr/release/
PATCH_SITES= http://www.ml-search.com/xisp/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= tm@onepost.net
-COMMENT= A user-friendly X interface to pppd/chat
+COMMENT= User-friendly X interface to pppd/chat
LIB_DEPENDS= libforms.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/xforms
diff --git a/net/yazproxy/Makefile b/net/yazproxy/Makefile
index 2aeb52f7cd9b..3e450ce8963f 100644
--- a/net/yazproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/yazproxy/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yazproxy/
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A powerful general purpose Z39.50/SRW/SRU proxy
+COMMENT= Powerful general purpose Z39.50/SRW/SRU proxy
LIB_DEPENDS= libyazpp.so:${PORTSDIR}/net/yaz++
diff --git a/net/zsync/Makefile b/net/zsync/Makefile
index f42985c2b517..38a4a20ad754 100644
--- a/net/zsync/Makefile
+++ b/net/zsync/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net
MASTER_SITES= http://zsync.moria.org.uk/download/
MAINTAINER= lippe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A file transfer program
+COMMENT= File transfer program
USE_BZIP2= yes
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes