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-rw-r--r--devel/R-cran-reshape/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/asmutils/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/autoconf-archive/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/baz/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/bicyclerepair/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/bsdcflow/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/bzr-rewrite/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/cdash/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/cflow/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/charva/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/cherivis-devel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/cmunge/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/cons/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/cscope/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ctags/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/cvsbook/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ding-libs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/dwarfdump/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/e4graph/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/eiffelstudio/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/elf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/entity/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/eventxx/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/flowdesigner/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/flyspray/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/frink/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/funnelweb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/gauche-readline/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/gconf2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/gitolite/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/gitolite2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/gitphp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/global/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/glog/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/glrparser/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/gob2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/google-sparsehash/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/google-styleguide/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/googlemock/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/googletest/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/gpsim/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/hapy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/hs-darcs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/hs-drift/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/inilib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/itext/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/javolution/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/jiic/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/kimwitu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libavl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libdwarf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libee/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libelf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libewf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libftdi/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libgutenfetch/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libmcs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libopkele/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libowfat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libsoup-gnome/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libstroke/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libtai/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/libunicode/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/make++/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/mercator/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/mercurialeclipse/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/meta-cvs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/monotone/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/motor/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/mpatrol/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ndesk-dbus/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/nemiver/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/noweb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/nspr/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/obby/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/obfuscatejs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocaml-calendar/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocaml-camljava/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocaml-camomile/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocaml-event/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocaml-sdl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocaml-xstrp4/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ocamlweb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/oniguruma/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/open-beagle/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/openwince-include/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ossp-cfg/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ossp-l2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ossp-val/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ossp-var/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ossp-xds/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-App-Control/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-BS-Event/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Cache/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Class-ReturnValue/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Class-Tom/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Config-Grammar/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Data-Bind/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Date-Simple/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Devel-LexAlias/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Errno/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-DBI/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-FileRotate/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Mac-PropertyList/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Moose-Test/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-MooseX-Types-Signal/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-MouseX-Types-Path-Class/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Object-Event/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Object-Pluggable/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-POE-Loop-Glib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-POE-Quickie/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Perl-PrereqScanner/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Sort-Versions/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-String-Errf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-String-LRC/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Term-ReadKey/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-Test-POE-Server-TCP/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-WeakRef/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p5-ZConf-GUI/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/p65/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pear-Console_CommandLine/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pear-HTML_Template_Flexy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pear-PHP_Parser/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pear-Structures_DataGrid/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-automap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-bbcode/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-bcompiler/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-expect/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-intl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-mcve/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-ncurses/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-params/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-shape/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-spread/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-statgrab/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pecl-svn/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/perlconsole/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/phpsh/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/physfs-devel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/physfs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/popt/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/protobuf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-Breve/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-dal/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-dexml/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-game/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-ipaddr/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-iterpipes/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-kid/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-ordereddict/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-phpserialize/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-prioritized_methods/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-repoze.lru/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-tconfpy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-yapps2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/py-yum-metadata-parser/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pymacs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/pythk/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rote/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-amstd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-cache/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-date2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-dialogs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-fastri/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-flexmock/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-intl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-locale/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-locale2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-memoize/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-multi/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-statgrab/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ruby-wirble/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-active_scaffold/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-allison/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-analogger/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-app_config/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-authlogic/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-cocaine/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-daemon_controller/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-daemons/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-deprecated/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-fastercsv/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-fastri/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-fattr/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-filemagic/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-georuby/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-gettext/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-git/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-grit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-hoe/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-holidays/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-igraph/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-interact/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-jammit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-locale/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-main/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-mocha/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-moneta/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-mspec/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-open3_backport/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-pkg-config/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-ptreloaded/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-racc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-redmine_plugin_support/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-require_all/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-ruby-ole/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-ruby-prof/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-ruby2ruby/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-ruby_parser/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-rubygame/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-rubyinlineaccel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-settingslogic/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-slop/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-soap4r/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-stemmer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-systemu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-trollop/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-turn/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-uuidtools/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-webby/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/rubygem-yui-compressor/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/sbt/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/scalatest/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/scsh-install-lib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/sdl_sge/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/sdlmm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/sedsed/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/semantic/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/simgear/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/spin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/srecord/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/subclipse/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/subversive/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/svk/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/svnmerge/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/synfig/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/tbb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/tkinspect/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/trio/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/ucpp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/winpdb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/xmake/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/xtl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--devel/zziplib/Makefile2
248 files changed, 248 insertions, 248 deletions
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-reshape/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-reshape/Makefile
index 3679fd189080..38873941b6f4 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-reshape/Makefile
+++ b/devel/R-cran-reshape/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= tota@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An R package for flexibly restructuring and aggregating data
+COMMENT= R package for flexibly restructuring and aggregating data
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/devel/asmutils/Makefile b/devel/asmutils/Makefile
index 167c8cb488e5..5480aca455c5 100644
--- a/devel/asmutils/Makefile
+++ b/devel/asmutils/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://asm.sourceforge.net/asmutils/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A set of Unix utilities written in x86 assembly language
+COMMENT= Set of Unix utilities written in x86 assembly language
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/autoconf-archive/Makefile b/devel/autoconf-archive/Makefile
index 02d3020aa123..5cf292447abb 100644
--- a/devel/autoconf-archive/Makefile
+++ b/devel/autoconf-archive/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GNU
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${DISTDATE}
MAINTAINER= mkamm@gmx.net
-COMMENT= A set of useful GNU Autoconf macros
+COMMENT= Set of useful GNU Autoconf macros
DISTDATE= 2011.01.02
USE_BZIP2= yes
diff --git a/devel/baz/Makefile b/devel/baz/Makefile
index 0aa10fcb91d3..d0297fe7d164 100644
--- a/devel/baz/Makefile
+++ b/devel/baz/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://bazaar-vcs.org/releases/src/obsolete/
DISTNAME= bazaar_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ulf.lilleengen@gmail.com
-COMMENT= An implementation of the GNU Arch RCS protocol in C by Canonical
+COMMENT= Implementation of the GNU Arch RCS protocol in C by Canonical
BUILD_DEPENDS= gpatch:${PORTSDIR}/devel/patch \
gdiff:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/diffutils \
diff --git a/devel/bicyclerepair/Makefile b/devel/bicyclerepair/Makefile
index f2abe6054ec4..46a4caf11f1a 100644
--- a/devel/bicyclerepair/Makefile
+++ b/devel/bicyclerepair/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
PKGNAMESUFFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMESUFFIX}
MAINTAINER= mwm@mired.org
-COMMENT= A python refactoring tool
+COMMENT= Python refactoring tool
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS=yes
diff --git a/devel/bsdcflow/Makefile b/devel/bsdcflow/Makefile
index 18101f15992d..e4e144b72902 100644
--- a/devel/bsdcflow/Makefile
+++ b/devel/bsdcflow/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://cdn.bitbucket.org/marcusva/cflow/downloads/
DISTNAME= cflow-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A call graph generator for C and assembler code
+COMMENT= Call graph generator for C and assembler code
CONFLICTS= gnucflow-[0-9]* cflow-[0-9]*
diff --git a/devel/bzr-rewrite/Makefile b/devel/bzr-rewrite/Makefile
index e4f6f9382683..3c6ee9ed04f8 100644
--- a/devel/bzr-rewrite/Makefile
+++ b/devel/bzr-rewrite/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://launchpadlibrarian.net/94574861/ \
http://www.c-s.li/ports/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A bzr plugin that provides rewriting existing revisions
+COMMENT= Bzr plugin that provides rewriting existing revisions
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/cdash/Makefile b/devel/cdash/Makefile
index 4449b00b85f4..b4024ef7d291 100644
--- a/devel/cdash/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cdash/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.cdash.org/download/
DISTNAME= CDash-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A web-based software testing server
+COMMENT= Web-based software testing server
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
diff --git a/devel/cflow/Makefile b/devel/cflow/Makefile
index d161ed3616a8..5625b1006bcd 100644
--- a/devel/cflow/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cflow/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= devel/lang/c
MAINTAINER= tj@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A call graph generator for C code
+COMMENT= Call graph generator for C code
CONFLICTS= bsdcflow-[0-9]* gnucflow-[0-9]*
diff --git a/devel/charva/Makefile b/devel/charva/Makefile
index ec53487b1b2d..aafa11ff6051 100644
--- a/devel/charva/Makefile
+++ b/devel/charva/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Java Windowing Toolkit for Text Terminals
+COMMENT= Java Windowing Toolkit for Text Terminals
BUILD_DEPENDS= gmake:${PORTSDIR}/devel/gmake
RUN_DEPENDS= ${JAVAJARDIR}/commons-logging.jar:${PORTSDIR}/java/jakarta-commons-logging
diff --git a/devel/cherivis-devel/Makefile b/devel/cherivis-devel/Makefile
index ecaf61f88062..83f526b72fde 100644
--- a/devel/cherivis-devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cherivis-devel/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 1
CATEGORIES= devel gnustep
MAINTAINER= theraven@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= Visualisation tool for CHERI / BERI streamtraces.
+COMMENT= Visualisation tool for CHERI / BERI streamtraces
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/devel/cmunge/Makefile b/devel/cmunge/Makefile
index 8027e7a63433..d20a49404a60 100644
--- a/devel/cmunge/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cmunge/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.vcpc.univie.ac.at/vcpc/jhm/code/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= lme@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for encrypting and compacting C source code
+COMMENT= Tool for encrypting and compacting C source code
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/cmunger
MAKE_ARGS= CC="${CC} ${CFLAGS}"
diff --git a/devel/cons/Makefile b/devel/cons/Makefile
index f548a215c813..46d59333217c 100644
--- a/devel/cons/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cons/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.dsmit.com/cons/stable/ \
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= rv@gnu.org
-COMMENT= A Perl-based Make Replacement
+COMMENT= Perl-based Make Replacement
USES= perl5
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/devel/cscope/Makefile b/devel/cscope/Makefile
index e26e3ae8fa26..17ddb8442573 100644
--- a/devel/cscope/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cscope/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An interactive C program browser
+COMMENT= Interactive C program browser
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
diff --git a/devel/ctags/Makefile b/devel/ctags/Makefile
index ca87d5e6234e..74617bcaecf5 100644
--- a/devel/ctags/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ctags/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= zeising@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A feature-filled tagfile generator for vi and emacs clones
+COMMENT= Feature-filled tagfile generator for vi and emacs clones
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --enable-macro-patterns --with-readlib
diff --git a/devel/cvsbook/Makefile b/devel/cvsbook/Makefile
index d6640b544368..6e880f3d0b4d 100644
--- a/devel/cvsbook/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cvsbook/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-all
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tutorial and reference for CVS
+COMMENT= Tutorial and reference for CVS
OPTIONS_MULTI= CVSBOOK
OPTIONS_MULTI_CVSBOOK= INFO SINGLE_HTML SPLIT_HTML POSTSCRIPT PDF
diff --git a/devel/ding-libs/Makefile b/devel/ding-libs/Makefile
index 8c2ec9a337de..a1cc918a91fd 100644
--- a/devel/ding-libs/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ding-libs/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= https://fedorahosted.org/released/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= aweits@rit.edu
-COMMENT= A collection of useful libraries for developers
+COMMENT= Collection of useful libraries for developers
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/devel/dwarfdump/Makefile b/devel/dwarfdump/Makefile
index e4d44e0b7606..43572b1f834a 100644
--- a/devel/dwarfdump/Makefile
+++ b/devel/dwarfdump/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://reality.sgiweb.org/davea/
DISTNAME= libdwarf-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= joerg@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to display DWARF debugging information in ELF files
+COMMENT= Tool to display DWARF debugging information in ELF files
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libdwarf.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libdwarf
diff --git a/devel/e4graph/Makefile b/devel/e4graph/Makefile
index 039184b3e778..99cdf782ed5a 100644
--- a/devel/e4graph/Makefile
+++ b/devel/e4graph/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-source/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .src.tar.gz
MAINTAINER= dan@rucci.org
-COMMENT= A C++ library that persistently stores graph like data
+COMMENT= C++ library that persistently stores graph like data
LIB_DEPENDS= mk4.0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/metakit \
tcl${TCLVND}:${PORTSDIR}/lang/tcl${TCLVND} \
diff --git a/devel/eiffelstudio/Makefile b/devel/eiffelstudio/Makefile
index 0b3611fc81aa..b6d8380c408e 100644
--- a/devel/eiffelstudio/Makefile
+++ b/devel/eiffelstudio/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.cs.rit.edu/pub/mirrors/ise/download/57/ \
DISTNAME= Eiffel${PORTVERSION:S/.//}_gpl_64493-freebsd-${EIFFEL_ARCH}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Complete Integrated Development Environment for Eiffel
+COMMENT= Complete Integrated Development Environment for Eiffel
LIB_DEPENDS= c.6:${PORTSDIR}/misc/compat6x
diff --git a/devel/elf/Makefile b/devel/elf/Makefile
index 14c50085ef0d..715b7ab69bd6 100644
--- a/devel/elf/Makefile
+++ b/devel/elf/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_PACKETSTORM}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= linux/reverse-engineering
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A commandline based ELF header analyzer
+COMMENT= Commandline based ELF header analyzer
USES= gmake
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/entity/Makefile b/devel/entity/Makefile
index 3916b00646fc..6fb32e4c1d28 100644
--- a/devel/entity/Makefile
+++ b/devel/entity/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/Old%20Entity%20Versions
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A really rapid XML-based application development system
+COMMENT= Really rapid XML-based application development system
LIB_DEPENDS= pcre:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
RUN_DEPENDS= python:${PORTSDIR}/lang/python
diff --git a/devel/eventxx/Makefile b/devel/eventxx/Makefile
index 8b71876193f6..149ba75e0cfb 100644
--- a/devel/eventxx/Makefile
+++ b/devel/eventxx/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://proj.llucax.com.ar/home/eventxx/releases/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= gahr
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C++ wrapper for libevent
+COMMENT= C++ wrapper for libevent
LIB_DEPENDS= libevent.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
diff --git a/devel/flowdesigner/Makefile b/devel/flowdesigner/Makefile
index 78bbb79be334..511a18b2d9d0 100644
--- a/devel/flowdesigner/Makefile
+++ b/devel/flowdesigner/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/FlowDesigner/${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= FlowDesigner-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A free (GPL) "data flow oriented" development environment
+COMMENT= Free (GPL) "data flow oriented" development environment
LIB_DEPENDS= speex.1:${PORTSDIR}/audio/speex \
fftw.2:${PORTSDIR}/math/fftw
diff --git a/devel/flyspray/Makefile b/devel/flyspray/Makefile
index 87627e267f88..39d0aef9ffc3 100644
--- a/devel/flyspray/Makefile
+++ b/devel/flyspray/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel www
MASTER_SITES= http://flyspray.org/
MAINTAINER= nick@foobar.org
-COMMENT= A simple, easy-to-use web based bug tracking system
+COMMENT= Simple, easy-to-use web based bug tracking system
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/share/adodb/adodb.inc.php:${PORTSDIR}/databases/adodb
diff --git a/devel/frink/Makefile b/devel/frink/Makefile
index f3d53a0396e4..40688fd173df 100644
--- a/devel/frink/Makefile
+++ b/devel/frink/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= ftp://catless.ncl.ac.uk/pub/
MAINTAINER= mi@aldan.algebra.com
-COMMENT= A tcl formatter and static tester
+COMMENT= Tcl formatter and static tester
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-2.2.2
diff --git a/devel/funnelweb/Makefile b/devel/funnelweb/Makefile
index 99f20883b0b3..e557c61f2602 100644
--- a/devel/funnelweb/Makefile
+++ b/devel/funnelweb/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.ross.net/funnelweb/download/funnelweb_v320/
DISTNAME= funnelweb_v320_source
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A powerful literate-programming macro pre-processor
+COMMENT= Powerful literate-programming macro pre-processor
PLIST_FILES= bin/fw
WRKSRC= fw_src/source
diff --git a/devel/gauche-readline/Makefile b/devel/gauche-readline/Makefile
index ec888fd5a940..53b784be75f3 100644
--- a/devel/gauche-readline/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gauche-readline/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= gauche
MAINTAINER= erik@bz.bzflag.bz
-COMMENT= A pure gauche/scheme implementation of the Readline library
+COMMENT= Pure gauche/scheme implementation of the Readline library
RUN_DEPENDS= gosh:${PORTSDIR}/lang/gauche
BUILD_DEPENDS= gauche-config:${PORTSDIR}/lang/gauche
diff --git a/devel/gconf2/Makefile b/devel/gconf2/Makefile
index 0c59354d4ad1..0e70742cb0e5 100644
--- a/devel/gconf2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gconf2/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTNAME= GConf-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= gnome2
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A configuration database system for GNOME
+COMMENT= Configuration database system for GNOME
USE_BZIP2= yes
diff --git a/devel/gitolite/Makefile b/devel/gitolite/Makefile
index 5bdd70131317..8052c951c5c8 100644
--- a/devel/gitolite/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gitolite/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GH \
DISTNAME= g-${GH_ACCOUNT}-${GH_PROJECT}-${PORTVERSION}-${GH_COMMIT}
MAINTAINER= milki@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An access control layer on top of git
+COMMENT= Access control layer on top of git
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/gitolite2/Makefile b/devel/gitolite2/Makefile
index 6c69040d5fd8..7d438b0ecff3 100644
--- a/devel/gitolite2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gitolite2/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= 2
DISTNAME= g-${GH_ACCOUNT}-${GH_PROJECT}-${PORTVERSION}-${GH_COMMIT}
MAINTAINER= milki@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An access control layer on top of git
+COMMENT= Access control layer on top of git
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/gitphp/Makefile b/devel/gitphp/Makefile
index dbd33de4dbcb..f34fdc356e46 100644
--- a/devel/gitphp/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gitphp/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel www
MASTER_SITES= http://www.gitphp.org/attachments/download/47/
MAINTAINER= tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A web based git repository browser written in PHP
+COMMENT= Web based git repository browser written in PHP
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/global/Makefile b/devel/global/Makefile
index e626fe785fc1..a66ccbe22736 100644
--- a/devel/global/Makefile
+++ b/devel/global/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= GNU
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A source code tag system
+COMMENT= Source code tag system
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USES= perl5 libtool
diff --git a/devel/glog/Makefile b/devel/glog/Makefile
index c6ab471386f7..3aeac8e3dd5f 100644
--- a/devel/glog/Makefile
+++ b/devel/glog/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= GOOGLE_CODE
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library of C++ classes for flexible logging
+COMMENT= Library of C++ classes for flexible logging
LIB_DEPENDS= execinfo:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libexecinfo \
gflags:${PORTSDIR}/devel/gflags
diff --git a/devel/glrparser/Makefile b/devel/glrparser/Makefile
index c5c01f991775..5a2d11da6a91 100644
--- a/devel/glrparser/Makefile
+++ b/devel/glrparser/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://bsd-geek.de/FreeBSD/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= lme@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A parser which works with the GLR(0) algorithm
+COMMENT= Parser which works with the GLR(0) algorithm
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/gob2/Makefile b/devel/gob2/Makefile
index e379c377a56f..805dd62af0ed 100644
--- a/devel/gob2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gob2/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GNOME
DIST_SUBDIR= gnome2
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A preprocessor for making GObjects with inline C
+COMMENT= Preprocessor for making GObjects with inline C
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_GNOME= glib20
diff --git a/devel/google-sparsehash/Makefile b/devel/google-sparsehash/Makefile
index 51a4bc220819..4bab7242728d 100644
--- a/devel/google-sparsehash/Makefile
+++ b/devel/google-sparsehash/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PROJECTHOST= sparsehash
DISTNAME= sparsehash-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= vd@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extremely memory-efficient hash_map implementation
+COMMENT= Extremely memory-efficient hash_map implementation
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_GCC= 4.8+
diff --git a/devel/google-styleguide/Makefile b/devel/google-styleguide/Makefile
index c0217e7f4ef2..e56ccf453e13 100644
--- a/devel/google-styleguide/Makefile
+++ b/devel/google-styleguide/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTFILES= cpplint.py cpplint_unittest.py README
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to assist with Google style guide compliance
+COMMENT= Tool to assist with Google style guide compliance
USE_PYTHON?= yes
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/devel/googlemock/Makefile b/devel/googlemock/Makefile
index 9d3f64b79bba..f90a82285b34 100644
--- a/devel/googlemock/Makefile
+++ b/devel/googlemock/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GOOGLE_CODE
DISTNAME= gmock-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for writing and using C++ mock classes
+COMMENT= Library for writing and using C++ mock classes
BUILD_DEPENDS= googletest>=1.5.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/googletest
diff --git a/devel/googletest/Makefile b/devel/googletest/Makefile
index 71813c415e61..88868e1c1ee6 100644
--- a/devel/googletest/Makefile
+++ b/devel/googletest/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GOOGLE_CODE
DISTNAME= gtest-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms
+COMMENT= Framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms
USES= shebangfix
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/gpsim/Makefile b/devel/gpsim/Makefile
index bb0f99067448..e2357273a2d3 100644
--- a/devel/gpsim/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gpsim/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= acm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A software simulator for Microchip PIC microcontrollers
+COMMENT= Software simulator for Microchip PIC microcontrollers
LIB_DEPENDS= popt.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/popt \
gtkextra-x11-2.0.1:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/gtkextra2
diff --git a/devel/hapy/Makefile b/devel/hapy/Makefile
index 68afa5102a3f..aa5e53e91c57 100644
--- a/devel/hapy/Makefile
+++ b/devel/hapy/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
DISTNAME= Hapy-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= rousskov@measurement-factory.com
-COMMENT= A runtime parser generator
+COMMENT= Runtime parser generator
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/hs-darcs/Makefile b/devel/hs-darcs/Makefile
index dcc511f61c69..96d3246b83d2 100644
--- a/devel/hs-darcs/Makefile
+++ b/devel/hs-darcs/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 6
CATEGORIES= devel haskell
MAINTAINER= haskell@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A distributed, interactive, smart revision control system
+COMMENT= Distributed, interactive, smart revision control system
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/hs-drift/Makefile b/devel/hs-drift/Makefile
index 66edb5ff4bcb..dfab67e13692 100644
--- a/devel/hs-drift/Makefile
+++ b/devel/hs-drift/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= hs-
DISTNAME= DrIFT-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= haskell@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A type sensitive preprocessor for Haskell
+COMMENT= Type sensitive preprocessor for Haskell
OPTIONS_SINGLE= COMPILER
OPTIONS_SINGLE_COMPILER= NHC98 GHC
diff --git a/devel/inilib/Makefile b/devel/inilib/Makefile
index eeb2a17e7156..1fc2ce4f8882 100644
--- a/devel/inilib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/inilib/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/1.0.7
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C++ lib which provides a method of saving the "state" of a program
+COMMENT= C++ lib which provides a method of saving the "state" of a program
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/itext/Makefile b/devel/itext/Makefile
index eaf3a33ec778..45fc37328217 100644
--- a/devel/itext/Makefile
+++ b/devel/itext/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ale
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Java-PDF Library
+COMMENT= Java-PDF Library
LICENSE= MPL LGPL20
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/javolution/Makefile b/devel/javolution/Makefile
index ec0a6cd516af..e0747676dc35 100644
--- a/devel/javolution/Makefile
+++ b/devel/javolution/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ale
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Java solution for real time and embedded systems
+COMMENT= Java solution for real time and embedded systems
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/devel/jiic/Makefile b/devel/jiic/Makefile
index dc4fe2f9bbc9..ab82c0dff770 100644
--- a/devel/jiic/Makefile
+++ b/devel/jiic/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ale
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A streaming-based Java implementation of ISO 9660
+COMMENT= Streaming-based Java implementation of ISO 9660
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/devel/kimwitu/Makefile b/devel/kimwitu/Makefile
index d0414b551fbc..bbb3ef1c5e39 100644
--- a/devel/kimwitu/Makefile
+++ b/devel/kimwitu/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.sourcefiles.org/Programming/Compilers/Object-Oriented/
DISTNAME= kc-distr.V${PORTVERSION:S/./_/g}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for processing trees (i.e. terms)
+COMMENT= Tool for processing trees (i.e. terms)
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/src
ALL_TARGET=
diff --git a/devel/libavl/Makefile b/devel/libavl/Makefile
index 1666c9bbcdbd..394a5a4b51fa 100644
--- a/devel/libavl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libavl/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= avl
DISTNAME= avl-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= rodrigo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for balanced binary trees
+COMMENT= Library for balanced binary trees
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/libdwarf/Makefile b/devel/libdwarf/Makefile
index 25607ed655ab..ae5a6d222676 100644
--- a/devel/libdwarf/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libdwarf/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/libdwarf/libdwarf-20130207.tar.gz/64b42692e947d5180e162e46c689dfbf/
MAINTAINER= joerg@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library to analyze DWARF debugging information in ELF files
+COMMENT= Library to analyze DWARF debugging information in ELF files
INSTALL_CONFLICT= bsdlibdwarf*
diff --git a/devel/libee/Makefile b/devel/libee/Makefile
index 63ffe56385ec..1941da8d120f 100644
--- a/devel/libee/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libee/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://www.libee.org/files/download/
MAINTAINER= brd@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An event expression library inspired by CEE
+COMMENT= Event expression library inspired by CEE
LIB_DEPENDS= libestr.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libestr
diff --git a/devel/libelf/Makefile b/devel/libelf/Makefile
index 8f1b49eccf92..50defdd53f7d 100644
--- a/devel/libelf/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libelf/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.mr511.de/software/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= libs
MAINTAINER= rodrigo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A public ELF file access library similar to libelf(3) in Solaris
+COMMENT= Public ELF file access library similar to libelf(3) in Solaris
OPTIONS_DEFINE= EXTENDED NLS SANITY
OPTIONS_DEFAULT= EXTENDED SANITY
diff --git a/devel/libewf/Makefile b/devel/libewf/Makefile
index 3d787f231dc8..897db339ea57 100644
--- a/devel/libewf/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libewf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://googledrive.com/host/0B3fBvzttpiiSMTdoaVExWWNsRjg/ \
LOCAL/antoine
MAINTAINER= nobutaka@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for support of the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF)
+COMMENT= Library for support of the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF)
LICENSE= LGPL3
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/devel/libftdi/Makefile b/devel/libftdi/Makefile
index 949ce0918eba..4e713c661829 100644
--- a/devel/libftdi/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libftdi/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library (using libusb) to talk to FTDI chips
+COMMENT= Library (using libusb) to talk to FTDI chips
OPTIONS_DEFINE+= BOOST PYTHON
BOOST_DESC= Build with boost
diff --git a/devel/libgutenfetch/Makefile b/devel/libgutenfetch/Makefile
index 38ed94f8f64c..9e2be41fd499 100644
--- a/devel/libgutenfetch/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libgutenfetch/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= johntabularasa@users.sf.net
-COMMENT= A library that allows application developers to connect to PG
+COMMENT= Library that allows application developers to connect to PG
LIB_DEPENDS= curl:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl
diff --git a/devel/libmcs/Makefile b/devel/libmcs/Makefile
index 62df5570aa49..aa24df11554e 100644
--- a/devel/libmcs/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libmcs/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://distfiles.atheme.org/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= oliver@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A BSD licenced configuration database system
+COMMENT= BSD licenced configuration database system
LIB_DEPENDS= mowgli.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libmowgli
diff --git a/devel/libopkele/Makefile b/devel/libopkele/Makefile
index f030e5e68235..bdd94534ee64 100644
--- a/devel/libopkele/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libopkele/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://kin.klever.net/dist/
MAINTAINER= zhoushuqun@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A c++ implementation of an OpenID decentralized identity system
+COMMENT= C++ implementation of an OpenID decentralized identity system
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-libs
LIB_DEPENDS= libcurl.so:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl \
diff --git a/devel/libowfat/Makefile b/devel/libowfat/Makefile
index 191510f0ba89..5ce21e46e5eb 100644
--- a/devel/libowfat/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libowfat/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel ipv6
MASTER_SITES= http://dl.fefe.de/
MAINTAINER= lx@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A general purpose library based on code by D. J. Bernstein
+COMMENT= General purpose library based on code by D. J. Bernstein
USES= gmake tar:bzip2
ALL_TARGET= dep all
diff --git a/devel/libsoup-gnome/Makefile b/devel/libsoup-gnome/Makefile
index 3ecbb746cd1b..c52bc58a812f 100644
--- a/devel/libsoup-gnome/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libsoup-gnome/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel gnome
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -gnome
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A GNOME wrapper for libsoup
+COMMENT= GNOME wrapper for libsoup
MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../libsoup
DESCR= ${.CURDIR}/pkg-descr
diff --git a/devel/libstroke/Makefile b/devel/libstroke/Makefile
index 64f6ec758c65..15262399749d 100644
--- a/devel/libstroke/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libstroke/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://etla.net/libstroke/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A stroke translation library
+COMMENT= Stroke translation library
USES= gmake
USE_CSTD= gnu89
diff --git a/devel/libtai/Makefile b/devel/libtai/Makefile
index 28fd804b6486..7baaffb27af7 100644
--- a/devel/libtai/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libtai/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://cr.yp.to/libtai/ \
ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/mirror/mirror.qmail.org/koobera/pub/software/
MAINTAINER= rodrigo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for storing and manipulating dates and times in second/attosecond
+COMMENT= Library for storing and manipulating dates and times in second/attosecond
ALL_TARGET= it
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/devel/libunicode/Makefile b/devel/libunicode/Makefile
index e11e36a0b8bf..054949dff861 100644
--- a/devel/libunicode/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libunicode/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= sources/libunicode/0.4
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.gnome
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for manipulating Unicode characters and strings
+COMMENT= Library for manipulating Unicode characters and strings
USE_AUTOTOOLS= libtool
USES= gmake
diff --git a/devel/make++/Makefile b/devel/make++/Makefile
index bb87a7feefd3..48e44166f5db 100644
--- a/devel/make++/Makefile
+++ b/devel/make++/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME:S/+/p/g}-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .txz
MAINTAINER= gavin@16degrees.com.au
-COMMENT= A drop-in replacement for GNU make
+COMMENT= Drop-in replacement for GNU make
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1 GPLv2 GPLv3
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/mercator/Makefile b/devel/mercator/Makefile
index 022009bc99f1..c724c0cdc5e0 100644
--- a/devel/mercator/Makefile
+++ b/devel/mercator/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF/worldforge/Mercator%20%28terrain%20lib%29/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= oliver@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A procedural terrain library
+COMMENT= Procedural terrain library
LIB_DEPENDS= libwfmath-1.0.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/wfmath
diff --git a/devel/mercurialeclipse/Makefile b/devel/mercurialeclipse/Makefile
index 37e3a3d1408b..7a6ae0cb29be 100644
--- a/devel/mercurialeclipse/Makefile
+++ b/devel/mercurialeclipse/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= eclipse
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= eg@fbsd.lt
-COMMENT= A mercurial plugin for the Eclipse IDE Framework
+COMMENT= Mercurial plugin for the Eclipse IDE Framework
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/eclipse:${PORTSDIR}/java/eclipse
diff --git a/devel/meta-cvs/Makefile b/devel/meta-cvs/Makefile
index 94e50bca0166..ed7834bfeae1 100644
--- a/devel/meta-cvs/Makefile
+++ b/devel/meta-cvs/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://common-lisp.net/project/meta-cvs/downloads/
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A more capable version control system than CVS, built around CVS
+COMMENT= More capable version control system than CVS, built around CVS
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/monotone/Makefile b/devel/monotone/Makefile
index 3f5674610fe2..ee79f878d925 100644
--- a/devel/monotone/Makefile
+++ b/devel/monotone/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://www.monotone.ca/downloads/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= lapo@lapo.it
-COMMENT= A distributed version control system with digital signatures
+COMMENT= Distributed version control system with digital signatures
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/devel/motor/Makefile b/devel/motor/Makefile
index 6c29d0b696be..dfce2126dc68 100644
--- a/devel/motor/Makefile
+++ b/devel/motor/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://thekonst.net/download/
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A powerful text mode based programming IDE
+COMMENT= Powerful text mode based programming IDE
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/mpatrol/Makefile b/devel/mpatrol/Makefile
index d114f14d47b9..3b36b46f2004 100644
--- a/devel/mpatrol/Makefile
+++ b/devel/mpatrol/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= mycroft@virgaria.org
-COMMENT= A dynamic memory debugging and profiling library
+COMMENT= Dynamic memory debugging and profiling library
LIB_DEPENDS= elf.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libelf
diff --git a/devel/ndesk-dbus/Makefile b/devel/ndesk-dbus/Makefile
index 3c68343846ad..e2130b5199ad 100644
--- a/devel/ndesk-dbus/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ndesk-dbus/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://www.ndesk.org/archive/ndesk-dbus/
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C\# implementation of D-Bus
+COMMENT= C\# implementation of D-Bus
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
USES= gmake mono pathfix pkgconfig
diff --git a/devel/nemiver/Makefile b/devel/nemiver/Makefile
index e43c37d4ceb6..bdb0eea60a01 100644
--- a/devel/nemiver/Makefile
+++ b/devel/nemiver/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= sources/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:C/^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/}
DIST_SUBDIR= gnome2
MAINTAINER= romain@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C/C++ Debugger for GNOME
+COMMENT= C/C++ Debugger for GNOME
LIB_DEPENDS= libboost_unit_test_framework.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-libs \
libgtop-2.0.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libgtop \
diff --git a/devel/noweb/Makefile b/devel/noweb/Makefile
index 7527f9fc0c0d..7d2bab7d9f95 100644
--- a/devel/noweb/Makefile
+++ b/devel/noweb/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://www.eecs.harvard.edu/pub/nr/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple, extensible literate-programming tool
+COMMENT= Simple, extensible literate-programming tool
LICENSE= noweb
LICENSE_NAME= noweb
diff --git a/devel/nspr/Makefile b/devel/nspr/Makefile
index cfe71b23b700..2a93a7703b80 100644
--- a/devel/nspr/Makefile
+++ b/devel/nspr/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= MOZILLA/${PORTNAME}/releases/v${PORTVERSION}/src
MAINTAINER= gecko@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions
+COMMENT= Platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/nspr/build
diff --git a/devel/obby/Makefile b/devel/obby/Makefile
index c905ccd6b944..626af3205e05 100644
--- a/devel/obby/Makefile
+++ b/devel/obby/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://releases.0x539.de/obby/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for synced document buffers
+COMMENT= Library for synced document buffers
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/obfuscatejs/Makefile b/devel/obfuscatejs/Makefile
index efaae83b1e97..b5a3a5f77824 100644
--- a/devel/obfuscatejs/Makefile
+++ b/devel/obfuscatejs/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A JavaScript code obfuscator
+COMMENT= JavaScript code obfuscator
RUN_DEPENDS= java:${PORTSDIR}/java/javavmwrapper
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-calendar/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-calendar/Makefile
index 6e9208084a52..fb172087024b 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-calendar/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-calendar/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/download.php/915/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
MAINTAINER= jaapb@kerguelen.org
-COMMENT= A date and time library for OCaml
+COMMENT= Date and time library for OCaml
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USES= gmake
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-camljava/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-camljava/Makefile
index 1e874337319a..f6f3b05ddb44 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-camljava/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-camljava/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://caml.inria.fr/distrib/bazar-ocaml/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An OCaml-Java library interface
+COMMENT= OCaml-Java library interface
USE_OCAML= yes
USE_JAVA= yes
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-camomile/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-camomile/Makefile
index ad40856ae5ee..76443db25284 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-camomile/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-camomile/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
MAINTAINER= michael.grunewald@laposte.net
-COMMENT= A comprehensive Unicode library for objective caml language
+COMMENT= Comprehensive Unicode library for objective caml language
USES= gmake tar:bzip2
USE_OCAML= yes
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile
index 66a8c97db644..c5d4bbc34c88 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://martin.jambon.free.fr/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
MAINTAINER= michael.grunewald@laposte.net
-COMMENT= A simple preprocessor for OCaml
+COMMENT= Simple preprocessor for OCaml
USES= gmake
USE_OCAML= yes
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-event/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-event/Makefile
index 9139a5c7b379..f99e6b8b42b4 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-event/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-event/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
DISTNAME= ${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= michael.grunewald@laposte.net
-COMMENT= An ocaml wrapper for the libevent API
+COMMENT= Ocaml wrapper for the libevent API
BUILD_DEPENDS= ocamlc:${PORTSDIR}/lang/ocaml
LIB_DEPENDS= event-1.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-sdl/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-sdl/Makefile
index 90dde70f2040..0712985af003 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-sdl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-sdl/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
DISTNAME= ocamlsdl-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An OCaml interface to the SDL
+COMMENT= OCaml interface to the SDL
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile
index 0e5df92ccc77..f89af851d0b8 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.cduce.org/download/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
MAINTAINER= johans@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A lexer generator for Unicode and OCaml
+COMMENT= Lexer generator for Unicode and OCaml
USES= gmake
USE_OCAML= true
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-xstrp4/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-xstrp4/Makefile
index c31c0348ad8d..8e9460830a77 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-xstrp4/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-xstrp4/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.camlcity.org/download/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An OCaml extension to expands brace expansions
+COMMENT= OCaml extension to expands brace expansions
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/devel/ocamlweb/Makefile b/devel/ocamlweb/Makefile
index 31a9608cd5a1..e30d18958397 100644
--- a/devel/ocamlweb/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocamlweb/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${PORTDOCS}
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A literate programming tool for Objective Caml
+COMMENT= Literate programming tool for Objective Caml
BUILD_DEPENDS= ocamlc:${PORTSDIR}/lang/ocaml
diff --git a/devel/oniguruma/Makefile b/devel/oniguruma/Makefile
index b3886b552496..05ef2a151dbc 100644
--- a/devel/oniguruma/Makefile
+++ b/devel/oniguruma/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
EXTRACT_ONLY= onigd${PORTVERSION:S/./_/g}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A BSDL Regular Expressions library compatible with POSIX/GNU/Perl
+COMMENT= BSDL Regular Expressions library compatible with POSIX/GNU/Perl
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/devel/open-beagle/Makefile b/devel/open-beagle/Makefile
index 3b44c805446b..6886b9a3d15a 100644
--- a/devel/open-beagle/Makefile
+++ b/devel/open-beagle/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/beagle/beagle/${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= beagle-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An Evolutionary Computation Framework
+COMMENT= Evolutionary Computation Framework
CONFLICTS= beagle-[0-9]*
USE_AUTOTOOLS= libtool
diff --git a/devel/openwince-include/Makefile b/devel/openwince-include/Makefile
index 1fa44a2796f1..226f717ee157 100644
--- a/devel/openwince-include/Makefile
+++ b/devel/openwince-include/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/openwince/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= openwince-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of the useful include files for embedded developers
+COMMENT= Collection of the useful include files for embedded developers
USES= gmake tar:bzip2
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/ossp-cfg/Makefile b/devel/ossp-cfg/Makefile
index 0a3eeff22170..04a9365b1095 100644
--- a/devel/ossp-cfg/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ossp-cfg/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= lib/${PORTNAME}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ossp-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for parsing arbitrary C/C++-style configuration files
+COMMENT= Library for parsing arbitrary C/C++-style configuration files
LIB_DEPENDS= ex.10:${PORTSDIR}/devel/ossp-ex
diff --git a/devel/ossp-l2/Makefile b/devel/ossp-l2/Makefile
index e8aad94ddc7e..e9405502eda1 100644
--- a/devel/ossp-l2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ossp-l2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= lib/${PORTNAME}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ossp-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C library for a flexible and sophisticated Unix logging facility
+COMMENT= C library for a flexible and sophisticated Unix logging facility
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/devel/ossp-val/Makefile b/devel/ossp-val/Makefile
index e1ef0baccd34..bfe1b06233c2 100644
--- a/devel/ossp-val/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ossp-val/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= lib/${PORTNAME}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ossp-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A flexible name to value mapping library for C variables
+COMMENT= Flexible name to value mapping library for C variables
LIB_DEPENDS= ex.10:${PORTSDIR}/devel/ossp-ex
diff --git a/devel/ossp-var/Makefile b/devel/ossp-var/Makefile
index 0776ea9235ae..453c5cdd35f5 100644
--- a/devel/ossp-var/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ossp-var/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= lib/${PORTNAME}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ossp-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A flexible, full-featured, and fast variable expansion library
+COMMENT= Flexible, full-featured, and fast variable expansion library
USES= gmake
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/ossp-xds/Makefile b/devel/ossp-xds/Makefile
index b15d66509ca9..306b9b1fa2a6 100644
--- a/devel/ossp-xds/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ossp-xds/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= lib/${PORTNAME}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ossp-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A generic and extensible framework for serialization
+COMMENT= Generic and extensible framework for serialization
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/devel/p5-App-Control/Makefile b/devel/p5-App-Control/Makefile
index ca566da1e496..36b6ab665aaf 100644
--- a/devel/p5-App-Control/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-App-Control/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An apachectl style control of another script or executable
+COMMENT= Apachectl style control of another script or executable
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-BS-Event/Makefile b/devel/p5-BS-Event/Makefile
index 1275bc7759c3..a46f984ea1c1 100644
--- a/devel/p5-BS-Event/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-BS-Event/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:ELMEX
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= gslin@gslin.org
-COMMENT= A class that provides an event callback interface
+COMMENT= Class that provides an event callback interface
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-Cache/Makefile b/devel/p5-Cache/Makefile
index a8affbf15e44..29938de49cc1 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Cache/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Cache/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= lth@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Perl Cache interface
+COMMENT= Perl Cache interface
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-Class-ReturnValue/Makefile b/devel/p5-Class-ReturnValue/Makefile
index 3ba524faa596..dca427e41f95 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Class-ReturnValue/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Class-ReturnValue/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= tobez@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A return-value object that can be treated as a boolean, array, or object
+COMMENT= Return-value object that can be treated as a boolean, array, or object
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Devel-StackTrace>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Devel-StackTrace
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/devel/p5-Class-Tom/Makefile b/devel/p5-Class-Tom/Makefile
index 04d3ba921845..dcd7310e4cb9 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Class-Tom/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Class-Tom/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= Class
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= tobez@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perl module to transport objects from one system to another
+COMMENT= Perl module to transport objects from one system to another
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Devel-Symdump>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Devel-Symdump
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-Devel-Symdump>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Devel-Symdump
diff --git a/devel/p5-Config-Grammar/Makefile b/devel/p5-Config-Grammar/Makefile
index a006d45580bb..4dd283d12bf1 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Config-Grammar/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Config-Grammar/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:DSCHWEI
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= dikshie@sfc.wide.ad.jp
-COMMENT= A grammar-based, user-friendly config parser
+COMMENT= Grammar-based, user-friendly config parser
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-Data-Bind/Makefile b/devel/p5-Data-Bind/Makefile
index 6bcf56077196..51ac73d40b2f 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Data-Bind/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Data-Bind/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perl module to bind and alias variables
+COMMENT= Perl module to bind and alias variables
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Class-Accessor>0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Class-Accessor \
p5-Devel-Caller>0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Devel-Caller \
diff --git a/devel/p5-Date-Simple/Makefile b/devel/p5-Date-Simple/Makefile
index 4d983a11ecbf..3f9073e4abbe 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Date-Simple/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Date-Simple/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple date object
+COMMENT= Simple date object
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-Devel-LexAlias/Makefile b/devel/p5-Devel-LexAlias/Makefile
index 10955701bbec..2060c1b81a5b 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Devel-LexAlias/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Devel-LexAlias/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= pclin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perl module which does alias lexical variables
+COMMENT= Perl module which does alias lexical variables
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-Errno/Makefile b/devel/p5-Errno/Makefile
index 1b865e3c4862..d9926751f87a 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Errno/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Errno/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perl5 module providing access to System errno constants
+COMMENT= Perl5 module providing access to System errno constants
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-DBI/Makefile b/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-DBI/Makefile
index 9926160c9bba..214e5a3315f5 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-DBI/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-DBI/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= gebhart@secnetix.de
-COMMENT= A Log::Dispatch output class for logging to database via DBI interface
+COMMENT= Log::Dispatch output class for logging to database via DBI interface
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Log-Dispatch>=2.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch \
p5-DBI>0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/p5-DBI
diff --git a/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-FileRotate/Makefile b/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-FileRotate/Makefile
index d4808a710806..90c512c35de1 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-FileRotate/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch-FileRotate/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= lth@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Log::Dispatch plug-in for files that archive/rotate themselves
+COMMENT= Log::Dispatch plug-in for files that archive/rotate themselves
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Log-Dispatch>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Log-Dispatch \
p5-Date-Manip>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Date-Manip \
diff --git a/devel/p5-Mac-PropertyList/Makefile b/devel/p5-Mac-PropertyList/Makefile
index ab46d04eab8c..2bf4826d30be 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Mac-PropertyList/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Mac-PropertyList/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= nobutaka@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Perl extension for parsing Mac OS X property lists
+COMMENT= Perl extension for parsing Mac OS X property lists
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-Moose-Test/Makefile b/devel/p5-Moose-Test/Makefile
index d1b4984f9173..c7cafaa1201c 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Moose-Test/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Moose-Test/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:SARTAK
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= lth@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Test Runner for the Moose test suite
+COMMENT= Test Runner for the Moose test suite
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Mouse>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Mouse \
p5-Path-Class>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Path-Class
diff --git a/devel/p5-MooseX-Types-Signal/Makefile b/devel/p5-MooseX-Types-Signal/Makefile
index 7fbf50ab10ac..f0a90c17f4dd 100644
--- a/devel/p5-MooseX-Types-Signal/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-MooseX-Types-Signal/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= culot@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A type to represent valid UNIX or Perl signals
+COMMENT= Type to represent valid UNIX or Perl signals
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-MouseX-Types-Path-Class/Makefile b/devel/p5-MouseX-Types-Path-Class/Makefile
index 5255c8bf8e87..c9e09c8f99cd 100644
--- a/devel/p5-MouseX-Types-Path-Class/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-MouseX-Types-Path-Class/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:MASAKI
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= markun@onohara.to
-COMMENT= A Path::Class type library for Mouse
+COMMENT= Path::Class type library for Mouse
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-Object-Event/Makefile b/devel/p5-Object-Event/Makefile
index d3cfde9b3a70..a26295e133eb 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Object-Event/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Object-Event/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:C/0$//}
MAINTAINER= mons@cpan.org
-COMMENT= A class that provides an event callback interface
+COMMENT= Class that provides an event callback interface
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-AnyEvent>=3.5:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-AnyEvent \
p5-common-sense>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-common-sense
diff --git a/devel/p5-Object-Pluggable/Makefile b/devel/p5-Object-Pluggable/Makefile
index 213ca71e1ac7..0db8c7d62f53 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Object-Pluggable/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Object-Pluggable/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:HINRIK
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= jase@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A base class for creating plugin-enabled objects
+COMMENT= Base class for creating plugin-enabled objects
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-POE-Loop-Glib/Makefile b/devel/p5-POE-Loop-Glib/Makefile
index bfc55c53f95f..35a9ea41aca0 100644
--- a/devel/p5-POE-Loop-Glib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-POE-Loop-Glib/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:APOCAL
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= jase@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A bridge that supports Glib event loop from POE
+COMMENT= Bridge that supports Glib event loop from POE
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/p5-POE-Quickie/Makefile b/devel/p5-POE-Quickie/Makefile
index 533f18b36304..dfd5a76be4fe 100644
--- a/devel/p5-POE-Quickie/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-POE-Quickie/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= takefu@airport.fm
-COMMENT= A lazy way to wrap blocking code and programs
+COMMENT= Lazy way to wrap blocking code and programs
LICENSE= GPLv1 ART10
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-Perl-PrereqScanner/Makefile b/devel/p5-Perl-PrereqScanner/Makefile
index a07bbb1431dc..4fab59a8d9ae 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Perl-PrereqScanner/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Perl-PrereqScanner/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= geraud@gcu.info
-COMMENT= A tool to scan your Perl code for its prerequisites
+COMMENT= Tool to scan your Perl code for its prerequisites
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-Sort-Versions/Makefile b/devel/p5-Sort-Versions/Makefile
index ba42e697ab29..926f52dacad3 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Sort-Versions/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Sort-Versions/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= tobez@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perl 5 module for sorting of revision-like numbers
+COMMENT= Perl 5 module for sorting of revision-like numbers
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-String-Errf/Makefile b/devel/p5-String-Errf/Makefile
index d3a6781701a1..0ce7fab211d2 100644
--- a/devel/p5-String-Errf/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-String-Errf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= geraud@gcu.info
-COMMENT= A simple sprintf-like dialect
+COMMENT= Simple sprintf-like dialect
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-Params-Util>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Params-Util \
p5-Sub-Exporter>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Sub-Exporter \
diff --git a/devel/p5-String-LRC/Makefile b/devel/p5-String-LRC/Makefile
index 33d0bfc2b545..8ed2aba43881 100644
--- a/devel/p5-String-LRC/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-String-LRC/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perl interface for longitudinal redundancy check generation
+COMMENT= Perl interface for longitudinal redundancy check generation
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-Term-ReadKey/Makefile b/devel/p5-Term-ReadKey/Makefile
index f0dc8fae0f9c..f6bb4e35e866 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Term-ReadKey/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Term-ReadKey/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
DISTNAME= TermReadKey-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perl5 module for simple terminal control
+COMMENT= Perl5 module for simple terminal control
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-Test-POE-Server-TCP/Makefile b/devel/p5-Test-POE-Server-TCP/Makefile
index 27a5b22a583f..6ac41b558d61 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Test-POE-Server-TCP/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Test-POE-Server-TCP/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= lth@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A POE Component providing TCP server services for test cases
+COMMENT= POE Component providing TCP server services for test cases
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-POE>=1.004:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-POE
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/devel/p5-WeakRef/Makefile b/devel/p5-WeakRef/Makefile
index 6676f09e9fc1..c4cdd045564b 100644
--- a/devel/p5-WeakRef/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-WeakRef/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:LUKKA
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An API to the Perl weak references
+COMMENT= API to the Perl weak references
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/devel/p5-ZConf-GUI/Makefile b/devel/p5-ZConf-GUI/Makefile
index 5537cbec02de..d3b3a7e3f9ce 100644
--- a/devel/p5-ZConf-GUI/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-ZConf-GUI/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:VVELOX
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= vvelox@vvelox.net
-COMMENT= A GUI backend chooser
+COMMENT= GUI backend chooser
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/p65/Makefile b/devel/p65/Makefile
index 28137680073c..df00f74b379e 100644
--- a/devel/p65/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p65/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~mcmartin/P65/pl/
EXTRACT_SUFX= # empty
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An assembler for the 6502 microprocessor
+COMMENT= Assembler for the 6502 microprocessor
EXTRACT_CMD= ${CP}
EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS= # empty
diff --git a/devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile b/devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile
index 984aeada4d02..4813e2f372d3 100644
--- a/devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel security
MASTER_SITES= https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3991/
MAINTAINER= arved@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A smartcard development library
+COMMENT= Smartcard development library
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/devel/pear-Console_CommandLine/Makefile b/devel/pear-Console_CommandLine/Makefile
index 9d5d07ee9222..e95fa92df947 100644
--- a/devel/pear-Console_CommandLine/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pear-Console_CommandLine/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 1.2.0
CATEGORIES= devel www pear
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A full featured command line options and arguments parser
+COMMENT= Full featured command line options and arguments parser
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
diff --git a/devel/pear-HTML_Template_Flexy/Makefile b/devel/pear-HTML_Template_Flexy/Makefile
index c955633f3a84..10129e417105 100644
--- a/devel/pear-HTML_Template_Flexy/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pear-HTML_Template_Flexy/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 1.3.12
CATEGORIES= devel www pear
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extremely powerful Tokenizer driven Template engine
+COMMENT= Extremely powerful Tokenizer driven Template engine
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
diff --git a/devel/pear-PHP_Parser/Makefile b/devel/pear-PHP_Parser/Makefile
index 100ca47aee7f..1b64697fc4fa 100644
--- a/devel/pear-PHP_Parser/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pear-PHP_Parser/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 0.2.2
CATEGORIES= devel www pear
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PHP Grammar Parser
+COMMENT= PHP Grammar Parser
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
diff --git a/devel/pear-Structures_DataGrid/Makefile b/devel/pear-Structures_DataGrid/Makefile
index f1d29ba2c0be..914a41e98461 100644
--- a/devel/pear-Structures_DataGrid/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pear-Structures_DataGrid/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 0.9.3
CATEGORIES= devel www pear
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A full-featured tabular structured data management package
+COMMENT= Full-featured tabular structured data management package
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/Console/Table.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear-Console_Table
diff --git a/devel/pecl-automap/Makefile b/devel/pecl-automap/Makefile
index 400ddcd6baa0..bb2e99e0f2a7 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-automap/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-automap/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension offering a fast map-based autoloader
+COMMENT= PECL extension offering a fast map-based autoloader
LICENSE= PHP301
diff --git a/devel/pecl-bbcode/Makefile b/devel/pecl-bbcode/Makefile
index 027d22b23c73..d84e28afc3ac 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-bbcode/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-bbcode/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension which allows quick and efficient BBCode Parsing
+COMMENT= PECL extension which allows quick and efficient BBCode Parsing
LICENSE= PHP301 BSD
LICENSE_COMB= multi
diff --git a/devel/pecl-bcompiler/Makefile b/devel/pecl-bcompiler/Makefile
index 99a811a0afce..a29ae6b7b81e 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-bcompiler/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-bcompiler/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A bytecode compiler extension
+COMMENT= Bytecode compiler extension
USE_PHP= bz2
USE_PHPEXT= yes
diff --git a/devel/pecl-expect/Makefile b/devel/pecl-expect/Makefile
index 624c32f92371..e07376955dc6 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-expect/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-expect/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PHP extension for expect library
+COMMENT= PHP extension for expect library
LIB_DEPENDS= libexpect.so:${PORTSDIR}/lang/expect
diff --git a/devel/pecl-intl/Makefile b/devel/pecl-intl/Makefile
index 9cb0edf1a0c1..00b789b0779f 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-intl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-intl/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension to support Internationalization(ICU)
+COMMENT= PECL extension to support Internationalization(ICU)
LICENSE= PHP301
diff --git a/devel/pecl-mcve/Makefile b/devel/pecl-mcve/Makefile
index 3f1d7ac9f92b..0b8010d4bf0f 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-mcve/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-mcve/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL Extension for Interface the MCVE/Monetra API
+COMMENT= PECL Extension for Interface the MCVE/Monetra API
LIB_DEPENDS= monetra.7:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libmonetra
diff --git a/devel/pecl-ncurses/Makefile b/devel/pecl-ncurses/Makefile
index 908abc6f9239..d20c6fb86291 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-ncurses/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= tj@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension for ncurses
+COMMENT= PECL extension for ncurses
LICENSE= PHP301
diff --git a/devel/pecl-params/Makefile b/devel/pecl-params/Makefile
index 206f517a7941..d98c366b2da0 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-params/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-params/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension for a userspace equivalent of zend_parse_parameters()
+COMMENT= PECL extension for a userspace equivalent of zend_parse_parameters()
USE_PHP= yes
USE_PHP_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/devel/pecl-shape/Makefile b/devel/pecl-shape/Makefile
index d81e83c88644..8e101c150ba6 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-shape/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-shape/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension that wraps libshape
+COMMENT= PECL extension that wraps libshape
LIB_DEPENDS= shp:${PORTSDIR}/devel/shapelib
diff --git a/devel/pecl-spread/Makefile b/devel/pecl-spread/Makefile
index 3c4a2d77aa77..5fa98e9fa7bd 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-spread/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-spread/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Php Interface to the Spread Toolkit API
+COMMENT= Php Interface to the Spread Toolkit API
LICENSE= PHP301
diff --git a/devel/pecl-statgrab/Makefile b/devel/pecl-statgrab/Makefile
index 79a55d58b173..9c2f122a5986 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-statgrab/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-statgrab/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= tdb@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension to retrieve information from libstatgrab
+COMMENT= PECL extension to retrieve information from libstatgrab
LIB_DEPENDS= libstatgrab0.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libstatgrab0
diff --git a/devel/pecl-svn/Makefile b/devel/pecl-svn/Makefile
index 0c1319bb6544..ade293ea9424 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-svn/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-svn/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension to the libsvn library
+COMMENT= PECL extension to the libsvn library
LICENSE= PHP301
diff --git a/devel/perlconsole/Makefile b/devel/perlconsole/Makefile
index 838188675e5a..05061edb120d 100644
--- a/devel/perlconsole/Makefile
+++ b/devel/perlconsole/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:SUKRIA
MAINTAINER= jadawin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A light program that lets you evaluate Perl code interactively
+COMMENT= Light program that lets you evaluate Perl code interactively
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-ReadLine-Gnu>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-ReadLine-Gnu \
p5-Module-Refresh>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Module-Refresh \
diff --git a/devel/phpsh/Makefile b/devel/phpsh/Makefile
index fbe350951f0e..fc093f1c051c 100644
--- a/devel/phpsh/Makefile
+++ b/devel/phpsh/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://distfiles.pirateparty.in/%SUBDIR%/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ashish
MAINTAINER= ashish@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An interactive shell for PHP
+COMMENT= Interactive shell for PHP
USE_BZIP2= yes
USE_PYTHON= yes
diff --git a/devel/physfs-devel/Makefile b/devel/physfs-devel/Makefile
index 1fc7433a9276..202f016a1571 100644
--- a/devel/physfs-devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/physfs-devel/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://offload1.icculus.org/${PORTNAME}/downloads/
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -devel
MAINTAINER= oliver@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library to provide abstract access to various archives
+COMMENT= Library to provide abstract access to various archives
USES= cmake
USE_AUTOTOOLS= libtool
diff --git a/devel/physfs/Makefile b/devel/physfs/Makefile
index 11903d5909b6..e00ee7a0689c 100644
--- a/devel/physfs/Makefile
+++ b/devel/physfs/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://offload1.icculus.org:9090/${PORTNAME}/downloads/
MAINTAINER= oliver@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library to provide abstract access to various archives
+COMMENT= Library to provide abstract access to various archives
USE_BZIP2= yes
USES= cmake
diff --git a/devel/popt/Makefile b/devel/popt/Makefile
index 5d8d85256a95..d0abe33ebea0 100644
--- a/devel/popt/Makefile
+++ b/devel/popt/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= http://rpm5.org/files/popt/
MAINTAINER= jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A getopt(3) like library with a number of enhancements, from Redhat
+COMMENT= Getopt(3) like library with a number of enhancements, from Redhat
OPTIONS_DEFINE= NLS
diff --git a/devel/protobuf/Makefile b/devel/protobuf/Makefile
index 0a6a060c11f2..38e021d8e54b 100644
--- a/devel/protobuf/Makefile
+++ b/devel/protobuf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
MAINTAINER= vanilla@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A data interchange format library
+COMMENT= Data interchange format library
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/devel/py-Breve/Makefile b/devel/py-Breve/Makefile
index b108a0cd473b..b08e30dd32f6 100644
--- a/devel/py-Breve/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-Breve/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://breve.twisty-industries.com/downloads/ \
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Python s-expression style template engine
+COMMENT= Python s-expression style template engine
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/devel/py-dal/Makefile b/devel/py-dal/Makefile
index 241cc1e40bb0..60eeec6b20f4 100644
--- a/devel/py-dal/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-dal/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.sippysoft.com/bamby/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= bamby@sippysoft.com
-COMMENT= A database abstraction layer for Python
+COMMENT= Database abstraction layer for Python
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/devel/py-dexml/Makefile b/devel/py-dexml/Makefile
index 23a80a27eb2d..eb6224c3c8ee 100644
--- a/devel/py-dexml/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-dexml/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= wen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dead-simple Object-XML mapper for Python
+COMMENT= Dead-simple Object-XML mapper for Python
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/devel/py-game/Makefile b/devel/py-game/Makefile
index 3ee76007805f..886367be9a51 100644
--- a/devel/py-game/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-game/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= py${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}release
MAINTAINER= mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A module designed to write games in Python
+COMMENT= Module designed to write games in Python
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/devel/py-ipaddr/Makefile b/devel/py-ipaddr/Makefile
index fb828baaba24..9dc87304dba7 100644
--- a/devel/py-ipaddr/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-ipaddr/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= mopsfelder@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A Google open source IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library in Python
+COMMENT= Google open source IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library in Python
PROJECTHOST= ipaddr-py
USE_PYTHON= yes
diff --git a/devel/py-iterpipes/Makefile b/devel/py-iterpipes/Makefile
index 7a760c7fbfa2..641e2b2b29a5 100644
--- a/devel/py-iterpipes/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-iterpipes/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= sbz@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for running shell pipelines using shell-like syntax
+COMMENT= Library for running shell pipelines using shell-like syntax
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/devel/py-kid/Makefile b/devel/py-kid/Makefile
index 979d9671f76d..446d034f13f4 100644
--- a/devel/py-kid/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-kid/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.kid-templating.org/dist/${PORTVERSION}/ \
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple template language for XML based written in Python
+COMMENT= Simple template language for XML based written in Python
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/devel/py-ordereddict/Makefile b/devel/py-ordereddict/Makefile
index 83288cdf609c..b656113a59ea 100644
--- a/devel/py-ordereddict/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-ordereddict/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= tota@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A drop-in substitute for Py2.7's new collections
+COMMENT= Drop-in substitute for Py2.7's new collections
LICENSE= MIT
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/devel/py-phpserialize/Makefile b/devel/py-phpserialize/Makefile
index 4542b92ea7d1..f178aca6bbd5 100644
--- a/devel/py-phpserialize/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-phpserialize/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= PHPSerialize_v${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= jnlin@csie.nctu.edu.tw
-COMMENT= A python implementation of PHP\'s native serialize() and unserialize()
+COMMENT= Python implementation of PHP\'s native serialize() and unserialize()
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/v${PORTVERSION}
diff --git a/devel/py-prioritized_methods/Makefile b/devel/py-prioritized_methods/Makefile
index c4b50dad704c..024c1edd2fb5 100644
--- a/devel/py-prioritized_methods/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-prioritized_methods/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= wenheping@gmail.com
-COMMENT= An extension to PEAK-Rules to prioritize methods
+COMMENT= Extension to PEAK-Rules to prioritize methods
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}PEAK-Rules>=0.5:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-PEAK-Rules
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/devel/py-repoze.lru/Makefile b/devel/py-repoze.lru/Makefile
index 7ecca15fdf59..3791b1c885fd 100644
--- a/devel/py-repoze.lru/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-repoze.lru/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tiny LRU cache implementation and decorator
+COMMENT= Tiny LRU cache implementation and decorator
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/devel/py-tconfpy/Makefile b/devel/py-tconfpy/Makefile
index 924a1975afc5..a7d05941c501 100644
--- a/devel/py-tconfpy/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-tconfpy/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= py-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= tconfpy@tundraware.com
-COMMENT= A Python Configuration File Parser
+COMMENT= Python Configuration File Parser
USE_PYTHON= yes
INSTALLS_EGGINFO= yes
diff --git a/devel/py-yapps2/Makefile b/devel/py-yapps2/Makefile
index 8c45ee48409c..8e284db2b7b2 100644
--- a/devel/py-yapps2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-yapps2/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= yapps${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= xenophon+fbsdports@irtnog.org
-COMMENT= An easy-to-use parser generator that generates Python code
+COMMENT= Easy-to-use parser generator that generates Python code
PORTSCOUT= skipv:2-2.1.1-17.1
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/Yapps-${PORTVERSION}
diff --git a/devel/py-yum-metadata-parser/Makefile b/devel/py-yum-metadata-parser/Makefile
index b70dec777c7f..3fc7fe38d915 100644
--- a/devel/py-yum-metadata-parser/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-yum-metadata-parser/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://yum.baseurl.org/download/${PORTNAME}/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= afb@rpm5.org
-COMMENT= A fast metadata parser for yum
+COMMENT= Fast metadata parser for yum
LIB_DEPENDS= xml2:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/libxml2 \
sqlite3.8:${PORTSDIR}/databases/sqlite3 \
diff --git a/devel/pymacs/Makefile b/devel/pymacs/Makefile
index d76e96c8623c..e5ca8ba9f0f3 100644
--- a/devel/pymacs/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pymacs/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel editors python elisp
MASTER_SITES= http://github.com/pinard/${PORTNAME}/archive/v${PORTVERSION}.tar.gz?dummy=/
MAINTAINER= mwm@mired.org
-COMMENT= A Python package for scripting emacs
+COMMENT= Python package for scripting emacs
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS=yes
diff --git a/devel/pythk/Makefile b/devel/pythk/Makefile
index d6d685b5cb04..844e4dc024fa 100644
--- a/devel/pythk/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pythk/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of Python functions
+COMMENT= Collection of Python functions
LICENSE= BSD
diff --git a/devel/rote/Makefile b/devel/rote/Makefile
index a3119b362f32..9adbfca566a1 100644
--- a/devel/rote/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rote/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple library for VT102 terminal emulation
+COMMENT= Simple library for VT102 terminal emulation
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USES= gmake
diff --git a/devel/ruby-amstd/Makefile b/devel/ruby-amstd/Makefile
index cb7b3e82561e..f1606fe126b4 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-amstd/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-amstd/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of miscellaneous Ruby modules
+COMMENT= Collection of miscellaneous Ruby modules
BROKEN= not staged
diff --git a/devel/ruby-cache/Makefile b/devel/ruby-cache/Makefile
index f07848330354..8ad03a7cfdf0 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-cache/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-cache/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library for caching objects based on the LRU algorithm
+COMMENT= Ruby library for caching objects based on the LRU algorithm
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_SETUP= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-date2/Makefile b/devel/ruby-date2/Makefile
index 61470a96263e..5cbb2657b836 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-date2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-date2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An alternative date class for Ruby
+COMMENT= Alternative date class for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_SETUP= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-dialogs/Makefile b/devel/ruby-dialogs/Makefile
index 738ee7d897fa..acad7c7b6ae7 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-dialogs/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-dialogs/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple Ruby interface to dialog(1)
+COMMENT= Simple Ruby interface to dialog(1)
USE_RUBY= yes
RUBY_NO_BUILD_DEPENDS= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-fastri/Makefile b/devel/ruby-fastri/Makefile
index b198cd6d065b..c43a7ad99ecb 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-fastri/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-fastri/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast RDoc documentation browser for ruby
+COMMENT= Fast RDoc documentation browser for ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_SETUP= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-flexmock/Makefile b/devel/ruby-flexmock/Makefile
index 92b4991f0ddb..3ee583f18edd 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-flexmock/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-flexmock/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple mock object for Ruby
+COMMENT= Simple mock object for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-intl/Makefile b/devel/ruby-intl/Makefile
index 7618cf698ed7..68ab6e9a4dab 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-intl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-intl/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple wrapper of GNU gettext for Ruby
+COMMENT= Simple wrapper of GNU gettext for Ruby
USES= gettext
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-locale/Makefile b/devel/ruby-locale/Makefile
index 6afac011c3d0..badcef64e4f8 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-locale/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-locale/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple Ruby module that provides setlocale(3)
+COMMENT= Simple Ruby module that provides setlocale(3)
CONFLICTS= ${PKGNAMEPREFIX}locale2-[0-9]*
diff --git a/devel/ruby-locale2/Makefile b/devel/ruby-locale2/Makefile
index d42b64a54d95..0e0792fb8ae5 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-locale2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-locale2/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-locale-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pure ruby library which provides basic APIs for localization
+COMMENT= Pure ruby library which provides basic APIs for localization
CONFLICTS= ${PKGNAMEPREFIX}locale-[0-9]*
diff --git a/devel/ruby-memoize/Makefile b/devel/ruby-memoize/Makefile
index 8568122ad022..e14888b2e1d8 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-memoize/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-memoize/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX:S|${RUBY_SUFFIX}-||}
MAINTAINER= tota@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A method that speeds methods up at the cost of memory
+COMMENT= Method that speeds methods up at the cost of memory
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RAKE= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-multi/Makefile b/devel/ruby-multi/Makefile
index 6fa9d163a138..8865c38349ef 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-multi/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-multi/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for multiple dispatch and pattern matching in Ruby
+COMMENT= Library for multiple dispatch and pattern matching in Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile b/devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile
index 86c1bd800a4f..aaf42243c5a8 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-ruby-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= saurbier@math.uni-bielefeld.de
-COMMENT= A Ruby interface to ncurses
+COMMENT= Ruby interface to ncurses
USE_BZIP2= yes
diff --git a/devel/ruby-statgrab/Makefile b/devel/ruby-statgrab/Makefile
index 74ee0bf846e6..4eec3fdb83d5 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-statgrab/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-statgrab/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= tdb@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A set of Ruby bindings for libstatgrab
+COMMENT= Set of Ruby bindings for libstatgrab
LIB_DEPENDS= libstatgrab0.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libstatgrab0
diff --git a/devel/ruby-wirble/Makefile b/devel/ruby-wirble/Makefile
index 854cc2d0d9e6..c7696e8a6e39 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-wirble/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-wirble/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=http://pablotron.org/files/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A set of enhancements of irb
+COMMENT= Set of enhancements of irb
DOCS_EN= README
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-active_scaffold/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-active_scaffold/Makefile
index 16e5162f5430..90dc64327851 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-active_scaffold/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-active_scaffold/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A gem to handle all CRUD user interface needs
+COMMENT= Gem to handle all CRUD user interface needs
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-rails>=3.2.0:${PORTSDIR}/www/rubygem-rails
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-allison/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-allison/Makefile
index b4aa5b9d8ccc..137fa0ffea06 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-allison/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-allison/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A modern, pretty RDoc template
+COMMENT= Modern, pretty RDoc template
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-analogger/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-analogger/Makefile
index a59c58f53580..e6912f8a2598 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-analogger/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-analogger/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast, flexible, easy to use logging service for Ruby
+COMMENT= Fast, flexible, easy to use logging service for Ruby
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-eventmachine>=0.0.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-eventmachine
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-app_config/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-app_config/Makefile
index 9e45f6dd2e19..0d179d4f6ff8 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-app_config/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-app_config/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= milki@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A ruby gem for storing application configuration
+COMMENT= Ruby gem for storing application configuration
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-authlogic/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-authlogic/Makefile
index e7ecdbdbfe51..6fb2ea5dc108 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-authlogic/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-authlogic/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A clean, simple, and unobtrusive Ruby authentication solution
+COMMENT= Clean, simple, and unobtrusive Ruby authentication solution
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-activesupport>=3.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-activesupport \
rubygem-activerecord>=3.2:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rubygem-activerecord
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-cocaine/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-cocaine/Makefile
index ae1da95a4f6e..dcc93ddf21cc 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-cocaine/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-cocaine/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A small library for doing (command) lines
+COMMENT= Small library for doing (command) lines
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-climate_control>=0.0.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-climate_control
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-daemon_controller/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-daemon_controller/Makefile
index 5cce2830f288..f105ab1d9936 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-daemon_controller/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-daemon_controller/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
PKGNAMEPREFIX= rubygem-
MAINTAINER= osa@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for implementing daemon management capabilities
+COMMENT= Library for implementing daemon management capabilities
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-daemons/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-daemons/Makefile
index 26fa577ed87b..1fd006c00856 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-daemons/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-daemons/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A toolkit to convert your script to a controllable daemon
+COMMENT= Toolkit to convert your script to a controllable daemon
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-deprecated/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-deprecated/Makefile
index c3f0e9caf912..65dde7ef0360 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-deprecated/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-deprecated/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library intended to aid developers working with deprecated code
+COMMENT= Library intended to aid developers working with deprecated code
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-fastercsv/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-fastercsv/Makefile
index 868d36b480e4..fba76688d130 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-fastercsv/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-fastercsv/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A complete replacement to the CSV standard library
+COMMENT= Complete replacement to the CSV standard library
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-fastri/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-fastri/Makefile
index 66860fc4575d..6821c476e245 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-fastri/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-fastri/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast RDoc documentation browser for ruby
+COMMENT= Fast RDoc documentation browser for ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-fattr/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-fattr/Makefile
index 54235a3883ca..63d4ad864400 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-fattr/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-fattr/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Fatter Attr for Ruby
+COMMENT= Fatter Attr for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-filemagic/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-filemagic/Makefile
index a3856ca8bafd..8847db329dee 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-filemagic/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-filemagic/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby binding to libmagic(3)
+COMMENT= Ruby binding to libmagic(3)
GEM_NAME= ${DISTNAME}
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-georuby/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-georuby/Makefile
index 636235db3136..44df9bb0ccb3 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-georuby/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-georuby/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A holder for data returned from PostGIS and the Spatial Extensions of MySql
+COMMENT= Holder for data returned from PostGIS and the Spatial Extensions of MySql
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-gettext/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-gettext/Makefile
index 23b4a3f5d2a9..0b4a971e2cd0 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-gettext/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-gettext/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby implementation of the gettext library
+COMMENT= Ruby implementation of the gettext library
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-locale>=2.0.5:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-locale
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-git/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-git/Makefile
index f059109969f5..34097fa055dd 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-git/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-git/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A ruby wrapper library around git(1)
+COMMENT= Ruby wrapper library around git(1)
RUN_DEPENDS= git>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/git
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-grit/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-grit/Makefile
index 2f3bd6e37df8..448f2efe968d 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-grit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-grit/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An object-oriented ruby library to access git repositories
+COMMENT= Object-oriented ruby library to access git repositories
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-diff-lcs>=1.1:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/rubygem-diff-lcs \
rubygem-mime-types>=1.15:${PORTSDIR}/misc/rubygem-mime-types \
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-hoe/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-hoe/Makefile
index abb0493e1880..fb51efbc3e59 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-hoe/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-hoe/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles
+COMMENT= Simple rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RAKE= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-holidays/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-holidays/Makefile
index 6935c1a52482..6920e091d159 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-holidays/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-holidays/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= freebsdports@chillibear.com
-COMMENT= A collection of Ruby methods to deal with statutory and other holidays
+COMMENT= Collection of Ruby methods to deal with statutory and other holidays
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-igraph/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-igraph/Makefile
index 9c9ad8ac9743..b93b01792eed 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-igraph/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-igraph/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby extension for using the igraph library
+COMMENT= Ruby extension for using the igraph library
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libigraph.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/igraph
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-interact/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-interact/Makefile
index 69d612770c2d..1e44e18e5d7c 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-interact/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-interact/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple API for command-line interaction
+COMMENT= Simple API for command-line interaction
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-jammit/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-jammit/Makefile
index ce2cf4f591ee..976458037bd5 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-jammit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-jammit/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An industrial strength asset packaging library for Rails
+COMMENT= Industrial strength asset packaging library for Rails
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-jsmin>=1.0.1:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/rubygem-jsmin \
rubygem-cssmin>=1.0.3:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/rubygem-cssmin
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-locale/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-locale/Makefile
index 2b7840244125..e1462683dc5c 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-locale/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-locale/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pure ruby library to support locales
+COMMENT= Pure ruby library to support locales
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-main/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-main/Makefile
index d413935136df..20ce0851817f 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-main/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-main/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Class Factory and Dsl for Generating Command Line Programs
+COMMENT= Class Factory and Dsl for Generating Command Line Programs
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-fattr>=2.2.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-fattr \
rubygem-arrayfields>=4.7.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-arrayfields \
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-mocha/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-mocha/Makefile
index faee6b58ed04..d7e19fb3f9f4 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-mocha/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-mocha/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for mocking and stubbing syntax like JMock and SchMock
+COMMENT= Library for mocking and stubbing syntax like JMock and SchMock
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-metaclass>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-metaclass
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-moneta/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-moneta/Makefile
index a32aacdc155c..31181f180c28 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-moneta/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-moneta/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= renchap@cocoa-x.com
-COMMENT= An unified interface to key/value stores
+COMMENT= Unified interface to key/value stores
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-mspec/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-mspec/Makefile
index 27dd0517b11f..dd1e6ea23048 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-mspec/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-mspec/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A specialized Ruby testing framework
+COMMENT= Specialized Ruby testing framework
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-open3_backport/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-open3_backport/Makefile
index 9febae857d5d..5633f5071a09 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-open3_backport/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-open3_backport/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ports@robakdesign.com
-COMMENT= A backport of Ruby 1.9's Open3 methods for Ruby 1.8
+COMMENT= Backport of Ruby 1.9's Open3 methods for Ruby 1.8
LICENSE= BSD2CLAUSE RUBY
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-pkg-config/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-pkg-config/Makefile
index 512757e1c70c..2d2e19f18390 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-pkg-config/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-pkg-config/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pkg-config implementation for Ruby
+COMMENT= pkg-config implementation for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-ptreloaded/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-ptreloaded/Makefile
index 33dc006b6a58..4f5f75e067e7 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-ptreloaded/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-ptreloaded/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
DISTNAME= ParseTreeReloaded-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= tota@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A reimplementation of ParseTree using RubyInlineAcceleration
+COMMENT= Reimplementation of ParseTree using RubyInlineAcceleration
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-rubyinlineaccel>=0.0.1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-rubyinlineaccel
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-racc/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-racc/Makefile
index f3d019754742..b98cbba77a6d 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-racc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-racc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel ruby
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= murashin@gfd-dennou.org
-COMMENT= An LALR(1) parser generator for Ruby
+COMMENT= LALR(1) parser generator for Ruby
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-redmine_plugin_support/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-redmine_plugin_support/Makefile
index 0a2fa8807d40..44b91a4960e6 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-redmine_plugin_support/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-redmine_plugin_support/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of tools to make redmine plugin development easier
+COMMENT= Collection of tools to make redmine plugin development easier
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-require_all/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-require_all/Makefile
index e7fbe42b975b..578d7a148154 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-require_all/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-require_all/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A wonderfully simple way to load your code
+COMMENT= Wonderfully simple way to load your code
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-ruby-ole/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-ruby-ole/Makefile
index fa9a013c640f..5f92444fb802 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-ruby-ole/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-ruby-ole/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for easy read/write access to OLE compound documents
+COMMENT= Library for easy read/write access to OLE compound documents
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_FEATURES= iconv
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-ruby-prof/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-ruby-prof/Makefile
index f0879ebc9da5..71d76ba32664 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-ruby-prof/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-ruby-prof/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast profiler for Ruby
+COMMENT= Fast profiler for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-ruby2ruby/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-ruby2ruby/Makefile
index 59efd2d83df3..22124fe4bb78 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-ruby2ruby/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-ruby2ruby/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pure ruby code generator easily from ParseTree's Sexps # '
+COMMENT= Pure ruby code generator easily from ParseTree's Sexps # '
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-ruby_parser/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-ruby_parser/Makefile
index 7129a492df20..16f335e21f36 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-ruby_parser/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-ruby_parser/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= voldern@hoeggen.net
-COMMENT= A ruby parser written in pure ruby
+COMMENT= Ruby parser written in pure ruby
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-rubygame/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-rubygame/Makefile
index 9710ad1516d0..0058c865335b 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-rubygame/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-rubygame/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A game-development extension and library for the ruby language
+COMMENT= Game-development extension and library for the ruby language
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-ruby-sdl-ffi>=0.1.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-ruby-sdl-ffi
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-rubyinlineaccel/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-rubyinlineaccel/Makefile
index cbe353527df8..248df703fd70 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-rubyinlineaccel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-rubyinlineaccel/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
DISTNAME= RubyInlineAcceleration-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= tota@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extension to RubyInline
+COMMENT= Extension to RubyInline
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-inline>=3.6.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-inline
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-settingslogic/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-settingslogic/Makefile
index 77cac3b345c4..a2282b8273b9 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-settingslogic/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-settingslogic/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A gem to use YAML and singleton design paterns
+COMMENT= Gem to use YAML and singleton design paterns
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-slop/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-slop/Makefile
index 80a146609a3f..e5ae9c82bfca 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-slop/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-slop/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel ruby
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple DSL for gathering options and parsing the command line
+COMMENT= Simple DSL for gathering options and parsing the command line
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-soap4r/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-soap4r/Makefile
index b8830c156c8b..6c82dd01a4ca 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-soap4r/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-soap4r/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby implementation of SOAP 1.1
+COMMENT= Ruby implementation of SOAP 1.1
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-httpclient>=2.1.1:${PORTSDIR}/www/rubygem-httpclient
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-stemmer/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-stemmer/Makefile
index d886d3a85f19..58c88e279e4e 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-stemmer/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-stemmer/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of the Porter word stemming algorithm
+COMMENT= Implementation of the Porter word stemming algorithm
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-systemu/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-systemu/Makefile
index 56ba920e39fa..3826cc298492 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-systemu/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-systemu/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= renchap@cocoa-x.com
-COMMENT= A portable replacement for popen4
+COMMENT= Portable replacement for popen4
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-trollop/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-trollop/Makefile
index c0813aac0be5..7740cbf498d6 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-trollop/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-trollop/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A commandline option parser for Ruby that gets out of your way
+COMMENT= Commandline option parser for Ruby that gets out of your way
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-turn/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-turn/Makefile
index e8c45a1182c1..42de81bca62e 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-turn/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-turn/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A new output format for Test::Unit
+COMMENT= New output format for Test::Unit
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-ansi>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-ansi \
rubygem-minitest>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-minitest
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-uuidtools/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-uuidtools/Makefile
index 70c05cc31afd..e4efe54a2352 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-uuidtools/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-uuidtools/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple universally unique ID generation library
+COMMENT= Simple universally unique ID generation library
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RAKE= yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-webby/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-webby/Makefile
index 988b57921e43..180b83fe4bb8 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-webby/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-webby/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= zi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A small website management system
+COMMENT= Small website management system
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-redcloth>=4.2:${PORTSDIR}/www/rubygem-redcloth \
rubygem-launchy>=0.3.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-launchy \
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-yui-compressor/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-yui-compressor/Makefile
index 1d33d9da0f8d..1dc983ded8fe 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-yui-compressor/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-yui-compressor/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A YUI Compressor for minifying JavaScript and CSS assets
+COMMENT= YUI Compressor for minifying JavaScript and CSS assets
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-popen4>=0.1.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-popen4
diff --git a/devel/sbt/Makefile b/devel/sbt/Makefile
index b14624e20b4a..a01364893dc2 100644
--- a/devel/sbt/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sbt/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel java
MASTER_SITES= http://dl.bintray.com/sbt/native-packages/sbt/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A build tool for Scala projects
+COMMENT= Build tool for Scala projects
LICENSE= APACHE20
diff --git a/devel/scalatest/Makefile b/devel/scalatest/Makefile
index 7235954d83cf..021d32ca5c6f 100644
--- a/devel/scalatest/Makefile
+++ b/devel/scalatest/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.artima.com/downloadScalaTest/ \
http://www.scalatest.org/releases/
MAINTAINER= mitsururike@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A regression testing utility for use with the Scala Language
+COMMENT= Regression testing utility for use with the Scala Language
LICENSE= APACHE20
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/devel/scsh-install-lib/Makefile b/devel/scsh-install-lib/Makefile
index 0d601564b987..f77b951aa572 100644
--- a/devel/scsh-install-lib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/scsh-install-lib/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel scheme
MASTER_SITES= http://lamp.epfl.ch/~schinz/scsh_packages/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An scsh library for installing other scsh packages
+COMMENT= Scsh library for installing other scsh packages
RUN_DEPENDS= scsh:${PORTSDIR}/lang/scsh
diff --git a/devel/sdl_sge/Makefile b/devel/sdl_sge/Makefile
index fd724d2915e7..736a24b50803 100644
--- a/devel/sdl_sge/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sdl_sge/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.digitalfanatics.org/cal/sge/files/ \
DISTNAME= sge030809
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A graphic library for the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
+COMMENT= Graphic library for the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
LICENSE= LGPL21 LGPL3
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/devel/sdlmm/Makefile b/devel/sdlmm/Makefile
index 782a855bcc61..67c436675ba4 100644
--- a/devel/sdlmm/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sdlmm/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/SDLmm/${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= SDLmm-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C++ Wrapper for the SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer)
+COMMENT= C++ Wrapper for the SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer)
USES= libtool
USE_SDL= sdl
diff --git a/devel/sedsed/Makefile b/devel/sedsed/Makefile
index 27965cdbee3e..7fb47a08d29e 100644
--- a/devel/sedsed/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sedsed/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://sedsed.sourceforge.net/
EXTRACT_SUFX= # empty
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Python script that masters SED scripts
+COMMENT= Python script that masters SED scripts
PLIST_FILES= bin/sedsed
EXTRACT_CMD= ${CP}
diff --git a/devel/semantic/Makefile b/devel/semantic/Makefile
index 28b9931bc38e..8b20ec020c3a 100644
--- a/devel/semantic/Makefile
+++ b/devel/semantic/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
#DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/.b/beta/}
MAINTAINER= dryice@dryice.name
-COMMENT= A lexer, parser-generator, and parser for Emacs
+COMMENT= Lexer, parser-generator, and parser for Emacs
USE_EMACS= yes
EMACS_PORT_NAME?= emacs21
diff --git a/devel/simgear/Makefile b/devel/simgear/Makefile
index 8043642eb135..1c9bcfff0216 100644
--- a/devel/simgear/Makefile
+++ b/devel/simgear/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/simgear/ftp/Source/ \
ftp://flightgear.wo0t.de/simgear-ftp/ftp/Source/
MAINTAINER= martymac@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A toolkit for 3D games and simulations
+COMMENT= Toolkit for 3D games and simulations
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/spin/Makefile b/devel/spin/Makefile
index 66781b9cd27d..32bcc242b2b5 100644
--- a/devel/spin/Makefile
+++ b/devel/spin/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://spinroot.com/spin/Src/
DISTNAME= spin${PORTVERSION:S/.//g}
MAINTAINER= jhanna@shaw.ca
-COMMENT= An on-the-fly verification system for asynchronous concurrent systems
+COMMENT= On-the-fly verification system for asynchronous concurrent systems
OPTIONS_DEFINE= XSPIN DOCS
OPTIONS_DEFAULT= XSPIN
diff --git a/devel/srecord/Makefile b/devel/srecord/Makefile
index 2c6c5c814204..54c4e2d69b91 100644
--- a/devel/srecord/Makefile
+++ b/devel/srecord/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= abwang@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A collection of powerful tools for manipulating EPROM load files
+COMMENT= Collection of powerful tools for manipulating EPROM load files
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-libs
LIB_DEPENDS= gcrypt:${PORTSDIR}/security/libgcrypt
diff --git a/devel/subclipse/Makefile b/devel/subclipse/Makefile
index a67343bcd66c..083fb5e1ee55 100644
--- a/devel/subclipse/Makefile
+++ b/devel/subclipse/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= site-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= eclipse
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A subversion plugin for the Eclipse IDE Framework
+COMMENT= Subversion plugin for the Eclipse IDE Framework
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/eclipse:${PORTSDIR}/java/eclipse
diff --git a/devel/subversive/Makefile b/devel/subversive/Makefile
index c1b668a16a8f..1a51ec3fbb4b 100644
--- a/devel/subversive/Makefile
+++ b/devel/subversive/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= Subversive-${PORTVERSION}.I20131116-1700
DISTFILES= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}:core ${CONNECTORS}:connectors
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An Eclipse plug-in that provides Subversion support
+COMMENT= Eclipse plug-in that provides Subversion support
LICENSE= EPL
diff --git a/devel/svk/Makefile b/devel/svk/Makefile
index a8418b74a4ff..7ad832ff688a 100644
--- a/devel/svk/Makefile
+++ b/devel/svk/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:CLKAO
DISTNAME= SVK-v${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Distributed Version Control System
+COMMENT= Distributed Version Control System
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-List-MoreUtils>=0:${PORTSDIR}/lang/p5-List-MoreUtils \
p5-subversion>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-subversion \
diff --git a/devel/svnmerge/Makefile b/devel/svnmerge/Makefile
index 37431bdc74b6..677287229657 100644
--- a/devel/svnmerge/Makefile
+++ b/devel/svnmerge/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= # none
DISTFILES= # none
MAINTAINER= tj@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Python script to managing merges in a Subversion repository
+COMMENT= Python script to managing merges in a Subversion repository
BROKEN= Tries to fetch during extract phase
diff --git a/devel/synfig/Makefile b/devel/synfig/Makefile
index 2845f8096ce9..0951edaa4693 100644
--- a/devel/synfig/Makefile
+++ b/devel/synfig/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel graphics multimedia
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A vector based 2D animation package
+COMMENT= Vector based 2D animation package
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/ETL.pc:${PORTSDIR}/devel/etl
LIB_DEPENDS= glibmm-2.4.1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/glibmm \
diff --git a/devel/tbb/Makefile b/devel/tbb/Makefile
index 4d65226963de..e609ca70431c 100644
--- a/devel/tbb/Makefile
+++ b/devel/tbb/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:R:S/.//g}_20131118oss_src
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= martymac@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library that provides thread building blocks
+COMMENT= Library that provides thread building blocks
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/tkinspect/Makefile b/devel/tkinspect/Makefile
index 703f628863d8..60358b9bf400 100644
--- a/devel/tkinspect/Makefile
+++ b/devel/tkinspect/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel tcl tk
MASTER_SITES= SF/tkcon/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= nox@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Tk program browser
+COMMENT= Tk program browser
RUN_DEPENDS= wish8.4:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/tk84
diff --git a/devel/trio/Makefile b/devel/trio/Makefile
index 034864b300b2..ae9bc86d2752 100644
--- a/devel/trio/Makefile
+++ b/devel/trio/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF/c${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fully matured and stable set of printf and string functions
+COMMENT= Fully matured and stable set of printf and string functions
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/devel/ucpp/Makefile b/devel/ucpp/Makefile
index 40563019f536..e97ae868c4dd 100644
--- a/devel/ucpp/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ucpp/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= GOOGLE_CODE
MAINTAINER= crees@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C preprocessor and lexer
+COMMENT= C preprocessor and lexer
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
diff --git a/devel/winpdb/Makefile b/devel/winpdb/Makefile
index d6f6f42423ae..ba036e60588d 100644
--- a/devel/winpdb/Makefile
+++ b/devel/winpdb/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= winpdb
MAINTAINER= mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An advanced Python debugger
+COMMENT= Advanced Python debugger
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/devel/xmake/Makefile b/devel/xmake/Makefile
index b21175f586c9..eb7a44a519a5 100644
--- a/devel/xmake/Makefile
+++ b/devel/xmake/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://apollo.backplane.com/xmake/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A powerful make utility
+COMMENT= Powerful make utility
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/xmake
PLIST_FILES= bin/xmake man/man1/xmake.1.gz
diff --git a/devel/xtl/Makefile b/devel/xtl/Makefile
index b7d0d7100ff3..8c6ce938a9f0 100644
--- a/devel/xtl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/xtl/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for R/W structured data to/from an external representation
+COMMENT= Library for R/W structured data to/from an external representation
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/devel/zziplib/Makefile b/devel/zziplib/Makefile
index 830b29ff1a4f..bf878048901c 100644
--- a/devel/zziplib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/zziplib/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= devel
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}13/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library to provide transparent read access to zipped files
+COMMENT= Library to provide transparent read access to zipped files
LICENSE= LGPL21 MPL
LICENSE_COMB= dual