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authorJimmy Olgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.org>2014-07-05 19:27:03 +0000
committerJimmy Olgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.org>2014-07-05 19:27:03 +0000
commit021be14f65e3b732ae6982186bf54dbd69a69883 (patch)
tree549a2be83e3dcddc6f89b8dad7a2a0255a9fc86a /lang
parentb72419c1f0f62f8e6230d2844e52e07d11a96053 (diff)
downloadfreebsd-ports-021be14f65e3b732ae6982186bf54dbd69a69883.zip
Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus minor
COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. A few Makefiles where not included as they contain Latin-1 characters that break the Phabricator workflow. Categories J-L. CR: D305 Approved by: portmgr (swills)
Diffstat (limited to 'lang')
-rw-r--r--lang/Gofer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/afnix/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/caml-light/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/cdent/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/emacs-lisp-intro/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/embryo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/ferite/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/fpc-units/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/harbour/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/ici/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/jruby/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/jython/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/linux-j/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/luajit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/malbolge/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/maude/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/mosh/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/nml/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/ocaml-camlidl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/ocaml-mode.el/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/oorexx/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/phc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/php5-extensions/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/php53-extensions/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/php55-extensions/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/pike78/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/qscheme/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/rexx-regutil/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/rexx-wrapper/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/sbcl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/scsh/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/sisc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/slib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/sml-mode.el/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/sml-nj/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/snobol4/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/spidermonkey17/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/t3x/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/tinypy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/tolua++/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/twelf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/visualworks/Makefile2
42 files changed, 42 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/lang/Gofer/Makefile b/lang/Gofer/Makefile
index aea23c69a5bb..b307a5b7f0fe 100644
--- a/lang/Gofer/Makefile
+++ b/lang/Gofer/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~mpj/goferarc/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:S/.//}
MAINTAINER= haskell@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A lazy functional language
+COMMENT= Lazy functional language
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/src
diff --git a/lang/afnix/Makefile b/lang/afnix/Makefile
index 7d7dec8381b9..e4f16e8fca76 100644
--- a/lang/afnix/Makefile
+++ b/lang/afnix/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-src-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= johans@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A multi-threaded functional programming language
+COMMENT= Multi-threaded functional programming language
USES= gmake
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/lang/caml-light/Makefile b/lang/caml-light/Makefile
index 6d6fff9f4774..55f5834369c4 100644
--- a/lang/caml-light/Makefile
+++ b/lang/caml-light/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/caml-light-0.75/ \
DISTNAME= cl75unix
MAINTAINER= michael.grunewald@laposte.net
-COMMENT= A strongly typed functional language belonging to the ML family
+COMMENT= Strongly typed functional language belonging to the ML family
USE_XORG= x11
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/cl75
diff --git a/lang/cdent/Makefile b/lang/cdent/Makefile
index 55bde473ab4a..65930822597c 100644
--- a/lang/cdent/Makefile
+++ b/lang/cdent/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang
MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
MAINTAINER= lwhsu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Portable Module Programming Language
+COMMENT= Portable Module Programming Language
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/yaml/__init__.py:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-yaml
diff --git a/lang/emacs-lisp-intro/Makefile b/lang/emacs-lisp-intro/Makefile
index c5a859ba7364..ccf133b213f5 100644
--- a/lang/emacs-lisp-intro/Makefile
+++ b/lang/emacs-lisp-intro/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= emacs
MAINTAINER= amakawa@jp.FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An introduction to Emacs Lisp programming
+COMMENT= Introduction to Emacs Lisp programming
USE_AUTOTOOLS= autoconf213
INFO= emacs-lisp-intro
diff --git a/lang/embryo/Makefile b/lang/embryo/Makefile
index e80d6c8fb273..f1e9302c95d6 100644
--- a/lang/embryo/Makefile
+++ b/lang/embryo/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/ \
LOCAL/gblach/e17/
MAINTAINER= gblach@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C like scripting language used in Enlightenment
+COMMENT= C like scripting language used in Enlightenment
LICENSE= BSD
diff --git a/lang/ferite/Makefile b/lang/ferite/Makefile
index 3118270b63fa..8cc7a1c402f8 100644
--- a/lang/ferite/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ferite/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An embeddable scripting language
+COMMENT= Embeddable scripting language
LIB_DEPENDS= libpcre.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre \
libxml2.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/libxml2
diff --git a/lang/fpc-units/Makefile b/lang/fpc-units/Makefile
index 7dd510642160..a5d946e74547 100644
--- a/lang/fpc-units/Makefile
+++ b/lang/fpc-units/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES= # none
EXTRACT_ONLY= # none
MAINTAINER= acm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A meta port to install Free Pascal units
+COMMENT= Meta port to install Free Pascal units
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/lang/harbour/Makefile b/lang/harbour/Makefile
index ee290633c9a3..9413b03fb59e 100644
--- a/lang/harbour/Makefile
+++ b/lang/harbour/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}-project/source/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= m.tsatsenko@gmail.com
-COMMENT= An open source Clipper-compatible compiler
+COMMENT= Open source Clipper-compatible compiler
LIB_DEPENDS= libslang.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libslang2\
libpcre.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
diff --git a/lang/ici/Makefile b/lang/ici/Makefile
index 3463c9a354da..fd587c9f5273 100644
--- a/lang/ici/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ici/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang
MASTER_SITES= http://atrn.org/ici/distfiles
MAINTAINER= atrn@zeta.org.au
-COMMENT= An interpretive language with C's feel and high level data types
+COMMENT= Interpretive language with C's feel and high level data types
MAKEFILE= Makefile.bsd
diff --git a/lang/jruby/Makefile b/lang/jruby/Makefile
index 36abb70e7dd2..42d174355ce6 100644
--- a/lang/jruby/Makefile
+++ b/lang/jruby/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://jruby.org.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/${PORTVERSION}/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-bin-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of Ruby Interpreter in Pure Java
+COMMENT= Implementation of Ruby Interpreter in Pure Java
RUN_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
diff --git a/lang/jython/Makefile b/lang/jython/Makefile
index b1010abd4380..2a876bfb2104 100644
--- a/lang/jython/Makefile
+++ b/lang/jython/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .jar
EXTRACT_ONLY= # none
MAINTAINER= python@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of Python Interpreter in Pure Java
+COMMENT= Implementation of Python Interpreter in Pure Java
BUILD_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
RUN_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
diff --git a/lang/linux-j/Makefile b/lang/linux-j/Makefile
index 7468ae54b9c2..87f08a36e384 100644
--- a/lang/linux-j/Makefile
+++ b/lang/linux-j/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= j${PORTVERSION}_linux32
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A general purpose programming language
+COMMENT= General purpose programming language
LICENSE= JSoftware
LICENSE_NAME= JSoftware End User License Agreement
diff --git a/lang/luajit/Makefile b/lang/luajit/Makefile
index 3fb343376c7b..877ca42583f3 100644
--- a/lang/luajit/Makefile
+++ b/lang/luajit/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://luajit.org/download/
DISTNAME= LuaJIT-${DISTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= osa@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Just-In-Time Compiler for Lua
+COMMENT= Just-In-Time Compiler for Lua
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/LuaJIT-${DISTVERSION}
USES= gmake
diff --git a/lang/malbolge/Makefile b/lang/malbolge/Makefile
index b83d1c293d7b..d6b29538092b 100644
--- a/lang/malbolge/Makefile
+++ b/lang/malbolge/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang
MASTER_SITES= http://cdn.bitbucket.org/dereckson/${PORTNAME}/downloads/
MAINTAINER= dereckson@gmail.com
-COMMENT= An esoteric language
+COMMENT= Esoteric language
PLIST_FILES= bin/malbolge
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
diff --git a/lang/maude/Makefile b/lang/maude/Makefile
index 6c5902791866..f8724f7a832a 100644
--- a/lang/maude/Makefile
+++ b/lang/maude/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://maude.cs.uiuc.edu/versions/${PORTVERSION}/
DISTNAME= Maude-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= joemann@beefree.free.de
-COMMENT= A high-performance reflective language
+COMMENT= High-performance reflective language
LIB_DEPENDS= bdd:${PORTSDIR}/science/buddy \
tecla:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libtecla \
diff --git a/lang/mosh/Makefile b/lang/mosh/Makefile
index 81362ba6c735..05b8b99f932e 100644
--- a/lang/mosh/Makefile
+++ b/lang/mosh/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GOOGLE_CODE
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -scheme
MAINTAINER= mjt@cltn.org
-COMMENT= A Fast R6RS Scheme interpreter
+COMMENT= Fast R6RS Scheme interpreter
LIB_DEPENDS= libgmp.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/gmp \
libonig.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/oniguruma5
diff --git a/lang/nml/Makefile b/lang/nml/Makefile
index cd5c1393f8e6..ff67301e2a4d 100644
--- a/lang/nml/Makefile
+++ b/lang/nml/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://ropas.snu.ac.kr/n/ \
http://ropas.kaist.ac.kr/n/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dialect/harmony of Standard ML of New Jersey and Objective Caml
+COMMENT= Dialect/harmony of Standard ML of New Jersey and Objective Caml
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-0.92
diff --git a/lang/ocaml-camlidl/Makefile b/lang/ocaml-camlidl/Makefile
index d4b7a397a24b..a2cf2e5443ad 100644
--- a/lang/ocaml-camlidl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ocaml-camlidl/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A stub code generator for using C/C++ libraries from ocaml
+COMMENT= Stub code generator for using C/C++ libraries from ocaml
USE_OCAML= yes
diff --git a/lang/ocaml-mode.el/Makefile b/lang/ocaml-mode.el/Makefile
index bc265287e505..139002717f2b 100644
--- a/lang/ocaml-mode.el/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ocaml-mode.el/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= jkoshy
DISTNAME= ocaml-mode-3.01
MAINTAINER= michael.grunewald@laposte.net
-COMMENT= An EMACS mode for editing OCaml programs
+COMMENT= EMACS mode for editing OCaml programs
BUILD_DEPENDS= emacs:${PORTSDIR}/editors/emacs
RUN_DEPENDS= emacs:${PORTSDIR}/editors/emacs
diff --git a/lang/oorexx/Makefile b/lang/oorexx/Makefile
index 236dd1919a39..ac15beecde57 100644
--- a/lang/oorexx/Makefile
+++ b/lang/oorexx/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang
MASTER_SITES= http://www.matem.unam.mx/~micho/download/
MAINTAINER= micho@matem.unam.mx
-COMMENT= A powerful typeless object-oriented scripting language
+COMMENT= Powerful typeless object-oriented scripting language
CONFLICTS= rexx-imc-[0-9]* rexx-regina-[0-9]*
diff --git a/lang/phc/Makefile b/lang/phc/Makefile
index 033342e78569..2bc40b14d7e0 100644
--- a/lang/phc/Makefile
+++ b/lang/phc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang
MASTER_SITES= http://www.phpcompiler.org/src/archive/
MAINTAINER= eg@fbsd.lt
-COMMENT= A compiler for the PHP language
+COMMENT= Compiler for the PHP language
USES= gmake
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/lang/php5-extensions/Makefile b/lang/php5-extensions/Makefile
index 9aa6595679ca..0ddb9fb00bbf 100644
--- a/lang/php5-extensions/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php5-extensions/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES= # none
EXTRACT_ONLY= # none
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A "meta-port" to install PHP extensions
+COMMENT= "meta-port" to install PHP extensions
USE_PHP= yes
PHP_DEFAULT= 5.4
diff --git a/lang/php53-extensions/Makefile b/lang/php53-extensions/Makefile
index 9f6487a8623b..62d109e0f87d 100644
--- a/lang/php53-extensions/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php53-extensions/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTFILES= # none
EXTRACT_ONLY= # none
MAINTAINER= flo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A "meta-port" to install PHP extensions
+COMMENT= "meta-port" to install PHP extensions
PHP_DEFAULT= 53
IGNORE_WITH_PHP=5 52 55
diff --git a/lang/php55-extensions/Makefile b/lang/php55-extensions/Makefile
index 6b28432e2091..129258acda89 100644
--- a/lang/php55-extensions/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php55-extensions/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES= # none
EXTRACT_ONLY= # none
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A "meta-port" to install PHP extensions
+COMMENT= "meta-port" to install PHP extensions
USE_PHP= yes
PHP_DEFAULT= 5.5
diff --git a/lang/pike78/Makefile b/lang/pike78/Makefile
index 470bbf93836d..69e8c417d10f 100644
--- a/lang/pike78/Makefile
+++ b/lang/pike78/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://pike.ida.liu.se/pub/pike/all/${PORTVERSION}/ \
DISTNAME= Pike-v${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= johans@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to C++
+COMMENT= Dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to C++
LIB_DEPENDS= libjpeg.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/jpeg \
libtiff.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/tiff \
diff --git a/lang/qscheme/Makefile b/lang/qscheme/Makefile
index 436b806dae93..6d82e53b8d9d 100644
--- a/lang/qscheme/Makefile
+++ b/lang/qscheme/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang scheme
MASTER_SITES= http://www.sof.ch/dan/qscheme/files/
MAINTAINER= erik@bz.bzflag.bz
-COMMENT= A small and fast Scheme interpreter
+COMMENT= Small and fast Scheme interpreter
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libavcall.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/ffcall\
${LOCALBASE}/lib/libpcre.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre \
diff --git a/lang/rexx-regutil/Makefile b/lang/rexx-regutil/Makefile
index 0fa23a7d8dde..c5c238632348 100644
--- a/lang/rexx-regutil/Makefile
+++ b/lang/rexx-regutil/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= rexx-
DISTNAME= regutil126
MAINTAINER= bob@eager.cx
-COMMENT= An implementation of IBM's RexxUtil function library for Regina
+COMMENT= Implementation of IBM's RexxUtil function library for Regina
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/include/rexxsaa.h:${PORTSDIR}/lang/rexx-regina
diff --git a/lang/rexx-wrapper/Makefile b/lang/rexx-wrapper/Makefile
index db93e11e3a6e..6039e683f4d9 100644
--- a/lang/rexx-wrapper/Makefile
+++ b/lang/rexx-wrapper/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= rexx-
DISTNAME= RexxWrapper-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool that wraps Rexx source or tokenised code into an executable
+COMMENT= Tool that wraps Rexx source or tokenised code into an executable
BUILD_DEPENDS= rexx:${PORTSDIR}/lang/rexx-regina
RUN_DEPENDS= rexx:${PORTSDIR}/lang/rexx-regina
diff --git a/lang/sbcl/Makefile b/lang/sbcl/Makefile
index 4bb502c1917c..15ad8d0c08d0 100644
--- a/lang/sbcl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/sbcl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES= \
${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-source${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Common Lisp development system derived from the CMU CL system
+COMMENT= Common Lisp development system derived from the CMU CL system
LIB_DEPENDS= libgmp.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/gmp
diff --git a/lang/scsh/Makefile b/lang/scsh/Makefile
index 055784c921f9..af0c78267e51 100644
--- a/lang/scsh/Makefile
+++ b/lang/scsh/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF \
ftp://ftp.scsh.net/pub/scsh/0.6/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Unix shell embedded into Scheme, with access to all Posix calls
+COMMENT= Unix shell embedded into Scheme, with access to all Posix calls
CONFLICTS= scheme48-[0-9]*
diff --git a/lang/sisc/Makefile b/lang/sisc/Makefile
index f9038315a431..fbb4323524fb 100644
--- a/lang/sisc/Makefile
+++ b/lang/sisc/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang scheme java
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/SISC/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extensible Java-based Scheme interpreter
+COMMENT= Extensible Java-based Scheme interpreter
USE_JAVA= yes
JAVA_VERSION= 1.6+
diff --git a/lang/slib/Makefile b/lang/slib/Makefile
index 03b2b1682182..f58331ae0465 100644
--- a/lang/slib/Makefile
+++ b/lang/slib/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/ \
DISTFILES= slib-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A portable scheme library
+COMMENT= Portable scheme library
USES= gmake makeinfo
ALL_TARGET= slib.info
diff --git a/lang/sml-mode.el/Makefile b/lang/sml-mode.el/Makefile
index bc7b64c8e92e..e9756c069e27 100644
--- a/lang/sml-mode.el/Makefile
+++ b/lang/sml-mode.el/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.research.bell-labs.com/dist/smlnj/contrib/emacs/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= jkoshy
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An EMACS mode for editing Standard ML programs
+COMMENT= EMACS mode for editing Standard ML programs
ALL_TARGET= default
diff --git a/lang/sml-nj/Makefile b/lang/sml-nj/Makefile
index 0bbf6dbeac72..9a6a71474232 100644
--- a/lang/sml-nj/Makefile
+++ b/lang/sml-nj/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DISTFILES= bin.x86-unix.tar.Z cm.tar.Z cml.tar.Z \
EXTRACT_ONLY= config.tar.Z
MAINTAINER= joemann@beefree.free.de
-COMMENT= A popular functional language from Bell Labs
+COMMENT= Popular functional language from Bell Labs
BROKEN= Fails to build
diff --git a/lang/snobol4/Makefile b/lang/snobol4/Makefile
index 56411ded0f99..1f7faa8b6215 100644
--- a/lang/snobol4/Makefile
+++ b/lang/snobol4/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang
MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.ultimate.com/snobol/
MAINTAINER= johans@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A port of Macro SNOBOL4, supports full SNOBOL4 plus SPITBOL
+COMMENT= Port of Macro SNOBOL4, supports full SNOBOL4 plus SPITBOL
HAS_CONFIGURE= yes
CONFIGURE_ARGS= --prefix=${PREFIX} \
diff --git a/lang/spidermonkey17/Makefile b/lang/spidermonkey17/Makefile
index ac0738381abf..72568bcc4b76 100644
--- a/lang/spidermonkey17/Makefile
+++ b/lang/spidermonkey17/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= js
DISTNAME= js-${DISTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= citric@cubicone.tmetic.com
-COMMENT= A standalone JavaScript interpreter from the Mozilla project
+COMMENT= Standalone JavaScript interpreter from the Mozilla project
LIB_DEPENDS= libnspr4.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/nspr
diff --git a/lang/t3x/Makefile b/lang/t3x/Makefile
index e91422065c13..d0967f51c162 100644
--- a/lang/t3x/Makefile
+++ b/lang/t3x/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.t3x.org/files/
DISTNAME= t3x-${PORTVERSION:S/.//g}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A compiler for the minimum procedural language T3X
+COMMENT= Compiler for the minimum procedural language T3X
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386
diff --git a/lang/tinypy/Makefile b/lang/tinypy/Makefile
index 89c51b747594..3c461b12ba11 100644
--- a/lang/tinypy/Makefile
+++ b/lang/tinypy/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= lang python
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
MAINTAINER= saper@saper.info
-COMMENT= A minimalist implementation of python in 64k of code
+COMMENT= Minimalist implementation of python in 64k of code
LICENSE= MIT PSFL
LICENSE_COMB= multi
diff --git a/lang/tolua++/Makefile b/lang/tolua++/Makefile
index 0b8101e672b1..b2b236764ea2 100644
--- a/lang/tolua++/Makefile
+++ b/lang/tolua++/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.codenix.com/~tolua/ \
http://mirror.amdmi3.ru/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extended version of tolua, a tool to integrate C/C++ code with Lua
+COMMENT= Extended version of tolua, a tool to integrate C/C++ code with Lua
USES= scons lua:51 tar:bzip2
MAKE_ARGS= prefix=${PREFIX} SONAME="libtolua++-${LUA_VER}.so"
diff --git a/lang/twelf/Makefile b/lang/twelf/Makefile
index aefd74a9f0ab..78fd521463e7 100644
--- a/lang/twelf/Makefile
+++ b/lang/twelf/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~twelf/dist/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~twelf/
DISTNAME= twelf-1-5R1
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A meta-logical framework for deductive systems
+COMMENT= Meta-logical framework for deductive systems
.if defined(WITH_MLTON)
RUN_DEPENDS= mlton:${PORTSDIR}/lang/mlton
diff --git a/lang/visualworks/Makefile b/lang/visualworks/Makefile
index c1a826eea01b..32ccbf4fcbd9 100644
--- a/lang/visualworks/Makefile
+++ b/lang/visualworks/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES= BaseVisualWorks.tar.gz \
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A high performance Smalltalk environment
+COMMENT= High performance Smalltalk environment
DIST_SUBDIR= ${SUBDIR}
SUBDIR= vwnc${PORTVERSION}