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-rw-r--r--archivers/file-roller/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--astro/ephem/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--astro/gpsman/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--astro/josm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--astro/p5-ZConf-Weather/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--astro/wmspaceweather/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--astro/xephem/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ampache/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/beets/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/cdparanoia/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/cutmp3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/dekagen/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gmpc-alarm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gmpc-extraplaylist/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gmpc-libnotify/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gmpc-lyrics/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gmpc-lyricsplugin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gmpc-lyricwiki/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gnormalize/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gtick/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/gxmms2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/hs-OpenAL/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/hs-libmpd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/id3tool/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/kstreamripper/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/libshairport/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/linnya/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/linux-f10-openal-soft/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/listener/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/mangler/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/mhwaveedit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/mixmos/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/mous/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/mp3c/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/mp3ck/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/musiccontrol/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ncmpcpp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/openal-soft/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/openal/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/p5-Audio-MPD-Common/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/pms/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/py-mutagen/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/py-pylast/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/raop_play/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/rexima/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ruby-audiofile/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ruby-esound/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ruby-freedb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ruby-mp3info/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ruby-mp3tag/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ruby-taglib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/rubygem-ruby-mp3info/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/rubygem-shout/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/sdl2_mixer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/sdl_mixer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/snack/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/sonata/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/vitunes/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/wavplay/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/wmauda/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/wxguitar/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--audio/ximp3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--benchmarks/dbench/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--benchmarks/dkftpbench/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--benchmarks/nttcp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--benchmarks/polygraph/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--biology/consed/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--biology/emboss/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--biology/mummer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--biology/phd2fasta/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--biology/python-nexus/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--biology/t_coffee/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/calculix/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/cascade/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/cider/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/fidocadj/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/gmsh-occ/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/gmsh/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/gplcver/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/iverilog/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/jspice3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/klayout/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/linux-eagle5/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/scotch/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/spice/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/systemc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--cad/transcalc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/CNS11643-font/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/FreeWnn-lib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/FreeWnn-server/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/aterm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/bitchx/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/cless/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/fcitx-cloudpinyin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/fcitx-googlepinyin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/fcitx-ui-light/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/fcitx/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/gugod-clean/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/hanzim/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/hztty/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/irssi/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/libgooglepinyin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/miniChinput/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/p5-Lingua-ZH-Wrap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/pine4/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/ttfm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/xsim/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--chinese/zhcon/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--comms/gscmxx/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--comms/ibp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--comms/minicom/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--comms/p5-SMS-Send-DeviceGsm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--comms/pr/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--comms/qico/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--comms/rubygem-ruby-termios/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--converters/fondu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--converters/fribidi/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--converters/p5-PerlIO-via-Unidecode/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--converters/pecl-fribidi/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--converters/vda2fbd/Makefile2
120 files changed, 120 insertions, 120 deletions
diff --git a/archivers/file-roller/Makefile b/archivers/file-roller/Makefile
index c23263ae1382..adaace73153c 100644
--- a/archivers/file-roller/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/file-roller/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GNOME
DIST_SUBDIR= gnome2
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An archive manager for zip files, tar, etc
+COMMENT= Archive manager for zip files, tar, etc
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/gtar:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/gtar \
${LOCALBASE}/bin/unzip:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/unzip
diff --git a/astro/ephem/Makefile b/astro/ephem/Makefile
index 6f5403a2e91f..479b62cd27ef 100644
--- a/astro/ephem/Makefile
+++ b/astro/ephem/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= trevor
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}_unix
MAINTAINER= slaven@rezic.de
-COMMENT= An interactive terminal-based astronomical ephemeris program
+COMMENT= Interactive terminal-based astronomical ephemeris program
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
ALL_TARGET=
diff --git a/astro/gpsman/Makefile b/astro/gpsman/Makefile
index d8252ca6016b..680f1dded51d 100644
--- a/astro/gpsman/Makefile
+++ b/astro/gpsman/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/distrib
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= david@catwhisker.org
-COMMENT= A Tcl/Tk-based GPS management utility
+COMMENT= Tcl/Tk-based GPS management utility
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
diff --git a/astro/josm/Makefile b/astro/josm/Makefile
index b88cb48bda43..dd3dae35b813 100644
--- a/astro/josm/Makefile
+++ b/astro/josm/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= # empty
EXTRACT_ONLY= # empty
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A comprehensive editor for OpenStreetMap.org database
+COMMENT= Comprehensive editor for OpenStreetMap.org database
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
diff --git a/astro/p5-ZConf-Weather/Makefile b/astro/p5-ZConf-Weather/Makefile
index 2fce86528243..5fd35e37f761 100644
--- a/astro/p5-ZConf-Weather/Makefile
+++ b/astro/p5-ZConf-Weather/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:VVELOX
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= vvelox@vvelox.net
-COMMENT= A ZConf module to assist with fetching/printing weather information
+COMMENT= ZConf module to assist with fetching/printing weather information
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-ZConf>=6.1.0:${PORTSDIR}/net/p5-ZConf \
p5-Text-NeatTemplate>=0.10.01:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-Text-NeatTemplate \
diff --git a/astro/wmspaceweather/Makefile b/astro/wmspaceweather/Makefile
index 483559703a76..7cf4802782cd 100644
--- a/astro/wmspaceweather/Makefile
+++ b/astro/wmspaceweather/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://api.opensuse.org/public/source/openSUSE:Factory/WindowMake
DISTNAME= wmSpaceWeather-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= xride@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A DockApp that shows the weather at geosynchronous orbit
+COMMENT= DockApp that shows the weather at geosynchronous orbit
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/astro/xephem/Makefile b/astro/xephem/Makefile
index 6ecf9e804d19..f7ab7ba439c8 100644
--- a/astro/xephem/Makefile
+++ b/astro/xephem/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= astro
MASTER_SITES= # http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/
MAINTAINER= jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An interactive astronomical ephemeris program
+COMMENT= Interactive astronomical ephemeris program
LIB_DEPENDS= libpng15.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/png \
libjpeg.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/jpeg
diff --git a/audio/ampache/Makefile b/audio/ampache/Makefile
index 8acfec93f213..7c6eff32bcfe 100644
--- a/audio/ampache/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ampache/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio www
MASTER_SITES= http://ampache.org/downloads/
MAINTAINER= jadawin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Web-based Audio file manager
+COMMENT= Web-based Audio file manager
USE_PHP= mysql pcre session iconv hash gettext mbstring
WANT_PHP_WEB= yes
diff --git a/audio/beets/Makefile b/audio/beets/Makefile
index ae3259f102b0..2d8d85eece4a 100644
--- a/audio/beets/Makefile
+++ b/audio/beets/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio python
MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
MAINTAINER= feld@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks
+COMMENT= Media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mutagen>=1.22:${PORTSDIR}/audio/py-mutagen \
${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}unidecode>=0:${PORTSDIR}/converters/py-unidecode \
diff --git a/audio/cdparanoia/Makefile b/audio/cdparanoia/Makefile
index d694f3f8ecb1..b68d902ca25e 100644
--- a/audio/cdparanoia/Makefile
+++ b/audio/cdparanoia/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:C/^3\./III-alpha/}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .src.tgz
MAINTAINER= danfe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A CDDA extraction tool (also known as ripper)
+COMMENT= CDDA extraction tool (also known as ripper)
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/audio/cutmp3/Makefile b/audio/cutmp3/Makefile
index 6bb9bc4204ca..1635b071846a 100644
--- a/audio/cutmp3/Makefile
+++ b/audio/cutmp3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.puchalla-online.de/ \
http://mirror.mcx2.org/
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A small and fast command line MP3 editor
+COMMENT= Small and fast command line MP3 editor
USES= tar:bzip2
diff --git a/audio/dekagen/Makefile b/audio/dekagen/Makefile
index 2461c1acb419..69c5c5a955ba 100644
--- a/audio/dekagen/Makefile
+++ b/audio/dekagen/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/apps/sound/convert/
MAINTAINER= martin.kraft@fal.de
-COMMENT= A frontend to rip, convert, and name MP3/Ogg
+COMMENT= Frontend to rip, convert, and name MP3/Ogg
# The only reason for installing xmcd is, that dekagen uses cda
# for CDDB inquiries. You can safely 'make -DWITHOUT_XMCD', if you
diff --git a/audio/gmpc-alarm/Makefile b/audio/gmpc-alarm/Makefile
index 85db5bbb2397..81bfa5c9d251 100644
--- a/audio/gmpc-alarm/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gmpc-alarm/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://download.sarine.nl/Programs/gmpc/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Alarm plugin for gmpc
+COMMENT= Alarm plugin for gmpc
LIB_DEPENDS= libmpd.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmpd
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/gmpc.pc:${PORTSDIR}/audio/gmpc
diff --git a/audio/gmpc-extraplaylist/Makefile b/audio/gmpc-extraplaylist/Makefile
index d140c6da413d..5ef726655df7 100644
--- a/audio/gmpc-extraplaylist/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gmpc-extraplaylist/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.sarine.nl/Programs/gmpc/${PORTVERSION}/ \
http://freebsd.unixfreunde.de/sources/
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A favorites plugin for gmpc
+COMMENT= Favorites plugin for gmpc
LIB_DEPENDS= libmpd.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmpd
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/gmpc.pc:${PORTSDIR}/audio/gmpc
diff --git a/audio/gmpc-libnotify/Makefile b/audio/gmpc-libnotify/Makefile
index 8e2087d165fc..f8835d52c214 100644
--- a/audio/gmpc-libnotify/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gmpc-libnotify/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://download.sarine.nl/Programs/gmpc/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A libnotify for gmpc
+COMMENT= Libnotify for gmpc
LIB_DEPENDS= libmpd.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmpd \
libnotify.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libnotify
diff --git a/audio/gmpc-lyrics/Makefile b/audio/gmpc-lyrics/Makefile
index c8c70cabc32e..4feb23cc0bda 100644
--- a/audio/gmpc-lyrics/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gmpc-lyrics/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://download.sarine.nl/Programs/gmpc/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Lyrics Provider plugin for gmpc
+COMMENT= Lyrics Provider plugin for gmpc
LIB_DEPENDS= libmpd.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmpd
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/gmpc.pc:${PORTSDIR}/audio/gmpc
diff --git a/audio/gmpc-lyricsplugin/Makefile b/audio/gmpc-lyricsplugin/Makefile
index fa098dffedb6..92532078bad3 100644
--- a/audio/gmpc-lyricsplugin/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gmpc-lyricsplugin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.sarine.nl/Programs/gmpc/${PORTVERSION}/ \
http://freebsd.unixfreunde.de/sources/
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fetch lyrics gmpc plugin
+COMMENT= Fetch lyrics gmpc plugin
LIB_DEPENDS= libmpd.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmpd
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/gmpc.pc:${PORTSDIR}/audio/gmpc
diff --git a/audio/gmpc-lyricwiki/Makefile b/audio/gmpc-lyricwiki/Makefile
index 8c4c63fe54ef..55d64e5a8608 100644
--- a/audio/gmpc-lyricwiki/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gmpc-lyricwiki/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://download.sarine.nl/Programs/gmpc/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Lyricswiki Provider plugin for gmpc
+COMMENT= Lyricswiki Provider plugin for gmpc
LIB_DEPENDS= libmpd.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmpd
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/gmpc.pc:${PORTSDIR}/audio/gmpc
diff --git a/audio/gnormalize/Makefile b/audio/gnormalize/Makefile
index 0a682cab3c66..59d8607103df 100644
--- a/audio/gnormalize/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gnormalize/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= darcsis@gmail.com
-COMMENT= An alternative for replaygain
+COMMENT= Alternative for replaygain
RUN_DEPENDS+= p5-Gtk2>=0:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/p5-Gtk2 \
wavegain:${PORTSDIR}/audio/wavegain
diff --git a/audio/gtick/Makefile b/audio/gtick/Makefile
index 3cfa01861623..f3070297c668 100644
--- a/audio/gtick/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gtick/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://www.antcom.de/gtick/download/ CENKES
MAINTAINER= martymac@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A metronome application
+COMMENT= Metronome application
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/audio/gxmms2/Makefile b/audio/gxmms2/Makefile
index c39202ba01d5..ee0dddd30a73 100644
--- a/audio/gxmms2/Makefile
+++ b/audio/gxmms2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= DEBIAN
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}.orig
MAINTAINER= madpilot@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A GTK2 based XMMS2 client, written in C
+COMMENT= GTK2 based XMMS2 client, written in C
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/audio/hs-OpenAL/Makefile b/audio/hs-OpenAL/Makefile
index 20f51746f303..85645788aeac 100644
--- a/audio/hs-OpenAL/Makefile
+++ b/audio/hs-OpenAL/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 5
CATEGORIES= audio haskell
MAINTAINER= haskell@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A binding to the OpenAL cross-platform 3D audio API
+COMMENT= Binding to the OpenAL cross-platform 3D audio API
LICENSE= BSD
diff --git a/audio/hs-libmpd/Makefile b/audio/hs-libmpd/Makefile
index 68981217e95f..daceac2d8ccd 100644
--- a/audio/hs-libmpd/Makefile
+++ b/audio/hs-libmpd/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 5
CATEGORIES= audio haskell
MAINTAINER= haskell@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An MPD client library
+COMMENT= MPD client library
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/audio/id3tool/Makefile b/audio/id3tool/Makefile
index eac72bc3e196..c9a20139e161 100644
--- a/audio/id3tool/Makefile
+++ b/audio/id3tool/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://nekohako.xware.cx/id3tool/
MAINTAINER= gavin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A utility for manipulating mp3 ID3 Tags
+COMMENT= Utility for manipulating mp3 ID3 Tags
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/audio/kstreamripper/Makefile b/audio/kstreamripper/Makefile
index 28f2045890e5..6c0ec9460a76 100644
--- a/audio/kstreamripper/Makefile
+++ b/audio/kstreamripper/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio kde
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= syncer@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A program for recording streams for KDE4
+COMMENT= Program for recording streams for KDE4
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/streamripper:${PORTSDIR}/audio/streamripper
diff --git a/audio/libshairport/Makefile b/audio/libshairport/Makefile
index 8901357865cf..77702c0cd470 100644
--- a/audio/libshairport/Makefile
+++ b/audio/libshairport/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://mirrors.xbmc.org/build-deps/darwin-libs/
DISTNAME= libshairport-${PORTVERSION}_lib
MAINTAINER= manuel.creach@icloud.com
-COMMENT= An Airport Extreme Emulator
+COMMENT= Airport Extreme Emulator
USES= gmake
USE_AUTOTOOLS= aclocal autoheader automake autoconf libtoolize
diff --git a/audio/linnya/Makefile b/audio/linnya/Makefile
index a6dae371980b..dd711f3a1274 100644
--- a/audio/linnya/Makefile
+++ b/audio/linnya/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 1
CATEGORIES= audio
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Linnya Audio Player
+COMMENT= Linnya Audio Player
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/audio/linux-f10-openal-soft/Makefile b/audio/linux-f10-openal-soft/Makefile
index f8787680914b..014004d31595 100644
--- a/audio/linux-f10-openal-soft/Makefile
+++ b/audio/linux-f10-openal-soft/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= linux-f10-
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-${RPMVERSION}.fc10
MAINTAINER= mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A 3D positional spatialized sound library (Linux Fedora 10)
+COMMENT= 3D positional spatialized sound library (Linux Fedora 10)
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64
USE_LINUX_RPM= yes
diff --git a/audio/listener/Makefile b/audio/listener/Makefile
index 6b9ae313239a..22f363bda2d2 100644
--- a/audio/listener/Makefile
+++ b/audio/listener/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.vanheusden.com/listener/ \
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@freebsd.org
-COMMENT= A program to listen for and record sound activity
+COMMENT= Program to listen for and record sound activity
LIB_DEPENDS= libsndfile.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libsndfile
diff --git a/audio/mangler/Makefile b/audio/mangler/Makefile
index 68bb4760e55d..184edaa6a6ec 100644
--- a/audio/mangler/Makefile
+++ b/audio/mangler/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://www.mangler.org/downloads/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ventrilo VOIP compatible client
+COMMENT= Ventrilo VOIP compatible client
LIB_DEPENDS= libcelt0.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/celt \
libspeex.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/speex \
diff --git a/audio/mhwaveedit/Makefile b/audio/mhwaveedit/Makefile
index 034f4f713dcf..4428a1460fa7 100644
--- a/audio/mhwaveedit/Makefile
+++ b/audio/mhwaveedit/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://download.gna.org/mhwaveedit/
MAINTAINER= sylvio@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A graphical program for editing sound files
+COMMENT= Graphical program for editing sound files
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/audio/mixmos/Makefile b/audio/mixmos/Makefile
index 237e40dfb11f..5fa77da41293 100644
--- a/audio/mixmos/Makefile
+++ b/audio/mixmos/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_TUCOWS}
MAINTAINER= h.skuhra@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A GTK2 audio mixer
+COMMENT= GTK2 audio mixer
USES= pkgconfig
NO_STAGE= yes
diff --git a/audio/mous/Makefile b/audio/mous/Makefile
index 435b37b8063e..c67a2f406626 100644
--- a/audio/mous/Makefile
+++ b/audio/mous/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://cloud.github.com/downloads/0x02/mous/
MAINTAINER= shen.elf@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A simple yet powerful audio player
+COMMENT= Simple yet powerful audio player
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/audio/mp3c/Makefile b/audio/mp3c/Makefile
index b99f022950ec..20476df2e9f7 100644
--- a/audio/mp3c/Makefile
+++ b/audio/mp3c/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}:src \
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= joris@vandalon.nl
-COMMENT= A CD to mp3c converter with a console frontend
+COMMENT= CD to mp3c converter with a console frontend
RUN_DEPENDS= mp3info:${PORTSDIR}/audio/mp3info \
cdrecord:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/cdrtools
diff --git a/audio/mp3ck/Makefile b/audio/mp3ck/Makefile
index d966fb038b91..94f775295fa9 100644
--- a/audio/mp3ck/Makefile
+++ b/audio/mp3ck/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A consistency check utility for MPEG Layer 2 or 3 files or streams
+COMMENT= Consistency check utility for MPEG Layer 2 or 3 files or streams
do-install:
${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
diff --git a/audio/musiccontrol/Makefile b/audio/musiccontrol/Makefile
index 2cd43ec4b069..4c5475608526 100644
--- a/audio/musiccontrol/Makefile
+++ b/audio/musiccontrol/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .jar
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= xi@borderworlds.dk
-COMMENT= An advanced music player
+COMMENT= Advanced music player
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/mpg123:${PORTSDIR}/audio/mpg123 \
${LOCALBASE}/bin/ogg123:${PORTSDIR}/audio/vorbis-tools \
diff --git a/audio/ncmpcpp/Makefile b/audio/ncmpcpp/Makefile
index 3d69a626f351..d5d8cf28022d 100644
--- a/audio/ncmpcpp/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ncmpcpp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://unkart.ovh.org/ncmpcpp/ \
http://mirror.mcx2.org/
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A ncurses mpd client, clone of ncmpc with some new features
+COMMENT= ncurses mpd client, clone of ncmpc with some new features
LIB_DEPENDS= libmpdclient.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmpdclient \
libfftw3.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/fftw3
diff --git a/audio/openal-soft/Makefile b/audio/openal-soft/Makefile
index d0884fd7ab37..1a064afefa07 100644
--- a/audio/openal-soft/Makefile
+++ b/audio/openal-soft/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/
MAINTAINER= mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A software implementation of the OpenAL specification
+COMMENT= Software implementation of the OpenAL specification
LICENSE= LGPL20
diff --git a/audio/openal/Makefile b/audio/openal/Makefile
index 0cd2fdb7ce1e..a771552d6cfe 100644
--- a/audio/openal/Makefile
+++ b/audio/openal/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GENTOO/distfiles
DISTVERSION= 0.0.8
MAINTAINER= erik@bz.bzflag.bz
-COMMENT= A 3D positional spatialized sound library
+COMMENT= 3D positional spatialized sound library
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/audio/p5-Audio-MPD-Common/Makefile b/audio/p5-Audio-MPD-Common/Makefile
index 911010287b22..6e41cf038c7c 100644
--- a/audio/p5-Audio-MPD-Common/Makefile
+++ b/audio/p5-Audio-MPD-Common/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= sahil@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A bunch of common helper classes for mpd
+COMMENT= Bunch of common helper classes for mpd
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/audio/pms/Makefile b/audio/pms/Makefile
index c0ceb3c2e7ad..2cdc93a0c651 100644
--- a/audio/pms/Makefile
+++ b/audio/pms/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= riggs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A ncurses-based client for the Music Player Daemon
+COMMENT= ncurses-based client for the Music Player Daemon
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/audio/py-mutagen/Makefile b/audio/py-mutagen/Makefile
index cb7595ca90f0..b8e678c51edb 100644
--- a/audio/py-mutagen/Makefile
+++ b/audio/py-mutagen/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= johnson.peter@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A Python-based audio metadata tag reader and writer
+COMMENT= Python-based audio metadata tag reader and writer
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/audio/py-pylast/Makefile b/audio/py-pylast/Makefile
index 369f83f19df1..ba68df00dae5 100644
--- a/audio/py-pylast/Makefile
+++ b/audio/py-pylast/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= feld@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Python interface to Last.fm
+COMMENT= Python interface to Last.fm
LICENSE= APACHE20
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/audio/raop_play/Makefile b/audio/raop_play/Makefile
index aac6c4c1152f..47c452c81444 100644
--- a/audio/raop_play/Makefile
+++ b/audio/raop_play/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= SF/raop-play/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= sumikawa@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A music file player for Apple Airport Express
+COMMENT= Music file player for Apple Airport Express
LIB_DEPENDS= libsamplerate.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libsamplerate \
libfltk.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/fltk \
diff --git a/audio/rexima/Makefile b/audio/rexima/Makefile
index 23558e8d5e36..ae6d466d85f5 100644
--- a/audio/rexima/Makefile
+++ b/audio/rexima/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SUNSITE
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= apps/sound/mixers
MAINTAINER= jerry@freebsd.se
-COMMENT= A ncurses-based console mixer
+COMMENT= ncurses-based console mixer
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/audio/ruby-audiofile/Makefile b/audio/ruby-audiofile/Makefile
index 090a35d75e8b..8a2d009a487f 100644
--- a/audio/ruby-audiofile/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ruby-audiofile/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${CDDB_DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby binding to the audiofile library
+COMMENT= Ruby binding to the audiofile library
LIB_DEPENDS= libaudiofile.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libaudiofile
diff --git a/audio/ruby-esound/Makefile b/audio/ruby-esound/Makefile
index ce92b45adf14..c66b24fad519 100644
--- a/audio/ruby-esound/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ruby-esound/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby binding to the EsounD library
+COMMENT= Ruby binding to the EsounD library
BROKEN= Fails to configure
DEPRECATED= Broken for more than 5 months
diff --git a/audio/ruby-freedb/Makefile b/audio/ruby-freedb/Makefile
index 603b7a7f6453..015678470edd 100644
--- a/audio/ruby-freedb/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ruby-freedb/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library that provides access to Freedb/CDDB servers
+COMMENT= Ruby library that provides access to Freedb/CDDB servers
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_EXTCONF= yes
diff --git a/audio/ruby-mp3info/Makefile b/audio/ruby-mp3info/Makefile
index 5f749b60a0e4..96e676445487 100644
--- a/audio/ruby-mp3info/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ruby-mp3info/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to access to information on mp3 files
+COMMENT= Ruby library to access to information on mp3 files
USES= tar:bzip2
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/audio/ruby-mp3tag/Makefile b/audio/ruby-mp3tag/Makefile
index 9742faadae20..cef2dbd0427c 100644
--- a/audio/ruby-mp3tag/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ruby-mp3tag/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby module to manipulate ID3v1.1 tags in MP3 files
+COMMENT= Ruby module to manipulate ID3v1.1 tags in MP3 files
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_RDOC= yes
diff --git a/audio/ruby-taglib/Makefile b/audio/ruby-taglib/Makefile
index f5ad51a6256a..01c449250a56 100644
--- a/audio/ruby-taglib/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ruby-taglib/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-taglib-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= t.hiroaki.209@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A Ruby library wrapping the Taglib library
+COMMENT= Ruby library wrapping the Taglib library
LIB_DEPENDS= libtag.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/taglib
diff --git a/audio/rubygem-ruby-mp3info/Makefile b/audio/rubygem-ruby-mp3info/Makefile
index 1b9fdc68b81c..1f366a54f9b0 100644
--- a/audio/rubygem-ruby-mp3info/Makefile
+++ b/audio/rubygem-ruby-mp3info/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= tha_walka@hotmail.com
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to access information on mp3 files
+COMMENT= Ruby library to access information on mp3 files
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/audio/rubygem-shout/Makefile b/audio/rubygem-shout/Makefile
index 8ea8fa86b3f0..307ff27c9b1b 100644
--- a/audio/rubygem-shout/Makefile
+++ b/audio/rubygem-shout/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby binding to the libshout library
+COMMENT= Ruby binding to the libshout library
LIB_DEPENDS= libshout.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libshout
diff --git a/audio/sdl2_mixer/Makefile b/audio/sdl2_mixer/Makefile
index e12d94dd0774..16829e31e206 100644
--- a/audio/sdl2_mixer/Makefile
+++ b/audio/sdl2_mixer/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/
DISTNAME= SDL2_mixer-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A sample multi-channel audio mixer library
+COMMENT= Sample multi-channel audio mixer library
LICENSE= ZLIB
diff --git a/audio/sdl_mixer/Makefile b/audio/sdl_mixer/Makefile
index 3712b3697f1d..2f778ec6644c 100644
--- a/audio/sdl_mixer/Makefile
+++ b/audio/sdl_mixer/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/
DISTNAME= SDL_mixer-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A sample multi-channel audio mixer library
+COMMENT= Sample multi-channel audio mixer library
LICENSE= ZLIB
diff --git a/audio/snack/Makefile b/audio/snack/Makefile
index 3e41c7c86b70..ec4c8fec142e 100644
--- a/audio/snack/Makefile
+++ b/audio/snack/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.speech.kth.se/snack/dist/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A sound toolkit for scripting languages
+COMMENT= Sound toolkit for scripting languages
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/unix
diff --git a/audio/sonata/Makefile b/audio/sonata/Makefile
index 47584148f978..911e29b95e7c 100644
--- a/audio/sonata/Makefile
+++ b/audio/sonata/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio python
MASTER_SITES= http://codingteam.net/project/sonata/upload/releases/
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An elegant music player for MPD
+COMMENT= Elegant music player for MPD
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/audio/vitunes/Makefile b/audio/vitunes/Makefile
index bb1912b5392c..c0817eb5f61a 100644
--- a/audio/vitunes/Makefile
+++ b/audio/vitunes/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://vitunes.org/files/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= dhn
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A curses-based media player with vim-like keybinds
+COMMENT= Curses-based media player with vim-like keybinds
RUN_DEPENDS= mplayer:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/mplayer
LIB_DEPENDS= libtag.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/taglib
diff --git a/audio/wavplay/Makefile b/audio/wavplay/Makefile
index 077bcebcc20e..cbedcd181195 100644
--- a/audio/wavplay/Makefile
+++ b/audio/wavplay/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= SUNSITE/apps/sound/players/
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A wav player and recorder
+COMMENT= Wav player and recorder
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=Doesn't work on !i386 and amd64
diff --git a/audio/wmauda/Makefile b/audio/wmauda/Makefile
index cccec1ea6d3c..64c12d36a9a6 100644
--- a/audio/wmauda/Makefile
+++ b/audio/wmauda/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.netswarm.net/misc/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= distfiles
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A port of wmxmms to GTK 2.x and Audacious
+COMMENT= Port of wmxmms to GTK 2.x and Audacious
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/audio/wxguitar/Makefile b/audio/wxguitar/Makefile
index 6c9c1cb40c0e..b076c960c271 100644
--- a/audio/wxguitar/Makefile
+++ b/audio/wxguitar/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GOOGLE_CODE \
http://mirror.amdmi3.ru/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple guitar tuning assistant
+COMMENT= Simple guitar tuning assistant
RUN_DEPENDS= wavplay:${PORTSDIR}/audio/wavplay
diff --git a/audio/ximp3/Makefile b/audio/ximp3/Makefile
index 8781edef774e..3ce8e31fa63a 100644
--- a/audio/ximp3/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ximp3/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= audio
MASTER_SITES= SUNSITE/apps/sound/players/mp3
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple console MP3 player
+COMMENT= Simple console MP3 player
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
PORTDOCS= *
diff --git a/benchmarks/dbench/Makefile b/benchmarks/dbench/Makefile
index 84d23138eacd..72c534e94d6a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/dbench/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/dbench/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SAMBA
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ../../ftp/tridge/dbench
MAINTAINER= jlaffaye@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simulation of the Ziff-Davis netbench benchmark
+COMMENT= Simulation of the Ziff-Davis netbench benchmark
LIB_DEPENDS= libpopt.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/popt
diff --git a/benchmarks/dkftpbench/Makefile b/benchmarks/dkftpbench/Makefile
index d23e5e25efc6..8bf782ae2169 100644
--- a/benchmarks/dkftpbench/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/dkftpbench/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= benchmarks ftp
MASTER_SITES= http://www.kegel.com/dkftpbench/
MAINTAINER= novel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A FTP benchmark program
+COMMENT= FTP benchmark program
PLIST_FILES= bin/dkftpbench
diff --git a/benchmarks/nttcp/Makefile b/benchmarks/nttcp/Makefile
index e57099d800b3..04900fc76ded 100644
--- a/benchmarks/nttcp/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/nttcp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://freeware.sgi.com/source/nttcp/ \
http://reality.sgiweb.org/freeware/source/nttcp/
MAINTAINER= martymac@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A client/server program for testing network performance
+COMMENT= Client/server program for testing network performance
RESTRICTED= No commercial use
diff --git a/benchmarks/polygraph/Makefile b/benchmarks/polygraph/Makefile
index d9462832e0fd..dac7906f28ef 100644
--- a/benchmarks/polygraph/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/polygraph/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-src
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A benchmarking tool for Web proxies
+COMMENT= Benchmarking tool for Web proxies
LICENSE= APACHE20
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/biology/consed/Makefile b/biology/consed/Makefile
index 819eb44bb107..13c88e9c85cf 100644
--- a/biology/consed/Makefile
+++ b/biology/consed/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_linux
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tar.Z
MAINTAINER= mzaki@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp
-COMMENT= A graphical tool for editing Phrap assemblies
+COMMENT= Graphical tool for editing Phrap assemblies
RUN_DEPENDS= phred:${PORTSDIR}/biology/phred \
phrap:${PORTSDIR}/biology/phrap \
diff --git a/biology/emboss/Makefile b/biology/emboss/Makefile
index abf2c8026676..6a8aeb6cab8a 100644
--- a/biology/emboss/Makefile
+++ b/biology/emboss/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME:tu}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= wen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of open source tools for genetic sequence analysis
+COMMENT= Collection of open source tools for genetic sequence analysis
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/biology/mummer/Makefile b/biology/mummer/Makefile
index 4e2e33bb52c4..b6690215df99 100644
--- a/biology/mummer/Makefile
+++ b/biology/mummer/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
DISTNAME= MUMmer${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= sylvio@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A modular system for rapid whole genome alignment
+COMMENT= Modular system for rapid whole genome alignment
USES= gmake
diff --git a/biology/phd2fasta/Makefile b/biology/phd2fasta/Makefile
index 697491b32f99..4ebf29968134 100644
--- a/biology/phd2fasta/Makefile
+++ b/biology/phd2fasta/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= # put the tarball manually
DISTFILES= phd2fasta-acd-dist.tar.Z
MAINTAINER= mzaki@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp
-COMMENT= A converter from output files of Phred/Consed to FASTA files
+COMMENT= Converter from output files of Phred/Consed to FASTA files
RESTRICTED= Redistribution is not permitted in any form. You must request the tarball via e-mail. Free for academic use.
.if defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING)
diff --git a/biology/python-nexus/Makefile b/biology/python-nexus/Makefile
index cd5d5190101b..3cf32922ea01 100644
--- a/biology/python-nexus/Makefile
+++ b/biology/python-nexus/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= biology python
MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
MAINTAINER= wen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A generic nexus file format reader for python
+COMMENT= Generic nexus file format reader for python
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/biology/t_coffee/Makefile b/biology/t_coffee/Makefile
index 91fd1a36f4c5..24f8c0e8e8c2 100644
--- a/biology/t_coffee/Makefile
+++ b/biology/t_coffee/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= Version_${PORTVERSION}${DISTVERSIONSUFFIX}
DISTNAME= T-COFFEE_distribution_Version_${PORTVERSION}${DISTVERSIONSUFFIX}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A multiple DNA or protein sequence alignment package
+COMMENT= Multiple DNA or protein sequence alignment package
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/cad/calculix/Makefile b/cad/calculix/Makefile
index 4facb493c948..308054eb9997 100644
--- a/cad/calculix/Makefile
+++ b/cad/calculix/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ EXTRACT_ONLY+= ${DIST_EXAMPLES}
.endif
MAINTAINER= maho@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Three-Dimensional Structural Finite Element Program
+COMMENT= Three-Dimensional Structural Finite Element Program
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/cad/cascade/Makefile b/cad/cascade/Makefile
index 25b420812e07..a695a1d9abf4 100644
--- a/cad/cascade/Makefile
+++ b/cad/cascade/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= rfcascade/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple tool to analyze noise and distortion of a RF system
+COMMENT= Simple tool to analyze noise and distortion of a RF system
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
PORTDOCS= ex1.gif index.html
diff --git a/cad/cider/Makefile b/cad/cider/Makefile
index aef15c9492ca..d814983f606c 100644
--- a/cad/cider/Makefile
+++ b/cad/cider/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= mita
DISTNAME= cider1b1
MAINTAINER= amakawa@jp.FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A mixed-level circuit and device simulator (includes SPICE3)
+COMMENT= Mixed-level circuit and device simulator (includes SPICE3)
CONFLICTS= spice-[0-9]*
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/sim
diff --git a/cad/fidocadj/Makefile b/cad/fidocadj/Makefile
index 1837739197de..34e77a0ef5ac 100644
--- a/cad/fidocadj/Makefile
+++ b/cad/fidocadj/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${PORTNAME}.jar:src
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An easy to use graphical editor for electronics
+COMMENT= Easy to use graphical editor for electronics
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/cad/gmsh-occ/Makefile b/cad/gmsh-occ/Makefile
index 1981815d9618..cae3f446eae6 100644
--- a/cad/gmsh-occ/Makefile
+++ b/cad/gmsh-occ/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= cad
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -occ
MAINTAINER= thierry@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An automatic 3D finite element mesh generator with OpenCascade support
+COMMENT= Automatic 3D finite element mesh generator with OpenCascade support
MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../../cad/gmsh
diff --git a/cad/gmsh/Makefile b/cad/gmsh/Makefile
index a5b28cc26b71..67e9ac170a0e 100644
--- a/cad/gmsh/Makefile
+++ b/cad/gmsh/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= gmsh
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= stephen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An automatic 3D finite element mesh generator
+COMMENT= Automatic 3D finite element mesh generator
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/cad/gplcver/Makefile b/cad/gplcver/Makefile
index 25537ee337a6..6c25425fe7d9 100644
--- a/cad/gplcver/Makefile
+++ b/cad/gplcver/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:R}${PORTVERSION:E}/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}${PORTVERSION:E}.src
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Verilog HDL simulator
+COMMENT= Verilog HDL simulator
USES= tar:bzip2 gmake
diff --git a/cad/iverilog/Makefile b/cad/iverilog/Makefile
index 3df1153c2968..82094e496e1a 100644
--- a/cad/iverilog/Makefile
+++ b/cad/iverilog/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://icarus.com/pub/eda/verilog/v${PORTVERSION:C,\.[0-9]$,,}/ \
DISTNAME= verilog-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= zeising@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Verilog simulation and synthesis tool
+COMMENT= Verilog simulation and synthesis tool
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/cad/jspice3/Makefile b/cad/jspice3/Makefile
index fb87b9b2bcc7..9c88e576564a 100644
--- a/cad/jspice3/Makefile
+++ b/cad/jspice3/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.wrcad.com/ftp/pub/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-2.5-011109
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An adaptation of the Berkeley Spice3f4 with superconductivity
+COMMENT= Adaptation of the Berkeley Spice3f4 with superconductivity
CONFLICTS= spice-[0-9]*
diff --git a/cad/klayout/Makefile b/cad/klayout/Makefile
index 10c8514f99a0..1e21a4f4e82a 100644
--- a/cad/klayout/Makefile
+++ b/cad/klayout/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= cad
MASTER_SITES= http://178.77.72.242/downloads/
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Qt-based GDS2 Viewer
+COMMENT= Qt-based GDS2 Viewer
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/cad/linux-eagle5/Makefile b/cad/linux-eagle5/Makefile
index 5c5a737685f6..2d28309c3cb8 100644
--- a/cad/linux-eagle5/Makefile
+++ b/cad/linux-eagle5/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= eagle-lin-${EAGLEVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .run
MAINTAINER= riggs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An easy to use, yet powerful tool for designing printed circuit boards
+COMMENT= Easy to use, yet powerful tool for designing printed circuit boards
LICENSE= Eagle
LICENSE_NAME= Eagle End User License Agreement
diff --git a/cad/scotch/Makefile b/cad/scotch/Makefile
index 0c42c0253b91..cb6f1ade0ebe 100644
--- a/cad/scotch/Makefile
+++ b/cad/scotch/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/28978/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= thierry@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A package for graph and mesh partitioning and sparse matrix ordering
+COMMENT= Package for graph and mesh partitioning and sparse matrix ordering
LICENSE= CeCILL_C
LICENSE_NAME= CeCILL-C
diff --git a/cad/spice/Makefile b/cad/spice/Makefile
index 2709ad7548b7..8c07f5832487 100644
--- a/cad/spice/Makefile
+++ b/cad/spice/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= spice
EXTRACT_ONLY= spice3f5${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A general-purpose circuit simulation program
+COMMENT= General-purpose circuit simulation program
LICENSE= BSD
diff --git a/cad/systemc/Makefile b/cad/systemc/Makefile
index 2dcc8ac7d60f..8f3b4a94176a 100644
--- a/cad/systemc/Makefile
+++ b/cad/systemc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= cad devel
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A modeling platform for system-level C++ models
+COMMENT= Modeling platform for system-level C++ models
RESTRICTED= You have to register at http://www.systemc.org/kmembership_info/individual_signup first
diff --git a/cad/transcalc/Makefile b/cad/transcalc/Makefile
index c75c4bc905f8..ec22b8f31cff 100644
--- a/cad/transcalc/Makefile
+++ b/cad/transcalc/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= cad
MASTER_SITES= http://transcalc.sourceforge.net/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A analysis and synthesis tool for RF and microwave transmission lines
+COMMENT= Analysis and synthesis tool for RF and microwave transmission lines
USES= pkgconfig
USE_GNOME= gtk20
diff --git a/chinese/CNS11643-font/Makefile b/chinese/CNS11643-font/Makefile
index ab77f3b0d8fe..0d0e7fb93ba8 100644
--- a/chinese/CNS11643-font/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/CNS11643-font/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES= TW-Kai-98_1.ttf:kai TW-Sung-98_1.ttf:sung
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= lhd@cs.nctu.edu.tw
-COMMENT= A combine of Kai and Sung with CNS11643 TrueType Fonts
+COMMENT= Combine of Kai and Sung with CNS11643 TrueType Fonts
LICENSE= CC_BY-ND_3.0_TW
LICENSE_NAME= Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Taiwan License
diff --git a/chinese/FreeWnn-lib/Makefile b/chinese/FreeWnn-lib/Makefile
index 409bdd1e6c11..41107a9e4d07 100644
--- a/chinese/FreeWnn-lib/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/FreeWnn-lib/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
CATEGORIES= chinese
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -lib
-COMMENT= A Japanese/Chinese/Korean input method (Chinese client libraries)
+COMMENT= Japanese/Chinese/Korean input method (Chinese client libraries)
MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../../japanese/FreeWnn-lib
PKGDIR= ${.CURDIR}
diff --git a/chinese/FreeWnn-server/Makefile b/chinese/FreeWnn-server/Makefile
index 57751962860d..eb059f142a92 100644
--- a/chinese/FreeWnn-server/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/FreeWnn-server/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
CATEGORIES= chinese
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -server
-COMMENT= A Japanese/Chinese/Korean input method (Chinese server)
+COMMENT= Japanese/Chinese/Korean input method (Chinese server)
MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../../japanese/FreeWnn-server
PKGDIR= ${.CURDIR}
diff --git a/chinese/aterm/Makefile b/chinese/aterm/Makefile
index d0ab8383c1bb..9dd1c4fc0157 100644
--- a/chinese/aterm/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/aterm/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= chinese x11
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= gugod@gugod.org
-COMMENT= A color vt102 terminal emulator with transparency support
+COMMENT= Color vt102 terminal emulator with transparency support
USE_XORG= xpm
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/chinese/bitchx/Makefile b/chinese/bitchx/Makefile
index 98aee630293a..8521e7d142b9 100644
--- a/chinese/bitchx/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/bitchx/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 5
CATEGORIES= chinese
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A zh-tw cursor movement friendly, wrapping clean BitchX
+COMMENT= Zh-tw cursor movement friendly, wrapping clean BitchX
MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../../irc/bitchx
EXTRA_PATCHES= ${.CURDIR}/files/patch-source::input.c \
diff --git a/chinese/cless/Makefile b/chinese/cless/Makefile
index f4fb5f601d30..9514c77d1703 100644
--- a/chinese/cless/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/cless/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= chinese
MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.cuhk.hk/pub/chinese/ifcss/software/unix/c-utils/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A better pager utility (and it speaks Chinese)
+COMMENT= Better pager utility (and it speaks Chinese)
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
CFLAGS+= -DHANZI # LDFLAGS=-s datadir=/usr/local/lib/less
diff --git a/chinese/fcitx-cloudpinyin/Makefile b/chinese/fcitx-cloudpinyin/Makefile
index 039b275c6e54..1cf6f126117b 100644
--- a/chinese/fcitx-cloudpinyin/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/fcitx-cloudpinyin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
DIST_SUBDIR= fcitx
MAINTAINER= lichray@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A cloud-based Pinyin module for Fcitx
+COMMENT= Cloud-based Pinyin module for Fcitx
LIB_DEPENDS= libfcitx-config.so:${PORTSDIR}/chinese/fcitx \
libcurl.so:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl
diff --git a/chinese/fcitx-googlepinyin/Makefile b/chinese/fcitx-googlepinyin/Makefile
index 14552637d222..ae3d33063002 100644
--- a/chinese/fcitx-googlepinyin/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/fcitx-googlepinyin/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
DIST_SUBDIR= fcitx
MAINTAINER= lichray@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A libgooglepinyin support for Fcitx
+COMMENT= Libgooglepinyin support for Fcitx
LIB_DEPENDS= libfcitx-config.so:${PORTSDIR}/chinese/fcitx \
libgooglepinyin.so:${PORTSDIR}/chinese/libgooglepinyin
diff --git a/chinese/fcitx-ui-light/Makefile b/chinese/fcitx-ui-light/Makefile
index 15484de97b84..084c6a63c122 100644
--- a/chinese/fcitx-ui-light/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/fcitx-ui-light/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
DIST_SUBDIR= fcitx
MAINTAINER= lichray@gmail.com
-COMMENT= An alternative light weight UI for Fcitx
+COMMENT= Alternative light weight UI for Fcitx
LIB_DEPENDS= libfcitx-config.so:${PORTSDIR}/chinese/fcitx \
libfontconfig.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/fontconfig
diff --git a/chinese/fcitx/Makefile b/chinese/fcitx/Makefile
index 5b515f99bb4c..01a0ac710117 100644
--- a/chinese/fcitx/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/fcitx/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= lichray@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A Flexible Input Method Framework
+COMMENT= Flexible Input Method Framework
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/chinese/gugod-clean/Makefile b/chinese/gugod-clean/Makefile
index 6b39472d71c8..8d5ef440a843 100644
--- a/chinese/gugod-clean/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/gugod-clean/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= chinese x11-fonts
MASTER_SITES= ftp://freebsd.sinica.edu.tw/pub/gugod/
MAINTAINER= gugod@gugod.org
-COMMENT= A pretty font modifyed from X11 schumacher-clean that match kcfonts
+COMMENT= Pretty font modifyed from X11 schumacher-clean that match kcfonts
RUN_DEPENDS= bdftopcf:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/bdftopcf
RUN_DEPENDS= mkfontdir:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/mkfontdir \
diff --git a/chinese/hanzim/Makefile b/chinese/hanzim/Makefile
index 87bcf1726fbd..c3adef3a88d8 100644
--- a/chinese/hanzim/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/hanzim/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= . Old
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= sunrychen@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A Chinese character learning-aid program
+COMMENT= Chinese character learning-aid program
BUILD_DEPENDS+= wish8.4:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/tk84
RUN_DEPENDS+= wish8.4:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/tk84
diff --git a/chinese/hztty/Makefile b/chinese/hztty/Makefile
index 88e9dabfebff..a4b1c48d493e 100644
--- a/chinese/hztty/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/hztty/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= chinese
MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.cuhk.hk/pub/chinese/ifcss/software/unix/convert/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A translator between GuoBiao / Big5 and HZ
+COMMENT= Translator between GuoBiao / Big5 and HZ
ALL_TARGET= bsd
PLIST_FILES= bin/hztty man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1.gz
diff --git a/chinese/irssi/Makefile b/chinese/irssi/Makefile
index 89f147b17afd..2a7566887ada 100644
--- a/chinese/irssi/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/irssi/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 0
CATEGORIES= chinese
MAINTAINER= vanilla@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A zh-tw cursor movement friendly, wrapping clean irssi
+COMMENT= zh-tw cursor movement friendly, wrapping clean irssi
CONFLICTS?= irssi-*
MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../../irc/irssi
diff --git a/chinese/libgooglepinyin/Makefile b/chinese/libgooglepinyin/Makefile
index b3f2acc9c850..302f58523d2b 100644
--- a/chinese/libgooglepinyin/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/libgooglepinyin/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= chinese devel
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
MAINTAINER= lichray@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A fork of Google Pinyin IME on Android
+COMMENT= Fork of Google Pinyin IME on Android
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
USES= tar:bzip2 cmake
diff --git a/chinese/miniChinput/Makefile b/chinese/miniChinput/Makefile
index bb3bc01c8866..0b5eff7242b9 100644
--- a/chinese/miniChinput/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/miniChinput/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= chinese
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTNAME:tl}/0-1-9
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tiny version of Chinput
+COMMENT= Tiny version of Chinput
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
CFLAGS+= -I${LOCALBASE}/include -L${LOCALBASE}/lib
diff --git a/chinese/p5-Lingua-ZH-Wrap/Makefile b/chinese/p5-Lingua-ZH-Wrap/Makefile
index ff0d329476f4..ca9dc52b7958 100644
--- a/chinese/p5-Lingua-ZH-Wrap/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/p5-Lingua-ZH-Wrap/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple Chinese text Wrapper
+COMMENT= Simple Chinese text Wrapper
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/chinese/pine4/Makefile b/chinese/pine4/Makefile
index 3822c8fa3d96..b891d1cbcf8d 100644
--- a/chinese/pine4/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/pine4/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PATCH_SITES= http://people.FreeBSD.org/~avatar/ports/patches/pine/ \
PATCHFILES= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION}.patch.gz
MAINTAINER= avatar@mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw
-COMMENT= A Program for Internet News & Email with Chinese(BIG-5) support
+COMMENT= Program for Internet News & Email with Chinese(BIG-5) support
USE_BZIP2= yes
diff --git a/chinese/ttfm/Makefile b/chinese/ttfm/Makefile
index aa31540ec92d..316c500e81a6 100644
--- a/chinese/ttfm/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/ttfm/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= chinese print
MASTER_SITES= LOCAL/rafan/chinese
MAINTAINER= rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Big5/GB enhanced TrueType Font Manager
+COMMENT= Big5/GB enhanced TrueType Font Manager
RUN_DEPENDS= mkfontdir:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/mkfontdir \
mkfontscale:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/mkfontscale
diff --git a/chinese/xsim/Makefile b/chinese/xsim/Makefile
index f4d37b094b68..5fe489d38439 100644
--- a/chinese/xsim/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/xsim/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.tar.gz \
${PORTNAME}-data-freebsd-gb2312.tar.gz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple and fast GBK Chinese XIM server
+COMMENT= Simple and fast GBK Chinese XIM server
USE_XORG= x11
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/chinese/zhcon/Makefile b/chinese/zhcon/Makefile
index 62d850134c95..d77b2b9d6889 100644
--- a/chinese/zhcon/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/zhcon/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PATCHFILES= ${DISTNAME}-to-${PORTVERSION}.diff.gz
PATCH_DIST_STRIP= -p1
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) virtual console
+COMMENT= Fast CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) virtual console
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/comms/gscmxx/Makefile b/comms/gscmxx/Makefile
index 83f0e6723f38..ca22092bb907 100644
--- a/comms/gscmxx/Makefile
+++ b/comms/gscmxx/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= comms
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= svmohr@rm6.net
-COMMENT= A graphical frontend for scmxx
+COMMENT= Graphical frontend for scmxx
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-Image-Size>=0:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/p5-Image-Size \
p5-Gtk>=0:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/p5-Gtk
diff --git a/comms/ibp/Makefile b/comms/ibp/Makefile
index 03276e15adae..be6e2a030243 100644
--- a/comms/ibp/Makefile
+++ b/comms/ibp/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= db
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= db@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A little program for monitoring amateur radio beacons
+COMMENT= Little program for monitoring amateur radio beacons
USES= imake
USE_XORG= x11
diff --git a/comms/minicom/Makefile b/comms/minicom/Makefile
index 598b7b1c2ed7..56ce1e111e30 100644
--- a/comms/minicom/Makefile
+++ b/comms/minicom/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3977/ \
http://fossies.org/linux/misc/
MAINTAINER= johans@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An MS-DOS Telix serial communication program "workalike"
+COMMENT= MS-DOS Telix serial communication program "workalike"
RUN_DEPENDS= lrz:${PORTSDIR}/comms/lrzsz
diff --git a/comms/p5-SMS-Send-DeviceGsm/Makefile b/comms/p5-SMS-Send-DeviceGsm/Makefile
index d63b88fec1fe..b83adf804c4e 100644
--- a/comms/p5-SMS-Send-DeviceGsm/Makefile
+++ b/comms/p5-SMS-Send-DeviceGsm/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= snowfly@yuntech.edu.tw
-COMMENT= An SMS::Send driver for Device::Gsm
+COMMENT= SMS::Send driver for Device::Gsm
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-SMS-Send>=0.04:${PORTSDIR}/comms/p5-SMS-Send \
p5-Device-Gsm>=1.45:${PORTSDIR}/comms/p5-Device-Gsm
diff --git a/comms/pr/Makefile b/comms/pr/Makefile
index 353e21eadb8c..19fa7611c294 100644
--- a/comms/pr/Makefile
+++ b/comms/pr/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.chelcom.ru/~anton/projects/files/
DISTNAME= pr-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= anton@chelcom.ru
-COMMENT= A daemon that connects local terminal device to a terminal server
+COMMENT= Daemon that connects local terminal device to a terminal server
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/pr
diff --git a/comms/qico/Makefile b/comms/qico/Makefile
index c0c3cb7ab8cb..0efe677e4b7c 100644
--- a/comms/qico/Makefile
+++ b/comms/qico/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-0.49.10-p3
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-0.49.10-p3
MAINTAINER= dsh@vlink.ru
-COMMENT= An FidoNet Technology Network (FTN) compatible mailer for Unix systems
+COMMENT= FidoNet Technology Network (FTN) compatible mailer for Unix systems
USE_BZIP2= yes
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/comms/rubygem-ruby-termios/Makefile b/comms/rubygem-ruby-termios/Makefile
index 3c9579041896..a33640efad14 100644
--- a/comms/rubygem-ruby-termios/Makefile
+++ b/comms/rubygem-ruby-termios/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= comms rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby interface to termios
+COMMENT= Ruby interface to termios
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/converters/fondu/Makefile b/converters/fondu/Makefile
index 6e8ac23e4322..945daa85a27d 100644
--- a/converters/fondu/Makefile
+++ b/converters/fondu/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_src-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= vg@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A series of programs to interconvert between mac fonts
+COMMENT= Series of programs to interconvert between mac fonts
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
diff --git a/converters/fribidi/Makefile b/converters/fribidi/Makefile
index 43ea8f6c7728..9375e013816f 100644
--- a/converters/fribidi/Makefile
+++ b/converters/fribidi/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= converters
MASTER_SITES= http://fribidi.org/download/
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm
+COMMENT= Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm
USES= pathfix gmake
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/converters/p5-PerlIO-via-Unidecode/Makefile b/converters/p5-PerlIO-via-Unidecode/Makefile
index bc7541a900c9..7c4c449f1c2a 100644
--- a/converters/p5-PerlIO-via-Unidecode/Makefile
+++ b/converters/p5-PerlIO-via-Unidecode/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perlio layer for Unidecode
+COMMENT= Perlio layer for Unidecode
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Text-Unidecode>=0:${PORTSDIR}/converters/p5-Text-Unidecode
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-Text-Unidecode>=0:${PORTSDIR}/converters/p5-Text-Unidecode
diff --git a/converters/pecl-fribidi/Makefile b/converters/pecl-fribidi/Makefile
index 566a22d30839..5c783ed12fc5 100644
--- a/converters/pecl-fribidi/Makefile
+++ b/converters/pecl-fribidi/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension for the Unicode Bidi algorithm
+COMMENT= PECL extension for the Unicode Bidi algorithm
LIB_DEPENDS= libfribidi.so:${PORTSDIR}/converters/fribidi
diff --git a/converters/vda2fbd/Makefile b/converters/vda2fbd/Makefile
index 073c00f0abd1..98a2cef83d8d 100644
--- a/converters/vda2fbd/Makefile
+++ b/converters/vda2fbd/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= converters cad
MASTER_SITES= http://www.dhondt.de/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An add-on converter for CalculiX
+COMMENT= Add-on converter for CalculiX
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/src