Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus

minor COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. Categories D-F. CR: D196 Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
author: Jimmy Olgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.org> 2014-06-10 07:39:01 +0000
committer: Jimmy Olgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.org> 2014-06-10 07:39:01 +0000
commit: 76c7f8fbe69660fe9f9698556a4c6913165ff5be (patch)
tree: 5f5e0016c85dfbeb5214652d98c59047d49c0ae7
parent: 3676fb025db0a88cbb87ef11c996fc9aafc8bd0b (diff)
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388 files changed, 388 insertions, 388 deletions
diff --git a/databases/WWWdb/Makefile b/databases/WWWdb/Makefile
index 641e51d18440..bf5470c72531 100644
--- a/databases/WWWdb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/WWWdb/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases perl5 www
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Perl based generic WWW DB interface / frontend
+COMMENT=	Perl based generic WWW DB interface / frontend
 
 USES=		perl5
 USE_PERL5=	configure
diff --git a/databases/buzhug/Makefile b/databases/buzhug/Makefile
index 21e7289b2263..6a1421426f7a 100644
--- a/databases/buzhug/Makefile
+++ b/databases/buzhug/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	culot@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A pure-Python database engine
+COMMENT=	Pure-Python database engine
 
 USES=		zip
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
diff --git a/databases/couchdb/Makefile b/databases/couchdb/Makefile
index 2339bb6d7877..bdbaa0c1f75b 100644
--- a/databases/couchdb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/couchdb/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	couchdb/source/${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	apache-couchdb-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	adams-ports@ateamsystems.com
-COMMENT=	A document database server, accessible via a RESTful JSON API
+COMMENT=	Document database server, accessible via a RESTful JSON API
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libicudata.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/icu \
 		libmozjs185.so:${PORTSDIR}/lang/spidermonkey185 \
diff --git a/databases/db4o-mono/Makefile b/databases/db4o-mono/Makefile
index 937108af5336..38f35d6e2241 100644
--- a/databases/db4o-mono/Makefile
+++ b/databases/db4o-mono/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${REALVERSION}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	pneumann@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	A database engine for storing object into files
+COMMENT=	Database engine for storing object into files
 
 USES=		mono
 
diff --git a/databases/geoserver-mysql-plugin/Makefile b/databases/geoserver-mysql-plugin/Makefile
index acaa0c62152d..49bfd1bfa16f 100644
--- a/databases/geoserver-mysql-plugin/Makefile
+++ b/databases/geoserver-mysql-plugin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-mysql-plugin
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A MySQL DataStore implementation for GeoServer
+COMMENT=	MySQL DataStore implementation for GeoServer
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/geoserver/start.jar:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/geoserver
 
diff --git a/databases/godis/Makefile b/databases/godis/Makefile
index dd4f61545bc5..a562b32e9a83 100644
--- a/databases/godis/Makefile
+++ b/databases/godis/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/jlaffaye
 
 MAINTAINER=	gblach@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Redis client library written in Go
+COMMENT=	Redis client library written in Go
 
 GO_PKGNAME=	github.com/simonz05/${PORTNAME}
 
diff --git a/databases/gosqlite3/Makefile b/databases/gosqlite3/Makefile
index a988123321df..fd2beca9baf7 100644
--- a/databases/gosqlite3/Makefile
+++ b/databases/gosqlite3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/jlaffaye
 
 MAINTAINER=	lichray@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	A Go interface for SQLite3
+COMMENT=	Go interface for SQLite3
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libsqlite3.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/sqlite3
 
diff --git a/databases/innotop/Makefile b/databases/innotop/Makefile
index feed86c86da0..77b3f4700e2c 100644
--- a/databases/innotop/Makefile
+++ b/databases/innotop/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	GOOGLE_CODE
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A MySQL and InnoDB monitoring program
+COMMENT=	MySQL and InnoDB monitoring program
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/databases/jdbm2/Makefile b/databases/jdbm2/Makefile
index 46be5db47d1e..5bff267123bd 100644
--- a/databases/jdbm2/Makefile
+++ b/databases/jdbm2/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases java
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fast, simple, and transactional Java persistence engine
+COMMENT=	Fast, simple, and transactional Java persistence engine
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
diff --git a/databases/jrobin/Makefile b/databases/jrobin/Makefile
index a7e78ea6c415..8b254b8f3c9c 100644
--- a/databases/jrobin/Makefile
+++ b/databases/jrobin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.jar
 EXTRACT_ONLY=
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A pure Java alternative to RRDTool
+COMMENT=	Pure Java alternative to RRDTool
 
 USE_JAVA=	yes
 JAVA_VERSION=	1.6+
diff --git a/databases/libodbc++/Makefile b/databases/libodbc++/Makefile
index 3b1c04912ee7..28bcffdacae6 100644
--- a/databases/libodbc++/Makefile
+++ b/databases/libodbc++/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases devel
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/libodbcxx/libodbc%2B%2B/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	fjoe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A C++ class library and toolset for ODBC access to data sources
+COMMENT=	C++ class library and toolset for ODBC access to data sources
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/databases/mantis/Makefile b/databases/mantis/Makefile
index b61bf91dff6a..f410e7bb2f1a 100644
--- a/databases/mantis/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mantis/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}bt/${PORTNAME}-stable/${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	mantisbt-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dan@langille.org
-COMMENT=	A bug tracking system written in PHP
+COMMENT=	Bug tracking system written in PHP
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 USE_PSQL=	yes
diff --git a/databases/mrtg-mysql-load/Makefile b/databases/mrtg-mysql-load/Makefile
index a025ca5d7917..93af0134f052 100644
--- a/databases/mrtg-mysql-load/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mrtg-mysql-load/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysql/mrtg-mysql-load/ \
 		http://freebsd.unixfreunde.de/sources/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A MySQL load analysis fetcher for MRTG
+COMMENT=	MySQL load analysis fetcher for MRTG
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	mrtg:${PORTSDIR}/net-mgmt/mrtg
 
diff --git a/databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile b/databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile
index 0ba1c764e164..d36b79ff7bf0 100644
--- a/databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_MYSQL}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	Connector-C++
 
 MAINTAINER=	gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A MySQL database connector for C++
+COMMENT=	MySQL database connector for C++
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/databases/mysql-q4m/Makefile b/databases/mysql-q4m/Makefile
index bc39909a8b29..63564a6c3890 100644
--- a/databases/mysql-q4m/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mysql-q4m/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://q4m.kazuhooku.com/dist/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${_MYSQL_SERVER:T:C/-server$/-/}
 
 MAINTAINER=	knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A message queue that works as a pluggable storage engine of MySQL
+COMMENT=	Message queue that works as a pluggable storage engine of MySQL
 
 FETCH_DEPENDS+=	${NONEXISTENT}:${PORTSDIR}/${_MYSQL_SERVER}:build
 
diff --git a/databases/mysqlcppapi/Makefile b/databases/mysqlcppapi/Makefile
index 897d5edb1522..3602c2cde051 100644
--- a/databases/mysqlcppapi/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mysqlcppapi/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases devel
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}%202/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fork of mysql++ C++ API for MySQL
+COMMENT=	Fork of mysql++ C++ API for MySQL
 
 USE_AUTOTOOLS=	libtool
 USE_MYSQL=	yes
diff --git a/databases/mytop/Makefile b/databases/mytop/Makefile
index c17d26d21d93..6bffb115015c 100644
--- a/databases/mytop/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mytop/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/
 
 MAINTAINER=	matthew@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A top clone for MySQL
+COMMENT=	Top clone for MySQL
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-DBD-mysql>1.0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/p5-DBD-mysql \
 		p5-DBI>=1.13:${PORTSDIR}/databases/p5-DBI \
diff --git a/databases/ocaml-pgocaml/Makefile b/databases/ocaml-pgocaml/Makefile
index 6419326693d0..7f3c06abd8b5 100644
--- a/databases/ocaml-pgocaml/Makefile
+++ b/databases/ocaml-pgocaml/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	ocaml-
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	tcrimi@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	An OCaml interface to PostgreSQL
+COMMENT=	OCaml interface to PostgreSQL
 
 BROKEN=		Fails to build
 
diff --git a/databases/p5-DBD-Excel/Makefile b/databases/p5-DBD-Excel/Makefile
index 6db3464ecf25..ab65d75b939b 100644
--- a/databases/p5-DBD-Excel/Makefile
+++ b/databases/p5-DBD-Excel/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A class for DBI drivers that acts on Excel files
+COMMENT=	Class for DBI drivers that acts on Excel files
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-SQL-Statement>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/p5-SQL-Statement \
 		p5-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel \
diff --git a/databases/p5-Redis-hiredis/Makefile b/databases/p5-Redis-hiredis/Makefile
index 73427c2a6b99..c48b66244bcc 100644
--- a/databases/p5-Redis-hiredis/Makefile
+++ b/databases/p5-Redis-hiredis/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:NEOPHENIX
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	gblach@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Simple wrapper around hiredis C client
+COMMENT=	Simple wrapper around hiredis C client
 
 USES=		perl5
 USE_PERL5=	configure
diff --git a/databases/pecl-drizzle/Makefile b/databases/pecl-drizzle/Makefile
index 97328b458ffb..d5ba41d62274 100644
--- a/databases/pecl-drizzle/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pecl-drizzle/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 DIST_SUBDIR=	PECL
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A PHP wrapper for the libdrizzle library
+COMMENT=	PHP wrapper for the libdrizzle library
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libdrizzle.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/libdrizzle
 
diff --git a/databases/pecl-handlersocket/Makefile b/databases/pecl-handlersocket/Makefile
index 1b5ac95bcfaf..425d2f6db4b5 100644
--- a/databases/pecl-handlersocket/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pecl-handlersocket/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME=	php-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 DISTFILES=	php-handelrsocket-0.3.1${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	jnlin@csie.nctu.edu.tw
-COMMENT=	A PECL extension for HandlerSocket
+COMMENT=	PECL extension for HandlerSocket
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	libhsclient>0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/libhsclient
 
diff --git a/databases/pecl-mdbtools/Makefile b/databases/pecl-mdbtools/Makefile
index 1777ec3bd541..4393301c1b54 100644
--- a/databases/pecl-mdbtools/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pecl-mdbtools/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 DIST_SUBDIR=	PECL
 
 MAINTAINER=	miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A PECL extension for the mdbtools library
+COMMENT=	PECL extension for the mdbtools library
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
diff --git a/databases/pecl-mysqlnd_qc/Makefile b/databases/pecl-mysqlnd_qc/Makefile
index cf7569b3f285..c03ee79ca692 100644
--- a/databases/pecl-mysqlnd_qc/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pecl-mysqlnd_qc/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 DIST_SUBDIR=	PECL
 
 MAINTAINER=	johnpupu@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	A query cache plugin for mysqlnd
+COMMENT=	Query cache plugin for mysqlnd
 
 USE_PHP=	yes
 USE_PHPEXT=	yes
diff --git a/databases/pgaccess/Makefile b/databases/pgaccess/Makefile
index 6e4119529675..7b40a311a664 100644
--- a/databases/pgaccess/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pgaccess/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/./_/g}
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	pgsql@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A powerful GUI PostgreSQL database administration tool and toolkit
+COMMENT=	Powerful GUI PostgreSQL database administration tool and toolkit
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${RUN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/pgtcl/pkgIndex.tcl:${PORTSDIR}/databases/pgtcl
diff --git a/databases/pgpool-II-22/Makefile b/databases/pgpool-II-22/Makefile
index fe309191949c..26db38588094 100644
--- a/databases/pgpool-II-22/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pgpool-II-22/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/2478/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	22
 
 MAINTAINER=	kuriyama@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A connection pool server for PostgreSQL
+COMMENT=	Connection pool server for PostgreSQL
 
 USES=		gmake
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/databases/pgpool-II-23/Makefile b/databases/pgpool-II-23/Makefile
index 66c1f4b63c33..c54c26e59816 100644
--- a/databases/pgpool-II-23/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pgpool-II-23/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/2664/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	23
 
 MAINTAINER=	kuriyama@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A connection pool server for PostgreSQL
+COMMENT=	Connection pool server for PostgreSQL
 
 USES=		gmake
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/databases/pgpool-II-30/Makefile b/databases/pgpool-II-30/Makefile
index d2f3fabf74c0..436794d12210 100644
--- a/databases/pgpool-II-30/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pgpool-II-30/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/3076/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	30
 
 MAINTAINER=	kuriyama@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A connection pool server for PostgreSQL
+COMMENT=	Connection pool server for PostgreSQL
 
 LICENSE=	BSD
 
diff --git a/databases/pgpool/Makefile b/databases/pgpool/Makefile
index 7c8a996c2258..62d735debbb3 100644
--- a/databases/pgpool/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pgpool/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/1446/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A connection pool server for PostgreSQL
+COMMENT=	Connection pool server for PostgreSQL
 
 USES=		gmake
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/databases/phpmyadmin/Makefile b/databases/phpmyadmin/Makefile
index 0b4c0175500f..d793030479d8 100644
--- a/databases/phpmyadmin/Makefile
+++ b/databases/phpmyadmin/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTNAME}/${DISTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}-all-languages
 
 MAINTAINER=	matthew@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A set of PHP-scripts to manage MySQL over the web
+COMMENT=	Set of PHP-scripts to manage MySQL over the web
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
diff --git a/databases/py-pyPgSQL/Makefile b/databases/py-pyPgSQL/Makefile
index 8e9ea0cfc4a8..92e80c5378cc 100644
--- a/databases/py-pyPgSQL/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-pyPgSQL/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	python@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Python DB-API 2 compliant library for using PostgreSQL databases
+COMMENT=	Python DB-API 2 compliant library for using PostgreSQL databases
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${DATETIME_DEP}:${PORTSDIR}/lang/py-mx-base
 
diff --git a/databases/rdb/Makefile b/databases/rdb/Makefile
index c793b11d907c..a76af7d35223 100644
--- a/databases/rdb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rdb/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/unix/databases/flat-file/RDB/
 DISTNAME=	RDB-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fast, portable, relational database management system
+COMMENT=	Fast, portable, relational database management system
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/rdb
 USES=		perl5
diff --git a/databases/redis-devel/Makefile b/databases/redis-devel/Makefile
index aa7c906561e9..ee246cbe035f 100644
--- a/databases/redis-devel/Makefile
+++ b/databases/redis-devel/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME=	${DISTVERSION}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	osa@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A persistent key-value database with built-in net interface
+COMMENT=	Persistent key-value database with built-in net interface
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
diff --git a/databases/redis/Makefile b/databases/redis/Makefile
index 7642e49199f3..33b2c3c82121 100644
--- a/databases/redis/Makefile
+++ b/databases/redis/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.redis.io/releases/
 
 MAINTAINER=	osa@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A persistent key-value database with built-in net interface
+COMMENT=	Persistent key-value database with built-in net interface
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
diff --git a/databases/ruby-o_dbm/Makefile b/databases/ruby-o_dbm/Makefile
index 8eecd8818df1..976e3acc6455 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-o_dbm/Makefile
+++ b/databases/ruby-o_dbm/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 DIST_SUBDIR=	ruby
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An OODB-like DBM module for Ruby
+COMMENT=	OODB-like DBM module for Ruby
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter/Makefile
index ebcd676ee7cc..0ec074826898 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems java
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An ActiveRecord driver for MySQL using JDBC running under JRuby
+COMMENT=	ActiveRecord driver for MySQL using JDBC running under JRuby
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-jdbc-mysql>=5.1.0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rubygem-jdbc-mysql \
 		rubygem-activerecord-jdbc-adapter>=1.2.9:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rubygem-activerecord-jdbc-adapter \
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-activerecord-mysql-adapter/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-activerecord-mysql-adapter/Makefile
index 0504bb97a4b0..43a19b54776d 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-activerecord-mysql-adapter/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-activerecord-mysql-adapter/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An ActiveRecord adapter for MySQL, based on mysql gem
+COMMENT=	ActiveRecord adapter for MySQL, based on mysql gem
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-activerecord>=3.2.9:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rubygem-activerecord \
 		rubygem-activesupport>=3.2.9:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-activesupport \
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-data_objects/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-data_objects/Makefile
index fa86ba0bf65c..7342236e0443 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-data_objects/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-data_objects/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	voldern@hoeggen.net
-COMMENT=	A unified Ruby API for popular databases
+COMMENT=	Unified Ruby API for popular databases
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-addressable>=2.1:${PORTSDIR}/www/rubygem-addressable
 
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-dm-active_model/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-dm-active_model/Makefile
index c3f1d166c5c8..f2f525c02f46 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-dm-active_model/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-dm-active_model/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A dm plugin for active_model compliance and thus rails 3 compatibility
+COMMENT=	DM plugin for active_model compliance and thus rails 3 compatibility
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-activemodel>=3.1.0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rubygem-activemodel \
 		rubygem-dm-core>=1.2.0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rubygem-dm-core
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-seed-fu/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-seed-fu/Makefile
index ca6bed75adae..ad72beffaca6 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-seed-fu/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-seed-fu/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A library to maintain seed datas
+COMMENT=	Library to maintain seed datas
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-activerecord>=3.1:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rubygem-activerecord \
 		rubygem-activesupport>=3.1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-activesupport
diff --git a/databases/sqlite-ext-mobigroup/Makefile b/databases/sqlite-ext-mobigroup/Makefile
index 0c3577107d25..143aa7e42096 100644
--- a/databases/sqlite-ext-mobigroup/Makefile
+++ b/databases/sqlite-ext-mobigroup/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://mobigroup.ru/debian/pool-squeeze/main/s/sqlite3/
 DISTNAME=	sqlite3_${PORTVERSION:R}-mobigroup.${PORTVERSION:E}
 
 MAINTAINER=	pavelivolkov@googlemail.com
-COMMENT=	A mobigroup functions library for SQLite
+COMMENT=	Mobigroup functions library for SQLite
 
 USE_SQLITE=	yes
 
diff --git a/databases/sqlitemanager/Makefile b/databases/sqlitemanager/Makefile
index 09b7cf49018b..074bcc0447e4 100644
--- a/databases/sqlitemanager/Makefile
+++ b/databases/sqlitemanager/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF
 DISTNAME=	SQLiteManager-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	gslin@gslin.org
-COMMENT=	A multilingual web based tool to manage SQLite database
+COMMENT=	Multilingual web based tool to manage SQLite database
 
 DEFAULT_PHP_VER=53
 IGNORE_WITH_PHP=5
diff --git a/databases/tokyocabinet/Makefile b/databases/tokyocabinet/Makefile
index e6f52da0176f..6ee364c3e72b 100644
--- a/databases/tokyocabinet/Makefile
+++ b/databases/tokyocabinet/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL} \
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	kuriyama
 
 MAINTAINER=	kuriyama@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A modern implementation of DBM
+COMMENT=	Modern implementation of DBM
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USES=		gmake
diff --git a/databases/xapian-core10/Makefile b/databases/xapian-core10/Makefile
index 0d7f2b638d20..f96e03691936 100644
--- a/databases/xapian-core10/Makefile
+++ b/databases/xapian-core10/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/${PORTVERSION}/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/10$//}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A probabilistic text search database engine
+COMMENT=	Probabilistic text search database engine
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/deskutils/adesklets/Makefile b/deskutils/adesklets/Makefile
index c89fcdebf97b..2323eb8562b1 100644
--- a/deskutils/adesklets/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/adesklets/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}%20%28core%29/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	novel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An interactive Imlib2 console for the X Window system
+COMMENT=	Interactive Imlib2 console for the X Window system
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	gsed:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/gsed
 
diff --git a/deskutils/alacarte/Makefile b/deskutils/alacarte/Makefile
index d147a528957f..deae22f6a333 100644
--- a/deskutils/alacarte/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/alacarte/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome2
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An editor for the freedesktop.org menu specification
+COMMENT=	Editor for the freedesktop.org menu specification
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	gnomehack gnomeprefix pygnomedesktop intlhack
diff --git a/deskutils/devd-notifier/Makefile b/deskutils/devd-notifier/Makefile
index a88cfecb0126..a8634090f65c 100644
--- a/deskutils/devd-notifier/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/devd-notifier/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	https://cloud.github.com/downloads/funglaub/devd-notifier/\
 		http://roladder.net/~flo/dist/
 
 MAINTAINER=	f.unglaub@googlemail.com
-COMMENT=	A daemon notifying the user about devd(8) events \
+COMMENT=	Daemon notifying the user about devd(8) events \
 		with libnotify
 
 LICENSE=	BSD
diff --git a/deskutils/fengoffice/Makefile b/deskutils/fengoffice/Makefile
index 3b2b18b4da95..e8ac8761d32c 100644
--- a/deskutils/fengoffice/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/fengoffice/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/opengoo/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	acm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An open source web-based collaboration software
+COMMENT=	Open source web-based collaboration software
 
 USES=		zip
 NO_BUILD=	yes
diff --git a/deskutils/fusenshi/Makefile b/deskutils/fusenshi/Makefile
index 25f053b1d635..e4f695f21c9a 100644
--- a/deskutils/fusenshi/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/fusenshi/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.ongs.co.jp/projects/fusenshi/
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	ozawa@ongs.co.jp
-COMMENT=	A Post-it(R) like application with network support
+COMMENT=	Post-it(R) like application with network support
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgtkmm-2.4.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/gtkmm24 \
 		libgtksourceview-1.0.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/gtksourceview
diff --git a/deskutils/gdesklets-starterbar/Makefile b/deskutils/gdesklets-starterbar/Makefile
index 26ec414cc1d6..65981aca3613 100644
--- a/deskutils/gdesklets-starterbar/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gdesklets-starterbar/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	gdesklets-
 DISTNAME=	starterbar-desklet-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An icon bar for GNOME 2.x where you can put starters into
+COMMENT=	Icon bar for GNOME 2.x where you can put starters into
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	gdesklets:${PORTSDIR}/deskutils/gdesklets \
 		${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/xdg/__init__.py:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-xdg
diff --git a/deskutils/gdesklets/Makefile b/deskutils/gdesklets/Makefile
index 4ded6ddab4d5..2294130832ed 100644
--- a/deskutils/gdesklets/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gdesklets/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	GENTOO/distfiles
 DISTNAME=	gDesklets-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A framework for Gnome 2.x for desktop applets
+COMMENT=	Framework for Gnome 2.x for desktop applets
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgtop-2.0.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libgtop
 
diff --git a/deskutils/gnote/Makefile b/deskutils/gnote/Makefile
index bcf76bcbd604..c6d28482bab8 100644
--- a/deskutils/gnote/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gnote/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A port of Tomboy to C++, note taking application
+COMMENT=	Port of Tomboy to C++, note taking application
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/deskutils/gruler/Makefile b/deskutils/gruler/Makefile
index ff2b3467178d..6a171c60f4ef 100644
--- a/deskutils/gruler/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gruler/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://linuxadvocate.org/projects/gruler/downloads/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ps.ports@smyrak.com
-COMMENT=	A simple customizable GTK screen ruler
+COMMENT=	Simple customizable GTK screen ruler
 
 USES=		pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	gnomeprefix gnomehack libgnomeui libglade2
diff --git a/deskutils/gucharmap/Makefile b/deskutils/gucharmap/Makefile
index d190d161e08a..60e0aca4962f 100644
--- a/deskutils/gucharmap/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gucharmap/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome2
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Unicode/ISO10646 character map and font viewer
+COMMENT=	Unicode/ISO10646 character map and font viewer
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	librarian.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/rarian
 
diff --git a/deskutils/jjclient/Makefile b/deskutils/jjclient/Makefile
index 099f21a25e98..f3e8bfc25047 100644
--- a/deskutils/jjclient/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/jjclient/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/justjournal/JustJournal%20UNIX%20Client/${PORTVERSION} \
 
 
 MAINTAINER=	luke@justjournal.com
-COMMENT=	A command line client for posting JustJournal entries
+COMMENT=	Command line client for posting JustJournal entries
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libxmlrpc.so:${PORTSDIR}/net/xmlrpc-c
 
diff --git a/deskutils/ksshaskpass/Makefile b/deskutils/ksshaskpass/Makefile
index 069875f858a0..9b39dbeb7b90 100644
--- a/deskutils/ksshaskpass/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/ksshaskpass/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://kde-apps.org/CONTENT/content-files/
 DISTNAME=	50971-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	swills@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A KDE 4 version of ssh-askpass with KWallet support
+COMMENT=	KDE 4 version of ssh-askpass with KWallet support
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 USES=		cmake
diff --git a/deskutils/ljclive/Makefile b/deskutils/ljclive/Makefile
index f03e82e69a22..7c04943dcea5 100644
--- a/deskutils/ljclive/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/ljclive/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${DISTNAME}
 DISTNAME=	clive-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	johans@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A command line client for posting LiveJournal entries
+COMMENT=	Command line client for posting LiveJournal entries
 
 USES=		iconv
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/deskutils/logjam/Makefile b/deskutils/logjam/Makefile
index 5d79fad15d69..9f16f0bf26ae 100644
--- a/deskutils/logjam/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/logjam/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://andy-shev.github.com/LogJam/download/
 
 MAINTAINER=	novel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A GTK2 interface to livejournals, ie www.livejournal.com
+COMMENT=	GTK2 interface to livejournals, ie www.livejournal.com
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl \
 		libdbus-glib-1.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/dbus-glib
diff --git a/deskutils/moregroupware/Makefile b/deskutils/moregroupware/Makefile
index 7be6517e8a2f..0d99c585d382 100644
--- a/deskutils/moregroupware/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/moregroupware/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-core-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	eksffa@freebsdbrasil.com.br
-COMMENT=	A web based GroupWare system
+COMMENT=	Web based GroupWare system
 
 # php extensions
 USE_PHP=	curl \
diff --git a/deskutils/msynctool/Makefile b/deskutils/msynctool/Makefile
index 7ca68baf9983..045bbac14604 100644
--- a/deskutils/msynctool/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/msynctool/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.opensync.org/download/releases/${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	webmaster@kibab.com
-COMMENT=	A command line client for the OpenSync framework
+COMMENT=	Command line client for the OpenSync framework
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libopensync.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libopensync022
 
diff --git a/deskutils/ontv/Makefile b/deskutils/ontv/Makefile
index 87f8c4416cb0..0a79b75246b8 100644
--- a/deskutils/ontv/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/ontv/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A GNOME Applet for monitoring current and upcoming TV programs
+COMMENT=	GNOME Applet for monitoring current and upcoming TV programs
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/deskutils/openproj/Makefile b/deskutils/openproj/Makefile
index 08e8f96e5a7a..b934512afd93 100644
--- a/deskutils/openproj/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/openproj/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils editors java
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/OpenProj%20Binaries/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A free, open source Project Manager
+COMMENT=	Free, open source Project Manager
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	java:${PORTSDIR}/java/javavmwrapper
 
diff --git a/deskutils/org-mode.el/Makefile b/deskutils/org-mode.el/Makefile
index bf40f05b8850..e9a1af1f5b92 100644
--- a/deskutils/org-mode.el/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/org-mode.el/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
 DISTNAME=	org-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	jhein@symmetricom.com
-COMMENT=	An Emacs mode for notes and project planning
+COMMENT=	Emacs mode for notes and project planning
 
 USES=		gmake
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/org-mode
diff --git a/deskutils/osmo/Makefile b/deskutils/osmo/Makefile
index 09ae70bde529..57d24fda7f9a 100644
--- a/deskutils/osmo/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/osmo/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}-pim/${PORTNAME}-pim/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A personal organizer
+COMMENT=	Personal organizer
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libxml2.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/libxml2 \
 		libnotify.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libnotify \
diff --git a/deskutils/plans/Makefile b/deskutils/plans/Makefile
index f2fb23231720..4b4892d82929 100644
--- a/deskutils/plans/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/plans/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sylvio@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Good Web Calendar
+COMMENT=	Good Web Calendar
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/deskutils/remember.el/Makefile b/deskutils/remember.el/Makefile
index 808e3c28e3f5..6349ff6356e1 100644
--- a/deskutils/remember.el/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/remember.el/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
 DISTNAME=	remember-${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}${DISTVERSIONSUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dryice@dryice.name
-COMMENT=	A Emacs mode for remembering data
+COMMENT=	Emacs mode for remembering data
 
 USE_EMACS=	yes
 USES=		gmake
diff --git a/deskutils/silence/Makefile b/deskutils/silence/Makefile
index 4c1e3bebd3e1..3d466bf28d89 100644
--- a/deskutils/silence/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/silence/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://kde-apps.org/CONTENT/content-files/
 DISTNAME=	124776-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	syncer@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	An information management tool
+COMMENT=	Information management tool
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${KDE4_PREFIX}/lib/kde4/katepart.so:${PORTSDIR}/editors/kate
 
diff --git a/deskutils/tagutils/Makefile b/deskutils/tagutils/Makefile
index b7704b14a6dc..edcfe41558b2 100644
--- a/deskutils/tagutils/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/tagutils/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	deskutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://releases.chipx86.com/leaftag/tagutils/
 
 MAINTAINER=	kaeru@inigo-tech.com
-COMMENT=	A command line tool for tagging files
+COMMENT=	Command line tool for tagging files
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libleaftag.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libleaftag
 
diff --git a/deskutils/xcalendar/Makefile b/deskutils/xcalendar/Makefile
index 47aa14dab420..a4c38f0e9ca1 100644
--- a/deskutils/xcalendar/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/xcalendar/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PORTS_JP}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-4.0+i18n
 
 MAINTAINER=	sarumaru@jp.FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A calendar with a notebook for X11 (internationalized version)
+COMMENT=	Calendar with a notebook for X11 (internationalized version)
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
diff --git a/deskutils/zorro/Makefile b/deskutils/zorro/Makefile
index fb11101b80d7..080bc915d7bb 100644
--- a/deskutils/zorro/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/zorro/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.nuug.no/pub/anders/distfiles/ \
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-1.1p8
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A simple to-do list manager
+COMMENT=	Simple to-do list manager
 
 USES+=		tk:run
 NO_BUILD=	yes
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
diff --git a/dns/ares/Makefile b/dns/ares/Makefile
index 07740ab1317f..eabc518bb1b4 100644
--- a/dns/ares/Makefile
+++ b/dns/ares/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://mirrors.rit.edu/zi/ \
 		ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu/pub/ATHENA/ares/
 
 MAINTAINER=	zi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An asynchronous DNS resolver library
+COMMENT=	Asynchronous DNS resolver library
 
 CONFLICTS=	c-ares-1.* c-ares-config-1.*
 
diff --git a/dns/autotrust/Makefile b/dns/autotrust/Makefile
index 3180e1caa768..28b4cbd6645f 100644
--- a/dns/autotrust/Makefile
+++ b/dns/autotrust/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/autotrust/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jaap@NLnetLabs.nl
-COMMENT=	A tool to automatically update DNSSEC trust anchors
+COMMENT=	Tool to automatically update DNSSEC trust anchors
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libldns.so:${PORTSDIR}/dns/ldns \
 		libunbound.so:${PORTSDIR}/dns/unbound
diff --git a/dns/bindgraph/Makefile b/dns/bindgraph/Makefile
index 8b44f27e963c..e566b8667ca5 100644
--- a/dns/bindgraph/Makefile
+++ b/dns/bindgraph/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.linux.it/~md/software/
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A RRDtool frontend for BIND statistics
+COMMENT=	RRDtool frontend for BIND statistics
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rrdtool>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool	\
 		p5-File-Tail>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-File-Tail
diff --git a/dns/c-ares/Makefile b/dns/c-ares/Makefile
index 6edd5422cfa0..ebbc11cc1b9f 100644
--- a/dns/c-ares/Makefile
+++ b/dns/c-ares/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/ \
 		http://mirrors.rit.edu/zi/
 
 MAINTAINER=	zi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An asynchronous DNS resolver library
+COMMENT=	Asynchronous DNS resolver library
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
diff --git a/dns/checkdns/Makefile b/dns/checkdns/Makefile
index 6ddae317787c..cd994e40bca8 100644
--- a/dns/checkdns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/checkdns/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.enderunix.org/checkdns/ \
 		http://www.trunix.org/projeler/checkdns/
 
 MAINTAINER=	m.tsatsenko@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	A domain name server analysis and reporting tool
+COMMENT=	Domain name server analysis and reporting tool
 
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
diff --git a/dns/credns/Makefile b/dns/credns/Makefile
index cf98b5e1d52e..cfcadab5e628 100644
--- a/dns/credns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/credns/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	dns security
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/credns/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jaap@NLnetLabs.nl
-COMMENT=	A verifier performing validation in the DNS notify/transfer-chain
+COMMENT=	Verifier performing validation in the DNS notify/transfer-chain
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	credns
 
diff --git a/dns/dnrd/Makefile b/dns/dnrd/Makefile
index 346024a0c608..938df244ac2b 100644
--- a/dns/dnrd/Makefile
+++ b/dns/dnrd/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=		dns
 MASTER_SITES=		SF
 
 MAINTAINER=		natanael.copa@gmail.com
-COMMENT=		A proxy DNS daemon
+COMMENT=		Proxy DNS daemon
 
 USES=		gmake
 USE_RC_SUBR=		${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/dns/dnshijacker/Makefile b/dns/dnshijacker/Makefile
index 1768a8026f28..794dd81364aa 100644
--- a/dns/dnshijacker/Makefile
+++ b/dns/dnshijacker/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	dns security
 MASTER_SITES=	http://pedram.redhive.com/downloads/
 
 MAINTAINER=	lx@redundancy.redundancy.org
-COMMENT=	A tool to hijack DNS requests
+COMMENT=	Tool to hijack DNS requests
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LIBNET_CONFIG}:${PORTSDIR}/net/libnet10
 
diff --git a/dns/firedns/Makefile b/dns/firedns/Makefile
index 9c89e34236fe..d8d3ba4091fb 100644
--- a/dns/firedns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/firedns/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.firestuff.org/projects/ \
 		ftp://ftp.wa.apana.org.au/pub/pc/unix/packages/
 
 MAINTAINER=	dean@odyssey.apana.org.au
-COMMENT=	A C library for handling asynchronous DNS queries
+COMMENT=	C library for handling asynchronous DNS queries
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/firestring.h:${PORTSDIR}/misc/firestring
 
diff --git a/dns/ghtool/Makefile b/dns/ghtool/Makefile
index 621dd3d5d6ae..2e063bb2483a 100644
--- a/dns/ghtool/Makefile
+++ b/dns/ghtool/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME=	ghmain.c
 EXTRACT_SUFX=
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A command-line interface to the resolver library
+COMMENT=	Command-line interface to the resolver library
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}
 
diff --git a/dns/ipcheck/Makefile b/dns/ipcheck/Makefile
index d3969dd3da7c..9629ba81e9cc 100644
--- a/dns/ipcheck/Makefile
+++ b/dns/ipcheck/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=
 EXTRACT_ONLY=
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fully compliant DynDNS.org client for UNIX (supports NIC v2.0)
+COMMENT=	Fully compliant DynDNS.org client for UNIX (supports NIC v2.0)
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/dns/mydns-ng/Makefile b/dns/mydns-ng/Makefile
index f6654c681e27..9f3a84508a83 100644
--- a/dns/mydns-ng/Makefile
+++ b/dns/mydns-ng/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/mydns/${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	mydns-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	gaod@hychen.org
-COMMENT=	A Next Generation DNS Server for sql based DNS services
+COMMENT=	Next Generation DNS Server for sql based DNS services
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-confdir=${PREFIX}/etc
diff --git a/dns/openresolv/Makefile b/dns/openresolv/Makefile
index 712d0fa626b4..4eadf05b1272 100644
--- a/dns/openresolv/Makefile
+++ b/dns/openresolv/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://roy.marples.name/downloads/openresolv/ \
 		ftp://roy.marples.name/pub/openresolv/
 
 MAINTAINER=	roy@marples.name
-COMMENT=	A resolvconf compatible framework for managing resolv.conf
+COMMENT=	Resolvconf compatible framework for managing resolv.conf
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 
diff --git a/dns/p5-Net-DRI/Makefile b/dns/p5-Net-DRI/Makefile
index 84b782798fc1..f11ffc072ab9 100644
--- a/dns/p5-Net-DRI/Makefile
+++ b/dns/p5-Net-DRI/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	feld@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Perl library to access Domain Name Registries/Registrars
+COMMENT=	Perl library to access Domain Name Registries/Registrars
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-DateTime>0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-DateTime \
 		p5-DateTime-Format-ISO8601>0.06:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-DateTime-Format-ISO8601 \
diff --git a/dns/p5-POE-Component-Resolver/Makefile b/dns/p5-POE-Component-Resolver/Makefile
index 14906ac0c4d8..0490dbc3a033 100644
--- a/dns/p5-POE-Component-Resolver/Makefile
+++ b/dns/p5-POE-Component-Resolver/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:RCAPUTO
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	jase@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A non-blocking getaddrinfo() resolver
+COMMENT=	Non-blocking getaddrinfo() resolver
 
 LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
diff --git a/dns/poweradmin/Makefile b/dns/poweradmin/Makefile
index ee7c3dda6e2a..0f3d982002e5 100644
--- a/dns/poweradmin/Makefile
+++ b/dns/poweradmin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME} \
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	eg@fbsd.lt
-COMMENT=	A set of PHP-scripts to manage PowerDNS over the web
+COMMENT=	Set of PHP-scripts to manage PowerDNS over the web
 
 USE_PHP=	gettext session mcrypt
 WANT_PHP_WEB=	yes
diff --git a/dns/py-adns/Makefile b/dns/py-adns/Makefile
index 18bde8aadbbb..ffec85b6bb99 100644
--- a/dns/py-adns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/py-adns/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	adns-python-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	m.tsatsenko@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	A Python Interface to adns, the asynchronous DNS library
+COMMENT=	Python Interface to adns, the asynchronous DNS library
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	adns.1:${PORTSDIR}/dns/adns
 
diff --git a/dns/rubygem-dnsruby/Makefile b/dns/rubygem-dnsruby/Makefile
index f9da732a24ad..2179ae2b8e87 100644
--- a/dns/rubygem-dnsruby/Makefile
+++ b/dns/rubygem-dnsruby/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	dns rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A pure Ruby DNS client library
+COMMENT=	Pure Ruby DNS client library
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USE_RUBYGEMS=	yes
diff --git a/dns/rubygem-net-dns/Makefile b/dns/rubygem-net-dns/Makefile
index 4bc93dfc9c37..3240bbc29ce2 100644
--- a/dns/rubygem-net-dns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/rubygem-net-dns/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	dns rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A pure Ruby DNS library
+COMMENT=	Pure Ruby DNS library
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-rcov>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-rcov
 
diff --git a/dns/samba-nsupdate/Makefile b/dns/samba-nsupdate/Makefile
index 767456bf0cfc..75f666e230bf 100644
--- a/dns/samba-nsupdate/Makefile
+++ b/dns/samba-nsupdate/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=		samba-
 DISTNAME=		bind-${ISCVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=		timur@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=		An nsupdate utility with GSS-TSIG support
+COMMENT=		nsupdate utility with GSS-TSIG support
 
 LICENSE=		ISCL
 
diff --git a/dns/sleuth/Makefile b/dns/sleuth/Makefile
index 8a4cb8603bd9..fc2a64dacb3e 100644
--- a/dns/sleuth/Makefile
+++ b/dns/sleuth/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/local/mj/net/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A tool for checking DNS zones
+COMMENT=	Tool for checking DNS zones
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-Net-DNS>=0:${PORTSDIR}/dns/p5-Net-DNS
 
diff --git a/dns/unbound/Makefile b/dns/unbound/Makefile
index 63c0d160ffbd..c6ac1551cee0 100644
--- a/dns/unbound/Makefile
+++ b/dns/unbound/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	http://unbound.net/downloads/
 
 MAINTAINER=	sem@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver
+COMMENT=	Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver
 
 LICENSE=	BSD4CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/editors/apel-emacs21/Makefile b/editors/apel-emacs21/Makefile
index 3d3af84615cd..1532237cea89 100644
--- a/editors/apel-emacs21/Makefile
+++ b/editors/apel-emacs21/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 MAINTAINER=	nobutaka@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Portable Emacs Library for emacs21
+COMMENT=	Portable Emacs Library for emacs21
 
 # This is a slave port.
 PORTCLASS=	slave
diff --git a/editors/apel-emacs22/Makefile b/editors/apel-emacs22/Makefile
index 6898cb63e500..0f7b9a0c5256 100644
--- a/editors/apel-emacs22/Makefile
+++ b/editors/apel-emacs22/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 MAINTAINER=	nobutaka@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Portable Emacs Library for emacs22
+COMMENT=	Portable Emacs Library for emacs22
 
 # This is a slave port.
 PORTCLASS=	slave
diff --git a/editors/bless/Makefile b/editors/bless/Makefile
index e0c855e08230..d48a86a687a9 100644
--- a/editors/bless/Makefile
+++ b/editors/bless/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.gna.org/bless/
 
 MAINTAINER=	mono@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A high quality, full featured hex editor
+COMMENT=	High quality, full featured hex editor
 
 USES=		gmake mono pathfix pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	gnomeprefix gnomedocutils gtksharp20
diff --git a/editors/boiling-egg/Makefile b/editors/boiling-egg/Makefile
index 99fae8e9ce5a..82e1c3c3cdf0 100644
--- a/editors/boiling-egg/Makefile
+++ b/editors/boiling-egg/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	# empty
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	# empty
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A front-end of Egg V4
+COMMENT=	Front-end of Egg V4
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
diff --git a/editors/bpatch/Makefile b/editors/bpatch/Makefile
index a547dc0b4a6f..ec87b6d4275b 100644
--- a/editors/bpatch/Makefile
+++ b/editors/bpatch/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.interface-business.de/pub/outgoing/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	joerg@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A hex editor that doesn't load the whole file at once
+COMMENT=	Hex editor that doesn't load the whole file at once
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=   yes
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/bpatch \
diff --git a/editors/bvi/Makefile b/editors/bvi/Makefile
index 104a368f6b81..17313b8dcc3d 100644
--- a/editors/bvi/Makefile
+++ b/editors/bvi/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.src.tar.gz
 
 MAINTAINER=	vd@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A vi-like binary file (hex)editor
+COMMENT=	Vi-like binary file (hex)editor
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--datadir=${DATADIR}
diff --git a/editors/codelite/Makefile b/editors/codelite/Makefile
index be1f536a0b0a..3abee1067fd2 100644
--- a/editors/codelite/Makefile
+++ b/editors/codelite/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DISTVERSION=	6.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	editors devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An Open Source IDE for C/C++
+COMMENT=	Open Source IDE for C/C++
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/editors/drjava/Makefile b/editors/drjava/Makefile
index 4e4d75db8ecc..685f3e2cfd15 100644
--- a/editors/drjava/Makefile
+++ b/editors/drjava/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.jar
 EXTRACT_ONLY=
 
 MAINTAINER=	nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A lightweight IDE for writing Java programs
+COMMENT=	Lightweight IDE for writing Java programs
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 USE_JAVA=	yes
diff --git a/editors/e3/Makefile b/editors/e3/Makefile
index 87ec613e8cf4..ff7eee829f95 100644
--- a/editors/e3/Makefile
+++ b/editors/e3/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://sites.google.com/site/e3editor/Home/
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	joseph@randomnetworks.com
-COMMENT=	A full featured text editor written in assembler
+COMMENT=	Full featured text editor written in assembler
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	nasm:${PORTSDIR}/devel/nasm
 
diff --git a/editors/edith/Makefile b/editors/edith/Makefile
index 635dc0264ee1..a4e03d3a90cd 100644
--- a/editors/edith/Makefile
+++ b/editors/edith/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES=	edith1.55.common.tar.gz \
 		edith1.58.linux-glibc.tar.gz
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A X11 GUI editor for binary and plain text files
+COMMENT=	X11 GUI editor for binary and plain text files
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	i386 amd64
 USE_LINUX=	yes
diff --git a/editors/fte/Makefile b/editors/fte/Makefile
index 20abb125a768..38cd07bd96f9 100644
--- a/editors/fte/Makefile
+++ b/editors/fte/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES=		${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/./b/}-src.zip \
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=		acm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=		A full-featured text editor for X11
+COMMENT=	Full-featured text editor for X11
 
 WRKSRC=			${WRKDIR}/fte
 
diff --git a/editors/fxite/Makefile b/editors/fxite/Makefile
index af4e1024b0f1..1c7ee256cff2 100644
--- a/editors/fxite/Makefile
+++ b/editors/fxite/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	editors
 
 MAINTAINER=	gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An advanced cross-platform text editor
+COMMENT=	Advanced cross-platform text editor
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	#
 
diff --git a/editors/gate/Makefile b/editors/gate/Makefile
index 899abbf1a807..b7c9e6751f95 100644
--- a/editors/gate/Makefile
+++ b/editors/gate/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.unixpapa.com/software/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A simple and unobtrusive line-oriented text editor
+COMMENT=	Simple and unobtrusive line-oriented text editor
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	aspell:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/aspell
 RUN_DEPENDS=	aspell:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/aspell
diff --git a/editors/gmanedit/Makefile b/editors/gmanedit/Makefile
index a800f7e5e9f3..a2bc5530a547 100644
--- a/editors/gmanedit/Makefile
+++ b/editors/gmanedit/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	editors gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}2/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A GNOME manpages editor
+COMMENT=	GNOME manpages editor
 
 USES=		pathfix gettext gmake pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	gtk20
diff --git a/editors/gnuserv/Makefile b/editors/gnuserv/Makefile
index 3ab46af23549..91716be0f043 100644
--- a/editors/gnuserv/Makefile
+++ b/editors/gnuserv/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/src/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A standalone release of gnuserv for GNU Emacs
+COMMENT=	Standalone release of gnuserv for GNU Emacs
 
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/editors/gobby/Makefile b/editors/gobby/Makefile
index 22aa38f662cb..c549adf8b4e9 100644
--- a/editors/gobby/Makefile
+++ b/editors/gobby/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://releases.0x539.de/gobby/ \
 		LOCAL/${MAINTAINER:C/([^@]*)@.*/\1/}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sbz@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A free collaborative editor
+COMMENT=	Free collaborative editor
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/editors/hexcurse/Makefile b/editors/hexcurse/Makefile
index d08794c10447..035f0c168082 100644
--- a/editors/hexcurse/Makefile
+++ b/editors/hexcurse/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	DEBIAN
 DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}.orig
 
 MAINTAINER=	jadawin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A versatile ncurses-based hex editor
+COMMENT=	Versatile ncurses-based hex editor
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
diff --git a/editors/hte/Makefile b/editors/hte/Makefile
index 1206e6eb23fd..98cf5a5c1979 100644
--- a/editors/hte/Makefile
+++ b/editors/hte/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/ht-source
 DISTNAME=	ht-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mva@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A file editor/viewer/analyzer for executables
+COMMENT=	File editor/viewer/analyzer for executables
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/editors/jed/Makefile b/editors/jed/Makefile
index cb299e42cba4..0ce9bb36af67 100644
--- a/editors/jed/Makefile
+++ b/editors/jed/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/jed/v${PORTVERSION:R}/ \
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}-${PORTVERSION:E}
 
 MAINTAINER=	garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A SLang-based text editor
+COMMENT=	SLang-based text editor
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/editors/mg/Makefile b/editors/mg/Makefile
index ae68f0073a87..748fc60df11f 100644
--- a/editors/mg/Makefile
+++ b/editors/mg/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=	http://homepage.boetes.org/software/mg/
 
 MAINTAINER=	darcsis@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	A small, fast Emacs-like editor
+COMMENT=	Small, fast Emacs-like editor
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/mg man/man1/mg.1.gz
 PORTDOCS=	README tutorial
diff --git a/editors/nxml/Makefile b/editors/nxml/Makefile
index 7066c5cdd5a6..fd3ac5256cde 100644
--- a/editors/nxml/Makefile
+++ b/editors/nxml/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.thaiopensource.com/download/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A major mode for editing XML documents for ${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
+COMMENT=	Major mode for editing XML documents for ${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
 
 USE_EMACS=	yes
 
diff --git a/editors/treeform/Makefile b/editors/treeform/Makefile
index 1096c5ef03a8..1ec6065f66fa 100644
--- a/editors/treeform/Makefile
+++ b/editors/treeform/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/TreeForm%20Unified/TreeForm%20${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	TreeForm_1_0_3
 
 MAINTAINER=	buganini@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	A Linguistic Syntax/Semantics tree drawing editor
+COMMENT=	Linguistic Syntax/Semantics tree drawing editor
 
 USES=		zip
 NO_BUILD=	yes
diff --git a/editors/tweak/Makefile b/editors/tweak/Makefile
index 4a2abc3a35de..dc8207e6d505 100644
--- a/editors/tweak/Makefile
+++ b/editors/tweak/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/${PORTNAME}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An efficient hex editor
+COMMENT=	Efficient hex editor
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/tweak \
 		man/man1/tweak.1.gz
diff --git a/editors/winefish/Makefile b/editors/winefish/Makefile
index 6c663291646a..2628d80c09cf 100644
--- a/editors/winefish/Makefile
+++ b/editors/winefish/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://download.berlios.de/winefish/ \
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A LaTeX editor based on BlueFish
+COMMENT=	LaTeX editor based on BlueFish
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	aspell.16:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/aspell \
 		pcre.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
diff --git a/editors/wordgrinder/Makefile b/editors/wordgrinder/Makefile
index 1857024cff3c..7255ceeac6b8 100644
--- a/editors/wordgrinder/Makefile
+++ b/editors/wordgrinder/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	vmagerya@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	A simple Unicode-aware console-based word processor
+COMMENT=	Simple Unicode-aware console-based word processor
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
diff --git a/editors/xcoral/Makefile b/editors/xcoral/Makefile
index bfb6a16c528f..6952ac2f8fac 100644
--- a/editors/xcoral/Makefile
+++ b/editors/xcoral/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=	http://xcoral.free.fr/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A multiwindow mouse-based text editor for X
+COMMENT=	Multiwindow mouse-based text editor for X
 
 USE_XORG=	x11
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/emulators/bsvc/Makefile b/emulators/bsvc/Makefile
index dc07f39210e4..567512512094 100644
--- a/emulators/bsvc/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/bsvc/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	system/emulators
 DISTFILES=	${DISTNAME}-src${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An extensible hardware simulation framework with MC68K support
+COMMENT=	Extensible hardware simulation framework with MC68K support
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/src
 MAKE_ENV=	PROJECT_BASE=${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} WRKSRC=${WRKSRC} WISH=${WISH}
diff --git a/emulators/m2000/Makefile b/emulators/m2000/Makefile
index 6a220ecdb6ea..06cc9c3fa491 100644
--- a/emulators/m2000/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/m2000/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR=	m2000
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${PORTNAME:tu}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	edwin@mavetju.org
-COMMENT=	A portable emulator for the Philips P2000 home computer
+COMMENT=	Portable emulator for the Philips P2000 home computer
 
 EXTRACT_DEPENDS=${UNZIP_CMD}:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/unzip
 
diff --git a/emulators/mtools/Makefile b/emulators/mtools/Makefile
index e3d7f0ed067f..2cdee6855bf7 100644
--- a/emulators/mtools/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/mtools/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	mtools
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A collection of tools for manipulating MS-DOS files
+COMMENT=	Collection of tools for manipulating MS-DOS files
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
diff --git a/emulators/mupen64plus/Makefile b/emulators/mupen64plus/Makefile
index 2f553263593f..bba613752426 100644
--- a/emulators/mupen64plus/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/mupen64plus/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTFILES=	# empty
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	# empty
 
 MAINTAINER?=	acm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fork of Mupen64 Nintendo 64 emulator with plugins (meta port)
+COMMENT=	Fork of Mupen64 Nintendo 64 emulator with plugins (meta port)
 
 # Mupen64 Emulator core and ui-console
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libmupen64plus.so.2:${PORTSDIR}/emulators/mupen64plus-core
diff --git a/emulators/o2em/Makefile b/emulators/o2em/Makefile
index 0e39affcb31d..02734e3afd2d 100644
--- a/emulators/o2em/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/o2em/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES=		o2em117src.zip:1 \
 			o2mainsamp.zip:2
 
 MAINTAINER=		techgunter@yahoo.com
-COMMENT=		An Odyssey2 / Videopac console emulator
+COMMENT=	Odyssey2 / Videopac console emulator
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=		alleg:${PORTSDIR}/devel/allegro
 
diff --git a/emulators/pcemu/Makefile b/emulators/pcemu/Makefile
index a117fe606b30..2dd2565bfa67 100644
--- a/emulators/pcemu/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/pcemu/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ MASTER_SITES+=	ftp://ftp.cs.bris.ac.uk/pub/users/hedley/
 DISTNAME=	pcemu1.01alpha
 
 MAINTAINER=	joerg@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An 8086 PC emulator, by David Hedley
+COMMENT=	8086 PC emulator, by David Hedley
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bdftopcf:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/bdftopcf
 RUN_DEPENDS=	mkfontdir:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/mkfontdir \
diff --git a/emulators/skyeye/Makefile b/emulators/skyeye/Makefile
index c20d4cb2743b..4dcf5c80e21d 100644
--- a/emulators/skyeye/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/skyeye/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	emulators
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.gro.clinux.org/skyeye/
 
 MAINTAINER=	iamayan@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	An environment simulates typical ARM-base embedded computer systems
+COMMENT=	Environment simulates typical ARM-base embedded computer systems
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libiberty.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/gnulibiberty \
 		${LOCALBASE}/lib/libbfd.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libbfd
diff --git a/emulators/stella/Makefile b/emulators/stella/Makefile
index 01b72c8e4c39..131c57a778c3 100644
--- a/emulators/stella/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/stella/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-src
 
 MAINTAINER=	acm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator
+COMMENT=	Multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	png15:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/png
 
diff --git a/emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy/Makefile b/emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy/Makefile
index 7b8b37c59e4a..d419cbf3652d 100644
--- a/emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DISTFILES=	VirtualBox-${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${GADISTFILES}
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	VirtualBox-${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	vbox@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
+COMMENT=	General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/emulators/virtualbox-ose/Makefile b/emulators/virtualbox-ose/Makefile
index 360e126d4183..527162175c50 100644
--- a/emulators/virtualbox-ose/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/virtualbox-ose/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DISTFILES=	VirtualBox-${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${GADISTFILES}
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	VirtualBox-${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	vbox@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
+COMMENT=	General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/finance/ledgersmb/Makefile b/finance/ledgersmb/Makefile
index 2ee04381db2f..5ddc285d484b 100644
--- a/finance/ledgersmb/Makefile
+++ b/finance/ledgersmb/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	finance perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/ledgersmb/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A double entry accounting system
+COMMENT=	Double entry accounting system
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-DBD-Pg>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/p5-DBD-Pg
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/finance/ledgersmb12/Makefile b/finance/ledgersmb12/Makefile
index 10d8b84f8602..8621692140dd 100644
--- a/finance/ledgersmb12/Makefile
+++ b/finance/ledgersmb12/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	finance perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/ledger-smb/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A double entry accounting system
+COMMENT=	Double entry accounting system
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-DBD-Pg>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/p5-DBD-Pg \
 		p5-MIME-Lite>=0:${PORTSDIR}/mail/p5-MIME-Lite \
diff --git a/finance/libstocks/Makefile b/finance/libstocks/Makefile
index 574408c925b9..59a1194251ea 100644
--- a/finance/libstocks/Makefile
+++ b/finance/libstocks/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	finance devel
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	mi@aldan.algebra.com
-COMMENT=	A C library which can be used to fetch stocks quotes
+COMMENT=	C library which can be used to fetch stocks quotes
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 REINPLACE_ARGS=	-i ""
diff --git a/finance/myphpmoney/Makefile b/finance/myphpmoney/Makefile
index efa111f0f280..895694063829 100644
--- a/finance/myphpmoney/Makefile
+++ b/finance/myphpmoney/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=		SF/${PORTNAME}/MyPhpMoney/1.3RC3
 DISTNAME=		${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/.r/RC/}
 
 MAINTAINER=		courou@users.sourceforge.net
-COMMENT=		A PHP script for managing your accounts
+COMMENT=		PHP script for managing your accounts
 
 WEBOWN?=		www
 WEBGRP?=		www
diff --git a/finance/weberp/Makefile b/finance/weberp/Makefile
index 7da3bcb561ef..66dbd3d4c941 100644
--- a/finance/weberp/Makefile
+++ b/finance/weberp/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/web-erp/
 DISTNAME=	webERP${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An Open-Source Web-Based ERP System
+COMMENT=	Open-Source Web-Based ERP System
 
 PORTSCOUT=	skipv:3.12
 
diff --git a/french/homard/Makefile b/french/homard/Makefile
index fdcf25f85fd0..090463f0439d 100644
--- a/french/homard/Makefile
+++ b/french/homard/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DISTVERSION=	10.6-3
 CATEGORIES=	french cad linux
 
 MAINTAINER=	thierry@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A refinement and de-refinement mesh tool
+COMMENT=	Refinement and de-refinement mesh tool
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/aster/${VER}/bin/aster:${PORTSDIR}/french/aster
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/aster/${VER}/bin/aster:${PORTSDIR}/french/aster
diff --git a/ftp/ftpmirror/Makefile b/ftp/ftpmirror/Makefile
index f16411f1867d..1b947c43d3a9 100644
--- a/ftp/ftpmirror/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/ftpmirror/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	ftp ipv6
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/unix/FTP/mirror/
 
 MAINTAINER=	garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An utility to mirror directory hierarchy with FTP
+COMMENT=	Utility to mirror directory hierarchy with FTP
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
diff --git a/ftp/ocaml-ocurl/Makefile b/ftp/ocaml-ocurl/Makefile
index 85796207f1dc..950b92622f1f 100644
--- a/ftp/ocaml-ocurl/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/ocaml-ocurl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	ocaml-
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	johans@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An interface for OCaml to the curl lib
+COMMENT=	Interface for OCaml to the curl lib
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	ocamlc:${PORTSDIR}/lang/ocaml \
 		ocamlfind:${PORTSDIR}/devel/ocaml-findlib
diff --git a/ftp/phpwebftp/Makefile b/ftp/phpwebftp/Makefile
index 0c635f69d332..a53e5413dff4 100644
--- a/ftp/phpwebftp/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/phpwebftp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/OldFiles
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:S/.//}
 
 MAINTAINER=	acm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A set of PHP-scripts to manage FTP over the web
+COMMENT=	Set of PHP-scripts to manage FTP over the web
 
 USES=		zip
 NO_BUILD=	yes
diff --git a/ftp/puf/Makefile b/ftp/puf/Makefile
index 00defe64a056..37d0d8a5241e 100644
--- a/ftp/puf/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/puf/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	ftp www
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	jharris@widomaker.com
-COMMENT=	A parallel HTTP downloader similar to wget
+COMMENT=	Parallel HTTP downloader similar to wget
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
diff --git a/ftp/uftp/Makefile b/ftp/uftp/Makefile
index a37a76c0e776..f7f43ec3c062 100644
--- a/ftp/uftp/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/uftp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net/downloads/
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tar
 
 MAINTAINER=	demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A multicast capable FTP client and server
+COMMENT=	Multicast capable FTP client and server
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
diff --git a/ftp/vsftpd/Makefile b/ftp/vsftpd/Makefile
index e64f9f09b939..021434f5c9eb 100644
--- a/ftp/vsftpd/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/vsftpd/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	distfiles
 PKGNAMESUFFIX?=	${SSL_SUFFIX}${PKGNAMESUFFIX2}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A FTP daemon that aims to be "very secure"
+COMMENT=	FTP daemon that aims to be "very secure"
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
author	Jimmy Olgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.org>	2014-06-10 07:39:01 +0000
committer	Jimmy Olgeni <olgeni@FreeBSD.org>	2014-06-10 07:39:01 +0000
commit	76c7f8fbe69660fe9f9698556a4c6913165ff5be (patch)
tree	5f5e0016c85dfbeb5214652d98c59047d49c0ae7
parent	3676fb025db0a88cbb87ef11c996fc9aafc8bd0b (diff)
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