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-rw-r--r--databases/WWWdb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/buzhug/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/couchdb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/db4o-mono/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/geoserver-mysql-plugin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/godis/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/gosqlite3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/innotop/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/jdbm2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/jrobin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/libodbc++/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/mantis/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/mrtg-mysql-load/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/mysql-q4m/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/mysqlcppapi/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/mytop/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/ocaml-pgocaml/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/p5-DBD-Excel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/p5-Redis-hiredis/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pecl-drizzle/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pecl-handlersocket/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pecl-mdbtools/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pecl-mysqlnd_qc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pgaccess/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pgpool-II-22/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pgpool-II-23/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pgpool-II-30/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/pgpool/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/phpmyadmin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/py-pyPgSQL/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/rdb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/redis-devel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/redis/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/ruby-o_dbm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/rubygem-activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/rubygem-activerecord-mysql-adapter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/rubygem-data_objects/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/rubygem-dm-active_model/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/rubygem-seed-fu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/sqlite-ext-mobigroup/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/sqlitemanager/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/tokyocabinet/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--databases/xapian-core10/Makefile2
44 files changed, 44 insertions, 44 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