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authorAlex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>2015-07-17 15:16:07 +0300
committerAlex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>2015-07-18 13:05:01 +0300
commite881752c39d455a249731a4e81e64d86f50afc34 (patch)
tree8b5828ae26f2e92cd696ed9cba3a7984ccb54c89 /gnu/packages/perl.scm
parent7c125ce02384cff462a3ed84ac77153921e1c2a5 (diff)
gnu packages: Clean up synopses and descriptions.
* gnu/packages/admin.scm, gnu/packages/algebra.scm, gnu/packages/audio.scm, gnu/packages/backup.scm, gnu/packages/base.scm, gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm, gnu/packages/code.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/databases.scm, gnu/packages/enchant.scm, gnu/packages/firmware.scm, gnu/packages/fonts.scm, gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm, gnu/packages/gd.scm, gnu/packages/gl.scm, gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gsasl.scm, gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm, gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile.scm, gnu/packages/haskell.scm, gnu/packages/language.scm, gnu/packages/lesstif.scm, gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm, gnu/packages/llvm.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm, gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm, gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm, gnu/packages/mp3.scm, gnu/packages/ncdu.scm, gnu/packages/networking.scm, gnu/packages/ntp.scm, gnu/packages/ocaml.scm, gnu/packages/openbox.scm, gnu/packages/pdf.scm, gnu/packages/perl.scm, gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm, gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm, gnu/packages/python.scm, gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm, gnu/packages/rdf.scm, gnu/packages/ruby.scm, gnu/packages/slang.scm, gnu/packages/slim.scm, gnu/packages/telephony.scm, gnu/packages/tls.scm, gnu/packages/tmux.scm, gnu/packages/tre.scm, gnu/packages/unrtf.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm, gnu/packages/vpn.scm, gnu/packages/web.scm, gnu/packages/wget.scm, gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm, gnu/packages/xfce.scm, gnu/packages/xiph.scm: Fix typos. Trim long lines. Add missing periods in the end of sentences. Use double spaces between sentences. Remove trailing whitespaces.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/perl.scm')
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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 3d28455405..900d25498c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ configuration files and parsing command line arguments.")
(package
(name "perl-archive-zip")
(version "1.30")
- (source
+ (source
(origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append
- "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/Archive-Zip-"
+ "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/Archive-Zip-"
version ".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ the Class::C3 method resolution order.")
(description "Class::Data::Inheritable is for creating accessor/mutators
to class data. That is, if you want to store something about your class as a
whole (instead of about a single object). This data is then inherited by your
-subclasses and can be overriden.")
+subclasses and can be overridden.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-class-date
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ names, not Class::Name. For that, this module provides \"load_class
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Load-XS")
(synopsis "XS implementation of parts of Class::Load")
(description "This module provides an XS implementation for portions of
-Class::Load")
+Class::Load.")
(license artistic2.0)))
(define-public perl-class-methodmaker
@@ -758,11 +758,11 @@ write accessor methods for your objects that perform standard tasks.")
("perl-test-requires" ,perl-test-requires)))
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Method-Modifiers")
(synopsis "Moose-like method modifiers")
- (description "Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: before,
-around, and after. before and after are run just before and after the method
-they modify, but can not really affect that original method. around is run in
-place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that original
-method.")
+ (description "Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: 'before',
+'around', and 'after'. 'before' and 'after' are run just before and after the
+method they modify, but can not really affect that original method. 'around'
+is run in place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that
+original method.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-class-singleton
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ method.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Singleton")
(synopsis "Implementation of a singleton class for Perl")
(description "This module implements a Singleton class from which other
-classes can be derived. By itself, the Class::Singleton module does very
+classes can be derived. By itself, the Class::Singleton module does very
little other than manage the instantiation of a single object.")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ versa.")
to generate random passwords, constructed from words, letters, or characters.
This code is a Perl implementation of the Automated Password Generator
standard, like the program described in \"A Random Word Generator For
-Pronounceable Passwords\". This code is a re-engineering of the program
+Pronounceable Passwords\". This code is a re-engineering of the program
contained in Appendix A of FIPS Publication 181, \"Standard for Automated
Password Generator\".")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ necessary later on.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Tumbler")
(synopsis "Dynamic generation of nested combinations of variants")
(description "Data::Tumbler - Dynamic generation of nested combinations of
-variants")
+variants.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-data-visitor
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ or \"every day\". You can also create more complicated recurrences, such as
("perl-datetime-format-strptime" ,perl-datetime-format-strptime)
("perl-params-validate" ,perl-params-validate)))
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime-Format-Builder")
- (synopsis "Create DateTime parser classes and objects.")
+ (synopsis "Create DateTime parser classes and objects")
(description "DateTime::Format::Builder creates DateTime parsers. Many
string formats of dates and times are simple and just require a basic regular
expression to extract the relevant information. Builder provides a simple way
@@ -1868,8 +1868,8 @@ modules separately and deal with them after the module is done installing.")
(build-system perl-build-system)
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Error")
(synopsis "OO-ish Error/Exception handling for Perl")
- (description "The Error package provides two interfaces. Firstly Error
-provides a procedural interface to exception handling. Secondly Error is a
+ (description "The Error package provides two interfaces. Firstly Error
+provides a procedural interface to exception handling. Secondly Error is a
base class for errors/exceptions that can either be thrown, for subsequent
catch, or can simply be recorded.")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ in various parts of the CPAN ecosystem.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-HomeDir")
(synopsis "Find your home and other directories on any platform")
(description "File::HomeDir is a module for locating the directories that
-are \"owned\" by a user (typicaly your user) and to solve the various issues
+are \"owned\" by a user (typically your user) and to solve the various issues
that arise trying to find them consistently across a wide variety of
platforms.")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ matching a regular expression.")
(description "File::Remove::remove removes files and directories. It acts
like /bin/rm, for the most part. Although \"unlink\" can be given a list of
files, it will not remove directories; this module remedies that. It also
-accepts wildcards, * and ?, as arguments for filenames.")
+accepts wildcards, * and ?, as arguments for file names.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-file-sharedir
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ allows you to locate these files after installation.")
(synopsis "Reading/Writing/Modifying of complete files")
(description "File::Slurp provides subroutines to read or write entire
files with a simple call. It also has a subroutine for reading the list of
-filenames in a directory.")
+file names in a directory.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-file-temp
@@ -2463,7 +2463,7 @@ inc directory within a distribution and are used by Makefile.PL or Build.PL.")
(synopsis "Utilities for interactive I/O")
(description "This module provides three utility subroutines that make it
easier to develop interactive applications: is_interactive(), interactive(),
-and busy()")
+and busy().")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-io-string
@@ -2548,10 +2548,10 @@ pseudo ttys.")
;; it, so disable it.
(delete-file "t/win32_compile.t"))))))
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-Run")
- (synopsis "system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys")
+ (synopsis "Run system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys")
(description "IPC::Run allows you run and interact with child processes
-using files, pipes, and pseudo-ttys. Both system()-style and scripted usages
-are supported and may be mixed. Likewise, functional and OO API styles are
+using files, pipes, and pseudo-ttys. Both system()-style and scripted usages
+are supported and may be mixed. Likewise, functional and OO API styles are
both supported and may be mixed.")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ both supported and may be mixed.")
(base32
"0r9m8q78bg7yycpixd7738jm40yz71p2q7inm766kzsw3g6c709x"))))
(build-system perl-build-system)
- (synopsis "Run a subprocess with input/ouput redirection")
+ (synopsis "Run a subprocess with input/output redirection")
(description
"The IPC::Run3 module allows you to run a subprocess and redirect stdin,
stdout, and/or stderr to files and perl data structures. It aims to satisfy
@@ -3391,8 +3391,8 @@ accessor, while set methods are prefixed with \"_set_\".")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-StrictConstructor")
(synopsis "Strict object constructors for Moose")
(description "Simply loading this module makes your constructors
-\"strict\". If your constructor is called with an attribute init argument that
-your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error(). ")
+\"strict\". If your constructor is called with an attribute init argument
+that your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error().")
(license artistic2.0)))
(define-public perl-moosex-traits-pluggable
@@ -3420,7 +3420,7 @@ your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error(). ")
"http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-Traits-Pluggable")
(synopsis "Trait loading and resolution for Moose")
(description "Adds support on top of MooseX::Traits for class precedence
-search for traits and some extra attributes")
+search for traits and some extra attributes.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-moosex-types
@@ -4144,7 +4144,7 @@ of Perl objects without duplicates for scalars and references.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Set-Scalar")
(synopsis "Set operations for Perl")
(description "The first priority of Set::Scalar is to be a convenient
-interface to sets (as in: unordered colletions of Perl scalars.) While not
+interface to sets (as in: unordered collections of Perl scalars). While not
designed to be slow or big, neither has it been designed to be fast or
compact.")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -4249,7 +4249,7 @@ CamelCase and back again.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-RewritePrefix")
(synopsis "Rewrite strings based on a set of known prefixes")
(description "This module allows you to rewrite strings based on a set of
-known pprefixes.")
+known prefixes.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-sub-exporter
@@ -4581,7 +4581,7 @@ stuff has been done, and maybe an estimate at how long remains.")
(synopsis "Progress meter if run interactively")
(description "Term::ProgressBar is a wonderful module for showing progress
bars on the terminal. This module acts very much like that module when it is
-run interactively. However, when it is not run interactively (for example, as
+run interactively. However, when it is not run interactively (for example, as
a cron job) then it does not show the progress bar.")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -4705,7 +4705,7 @@ called as methods, which usually isn't want you want.")
(description
"Test::Deep compares two structures by going through each level, ensuring
that the values match, that arrays and hashes have the same elements and that
-references are blessed into the correct class. It also handles circular data
+references are blessed into the correct class. It also handles circular data
structures without getting caught in an infinite loop.")
(home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/"
"Test-Deep-" version))
@@ -4730,7 +4730,7 @@ structures without getting caught in an infinite loop.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Differences")
(synopsis "Test strings and data structures and show differences")
(description "This module exports three test functions and four diff-style
-functions")
+functions.")
;; See LICENSE section of Test/Differences.pm, which reads "... GNU public
;; license, any version, ..."
(license gpl3+)))
@@ -4850,7 +4850,7 @@ automatically aggregated and output to STDOUT.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-LeakTrace")
(synopsis "Traces memory leaks in Perl")
(description "Test::LeakTrace provides several functions that trace memory
-leaks. This module scans arenas, the memory allocation system, so it can
+leaks. This module scans arenas, the memory allocation system, so it can
detect any leaked SVs in given blocks.")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -4967,7 +4967,7 @@ bit more fine-grained control over test suites.")
(description
"This modules causes any warnings during testing to be captured and
stored. It automatically adds an extra test that will run when your script
-ends to check that there were no warnings. If there were any warings, the
+ends to check that there were no warnings. If there were any warnings, the
test will fail and output diagnostics of where, when and what the warning was,
including a stack trace of what was going on when it occurred.")
(home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/"
@@ -5502,9 +5502,9 @@ as exceptions to standard program flow.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tie-IxHash")
(synopsis "Ordered associative arrays for Perl")
(description "This Perl module implements Perl hashes that preserve the
-order in which the hash elements were added. The order is not affected when
-values corresponding to existing keys in the IxHash are changed. The elements
-can also be set to any arbitrary supplied order. The familiar perl array
+order in which the hash elements were added. The order is not affected when
+values corresponding to existing keys in the IxHash are changed. The elements
+can also be set to any arbitrary supplied order. The familiar perl array
operations can also be performed on the IxHash.")
(license (package-license perl))))
@@ -5593,7 +5593,7 @@ duration strings like \"2 minutes\" and \"3 seconds\" to seconds.")
(description "This module provides functions that are the inverse of
built-in perl functions localtime() and gmtime(). They accept a date as a
six-element array, and return the corresponding time(2) value in seconds since
-the system epoch")
+the system epoch.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-timedate
@@ -5762,7 +5762,7 @@ UNIVERSAL::can() as a function, which it is not.")
(home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/UNIVERSAL-isa")
(synopsis "UNIVERSAL::isa() reimplementation")
(description "This module attempts to recover from people calling
-UNIVERSAL::isa as a function")
+UNIVERSAL::isa as a function.")
(license (package-license perl))))
(define-public perl-variable-magic