GNU bug report logs - #74329
[PATCH 0/2] Extensively lint descriptions and synopses.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Gabriel Wicki <gabriel <at> erlikon.ch>

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:38:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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From: Gabriel Wicki <gabriel <at> erlikon.ch>
To: 74329 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: vagrant <at> debian.org, ludo <at> gnu.org
Subject: [bug#74329] [PATCH v2 3/6] gnu: Fix various style issues in descriptions.
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 02:01:31 +0100
* gnu/packages/astronomy.scm (python-ads): Fix description.
* gnu/packages/crates-io.scm (rust-is-debug-1): Fix description.
* gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm (ghc-ordered-containers): Fix description.
* gnu/packages/tex.scm (texlive-stex): Fix description.
* gnu/packages/textutils.scm bibutils): Fix description.
* gnu/packages/xml.scm (perl-libxml): Fix description.

Change-Id: I765a5326180cfa31ca1a1727d4da2b1f6a05faa0
---
 gnu/packages/astronomy.scm   | 2 +-
 gnu/packages/crates-io.scm   | 2 +-
 gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm | 3 ++-
 gnu/packages/tex.scm         | 4 ++--
 gnu/packages/textutils.scm   | 2 +-
 gnu/packages/xml.scm         | 7 +++----
 6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
index ade55d93c7..f2225b71ee 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ (define-public python-ads
     (synopsis "Python client to NASA's Astrophysics Data System")
     (description
      "This package provdies a Python Module to Interact with NASA's
-@acronym{Astrophysics Data System,ADS} that Doesn't Suckā„¢.")
+@acronym{Astrophysics Data System,ADS}.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
 (define-public python-aplpy
diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 285b0a60e5..5c818807f1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -37173,8 +37173,8 @@ (define-public rust-is-debug-1
     (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments `(#:skip-build? #t))
     (home-page "https://github.com/baoyachi/rust_is_debug")
-    (description "get build model is debug")
     (synopsis "Get build model is debug")
+    (description "Get build model is debug.")
     (license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
 
 (define-public rust-is-docker-0.2
diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
index 2600042454..8abe38e5b1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
@@ -16332,8 +16332,9 @@ (define-public ghc-ordered-containers
     (build-system haskell-build-system)
     (properties '((upstream-name . "ordered-containers")))
     (home-page "https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ordered-containers")
-    (description "")
     (synopsis "Haskell types")
+    (description "Set- and Map-like types that remember the order elements
+were inserted")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public ghc-cabal-syntax
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 7ed3203881..1eb24f2e50 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -120709,8 +120709,8 @@ (define-public texlive-stex
     (home-page "https://ctan.org/pkg/stex")
     (synopsis "Infrastructure for semantic preloading of LaTeX documents")
     (description
-     "The sTeX package collection is a version of (La)TeX that allows to
-markup (La)TeX documents semantically without leaving the document format,
+     "The sTeX package collection is a version of (La)TeX that allows marking
+up (La)TeX documents semantically without leaving the document format,
 essentially turning it into a document format for mathematical knowledge
 management (MKM).")
     (license license:lppl)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/textutils.scm b/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
index 01248c28b0..6091d1ea6d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ (define-public bibutils
     (home-page "https://bibutils.sourceforge.io/")
     (synopsis "Convert between various bibliography formats")
     (description "This package provides converters for various bibliography
-formats (e.g. Bibtex, RIS, ...) using a common XML intermediate.")
+formats (e.g. Bibtex, RIS, etc.) using a common XML intermediate.")
     (license license:gpl2)))
 
 (define-public goawk
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index 5bbd1dd64e..57a0694301 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -636,10 +636,9 @@ (define-public perl-libxml
     (license license:perl-license)
     (synopsis "Perl modules for working with XML")
     (description
-     "libxml-perl is a collection of smaller Perl modules, scripts, and
-documents for working with XML in Perl.  libxml-perl software works in
-combination with @code{XML::Parser}, PerlSAX, @code{XML::DOM},
-@code{XML::Grove}, and others.")
+     "A collection of smaller Perl modules, scripts, and documents for working
+with XML in Perl.  libxml-perl software works in combination with
+@code{XML::Parser}, PerlSAX, @code{XML::DOM}, @code{XML::Grove}, and others.")
     (home-page "https://metacpan.org/release/libxml-perl")))
 
 (define-public perl-xml-libxml
-- 
2.46.0




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