treewide: Remove indefinite article from meta.description

nix run nixpkgs#silver-searcher -- -G '\.nix$' -0l 'description.*"[Aa]n?' pkgs \
  | xargs -0 nix run nixpkgs#gnused -- -i '' -Ee 's/(description.*")[Aa]n? (.)/\1\U\2/'

22 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/default.nix
index 5dd2fee040e9b..4b6c5681470fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/latchset/mod_auth_mellon";
-    description = "An Apache module with a simple SAML 2.0 service provider";
+    description = "Apache module with a simple SAML 2.0 service provider";
     mainProgram = "mellon_create_metadata.sh";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_cspnonce/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_cspnonce/default.nix
index f6de7f0175375..68486d5d28942 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_cspnonce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_cspnonce/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An Apache2 module that makes it dead simple to add nonce values to the CSP";
+    description = "Apache2 module that makes it dead simple to add nonce values to the CSP";
     homepage = "https://github.com/wyattoday/mod_cspnonce";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_itk/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_itk/default.nix
index f98e067f0f09e..1cbf78a577820 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_itk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_itk/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "an MPM (Multi-Processing Module) for the Apache web server";
+    description = "MPM (Multi-Processing Module) for the Apache web server";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.zupo ];
     homepage = "http://mpm-itk.sesse.net/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python/default.nix
index 8b4fcd5d94bee..a859cf3dee4c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://modpython.org/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/grisha/mod_python/blob/${version}/NEWS";
-    description = "An Apache module that embeds the Python interpreter within the server";
+    description = "Apache module that embeds the Python interpreter within the server";
     mainProgram = "mod_python";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apt-cacher-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apt-cacher-ng/default.nix
index 72a456ab17f94..f574ae78248be 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apt-cacher-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apt-cacher-ng/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ bzip2 fuse libevent xz openssl systemd tcp_wrappers zlib c-ares ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A caching proxy specialized for Linux distribution files";
+    description = "Caching proxy specialized for Linux distribution files";
     mainProgram = "apt-cacher-ng";
     homepage = "https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/acng/";
     license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/3.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/3.nix
index 6e625dbdb7203..87e80976b8c5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/3.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A database that uses JSON for documents, JavaScript for MapReduce queries, and regular HTTP for an API";
+    description = "Database that uses JSON for documents, JavaScript for MapReduce queries, and regular HTTP for an API";
     homepage = "https://couchdb.apache.org";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/dave/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/dave/default.nix
index 492e4989d753a..8950b0b3d20d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/dave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/dave/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/micromata/dave";
-    description = "A totally simple and very easy to configure stand alone webdav server";
+    description = "Totally simple and very easy to configure stand alone webdav server";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lunik1 ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/dufs/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/dufs/default.nix
index 18296529570b6..e01c923e1cd2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/dufs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/dufs/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A file server that supports static serving, uploading, searching, accessing control, webdav";
+    description = "File server that supports static serving, uploading, searching, accessing control, webdav";
     mainProgram = "dufs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sigoden/dufs";
     changelog = "https://github.com/sigoden/dufs/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/gatling/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/gatling/default.nix
index 5efd3b039c9f4..5255010177af5 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/gatling/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/gatling/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high performance web server";
+    description = "High performance web server";
     homepage = "http://www.fefe.de/gatling/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/hiawatha/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/hiawatha/default.nix
index 55414800361c6..09ef5bab41463 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/hiawatha/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/hiawatha/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org";
-    description = "An advanced and secure webserver";
+    description = "Advanced and secure webserver";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.unix;    # "Hiawatha runs perfectly on Linux, BSD and MacOS X"
     maintainers = [];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/common.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/common.nix
index 7c35430e23c19..71f0dee030132 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/common.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Web server and javax.servlet container";
+    description = "Web server and javax.servlet container";
     homepage = "https://eclipse.dev/jetty/";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/micro-httpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/micro-httpd/default.nix
index b4a555910545d..2ab1597902666 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/micro-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/micro-httpd/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage    = "http://acme.com/software/micro_httpd/";
-    description = "A really small HTTP server";
+    description = "Really small HTTP server";
     license     = licenses.bsd2;
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
index bc97c4972be76..5757b3255b8fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/generic.nix
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = if meta != null then meta else with lib; {
-    description = "A reverse proxy and lightweight webserver";
+    description = "Reverse proxy and lightweight webserver";
     mainProgram = "nginx";
     homepage    = "http://nginx.org";
     license     = [ licenses.bsd2 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nix-binary-cache/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nix-binary-cache/default.nix
index 4f26610e10cfa..393415ae61e25 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nix-binary-cache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nix-binary-cache/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A set of scripts to serve the Nix store as a binary cache";
+    description = "Set of scripts to serve the Nix store as a binary cache";
     longDescription = ''
       This package installs a CGI script that serves Nix store path in the
       binary cache format. It also installs a launcher called
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
index 87cd8e4c53e3f..a33bdbcebc92b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ callPackage ../nginx/generic.nix args rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fast web application server built on Nginx";
+    description = "Fast web application server built on Nginx";
     homepage = "https://openresty.org";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/redstore/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/redstore/default.nix
index 869f2c1f3b04e..321f91770c7cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/redstore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/redstore/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An HTTP interface to Redland RDF store";
+    description = "HTTP interface to Redland RDF store";
     mainProgram = "redstore";
     homepage = "https://www.aelius.com/njh/redstore/";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.raskin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/router/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/router/default.nix
index f4903b2f31f7c..7cd2a604fc37b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/router/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/router/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A configurable, high-performance routing runtime for Apollo Federation";
+    description = "Configurable, high-performance routing runtime for Apollo Federation";
     homepage = "https://www.apollographql.com/docs/router/";
     license = licenses.elastic20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.bbigras ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/showoff/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/showoff/default.nix
index ecfd034e05b36..c3deae28ec0e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/showoff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/showoff/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "showoff";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A slideshow presentation tool with a twist";
+    description = "Slideshow presentation tool with a twist";
     longDescription = "It runs as a web application, with audience interactivity features. This means that your audience can follow along in their own browsers, can download supplemental materials, can participate in quizzes or polls, post questions for the presenter, etc. By default, their slideshows will synchronize with the presenter, but they can switch to self-navigation mode";
     homepage = "https://puppetlabs.github.io/showoff/";
     license = with licenses; mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tengine/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/tengine/default.nix
index 591f180893b32..d36071de21420 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tengine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tengine/default.nix
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A web server based on Nginx and has many advanced features, originated by Taobao";
+    description = "Web server based on Nginx and has many advanced features, originated by Taobao";
     mainProgram = "nginx";
     homepage    = "https://tengine.taobao.org";
     license     = licenses.bsd2;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/default.nix
index 82fc547b5da9d..b2ec04f10f9d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ let
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://tomcat.apache.org/";
-      description = "An implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies";
+      description = "Implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies";
       platforms = jre.meta.platforms;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ anthonyroussel ];
       license = [ licenses.asl20 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/tomcat-native.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/tomcat-native.nix
index 84e5cecf1e5e0..31d2889995cfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/tomcat-native.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/tomcat-native.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An optional component for use with Apache Tomcat that allows Tomcat to use certain native resources for performance, compatibility, etc";
+    description = "Optional component for use with Apache Tomcat that allows Tomcat to use certain native resources for performance, compatibility, etc";
     homepage = "https://tomcat.apache.org/native-doc/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/yaws/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/yaws/default.nix
index 0b9313d3a7380..ad096299c44f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/yaws/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/yaws/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A webserver for dynamic content written in Erlang";
+    description = "Webserver for dynamic content written in Erlang";
     mainProgram = "yaws";
     homepage = "https://github.com/erlyaws/yaws";
     license = licenses.bsd2;