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/'

23 files changed, 23 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/appimagekit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/appimagekit/default.nix
index d11cd16127589..b1a25758cbb6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/appimagekit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/appimagekit/default.nix
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to package desktop applications as AppImages";
+    description = "Tool to package desktop applications as AppImages";
     longDescription = ''
       AppImageKit is an implementation of the AppImage format that
       provides tools such as appimagetool and appimaged for handling
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix
index 2e0ceb53e4f9c..8eefb923bcd3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/usnistgov/corr-CDE";
-    description = "A packaging tool for building portable packages";
+    description = "Packaging tool for building portable packages";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.rlupton20 ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/checkinstall/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/checkinstall/default.nix
index a56880cb34264..424831daad977 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/checkinstall/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/checkinstall/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://checkinstall.izto.org/";
-    description = "A tool for automatically generating Slackware, RPM or Debian packages when doing `make install'";
+    description = "Tool for automatically generating Slackware, RPM or Debian packages when doing `make install'";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.eelco ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/ciel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/ciel/default.nix
index c5809fdca944c..5003f4dc42fe1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/ciel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/ciel/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for controlling AOSC OS packaging environments using multi-layer filesystems and containers";
+    description = "Tool for controlling AOSC OS packaging environments using multi-layer filesystems and containers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/AOSC-Dev/ciel-rs";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/DisnixWebService/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/DisnixWebService/default.nix
index 752af3a432253..d11bc09589940 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/DisnixWebService/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/DisnixWebService/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A SOAP interface and client for Disnix";
+    description = "SOAP interface and client for Disnix";
     mainProgram = "disnix-soap-client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/svanderburg/DisnixWebService";
     changelog = "https://github.com/svanderburg/DisnixWebService/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/NEWS.txt";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
index 6b72c775a5228..e126c133108de 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib libxml2 libxslt getopt libintl libiconv dysnomia ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Nix-based distributed service deployment tool";
+    description = "Nix-based distributed service deployment tool";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sander tomberek ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/dydisnix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/dydisnix/default.nix
index 0c95e41f8c9a2..e6670ff2e1142 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/dydisnix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/dydisnix/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A toolset enabling self-adaptive redeployment on top of Disnix";
+    description = "Toolset enabling self-adaptive redeployment on top of Disnix";
     longDescription = ''
       Dynamic Disnix is a (very experimental!) prototype extension framework for Disnix supporting dynamic (re)deployment of service-oriented systems.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/fusesoc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/fusesoc/default.nix
index 680cbc0209459..a3e397ae93915 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/fusesoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/fusesoc/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/olofk/fusesoc";
-    description = "A package manager and build tools for HDL code";
+    description = "Package manager and build tools for HDL code";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ genericnerdyusername ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     mainProgram = "fusesoc";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/gx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/gx/default.nix
index 3f757dde448c1..8d9fa95f09c57 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/gx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/gx/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A packaging tool built around IPFS";
+    description = "Packaging tool built around IPFS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zimbatm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/gx/go/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/gx/go/default.nix
index dee8861d65d6e..8f8053c99591a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/gx/go/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/gx/go/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for importing go packages into gx";
+    description = "Tool for importing go packages into gx";
     mainProgram = "gx-go";
     homepage = "https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/licensee/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/licensee/default.nix
index b72c218cd16aa..02e5f919fb58d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/licensee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/licensee/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "licensee";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Ruby Gem to detect under what license a project is distributed";
+    description = "Ruby Gem to detect under what license a project is distributed";
     homepage    = "https://licensee.github.io/licensee/";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/morph/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/morph/default.nix
index 71c9c285f3084..b5f6535c96ba9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/morph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/morph/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A NixOS host manager written in Golang";
+    description = "NixOS host manager written in Golang";
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://github.com/dbcdk/morph";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [adamt johanot];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nfpm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nfpm/default.nix
index 233cd511110d9..1cc00581cb980 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nfpm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nfpm/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple deb and rpm packager written in Go";
+    description = "Simple deb and rpm packager written in Go";
     homepage = "https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm";
     changelog = "https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/releases/tag/v${version}";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ techknowlogick caarlos0 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/niff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/niff/default.nix
index 9fd71964dc26f..909aaaa9413c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/niff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/niff/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A program that compares two Nix expressions and determines which attributes changed";
+    description = "Program that compares two Nix expressions and determines which attributes changed";
     homepage = "https://github.com/FRidh/niff";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "niff";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-doc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-doc/default.nix
index 3d0069c87dba2..e07c21950b325 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-doc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-doc/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-CHagzXTG9AfrFd3WmHanQ+YddMgmVxSuB8vK98A1Mlw=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An interactive Nix documentation tool";
+    description = "Interactive Nix documentation tool";
     longDescription = "An interactive Nix documentation tool providing a CLI for function search, a Nix plugin for docs in the REPL, and a ctags implementation for Nix script";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lf-/nix-doc";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-du/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-du/default.nix
index d8f2b79a4bbb6..5ef86d033f9ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-du/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-du/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config rustPlatform.bindgenHook ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to determine which gc-roots take space in your nix store";
+    description = "Tool to determine which gc-roots take space in your nix store";
     homepage = "https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Only;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.symphorien ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix
index ac48401e79701..b4b8b0832094c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A files database for nixpkgs";
+    description = "Files database for nixpkgs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nix-community/nix-index";
     changelog = "https://github.com/nix-community/nix-index/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
index a149b490f5aac..018fe9ffb89fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/edolstra/nix-serve";
-    description = "A utility for sharing a Nix store as a binary cache";
+    description = "Utility for sharing a Nix store as a binary cache";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     platforms = nix.meta.platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/opkg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/opkg/default.nix
index ba45cb0835b20..bced64f20d034 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/opkg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/opkg/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A lightweight package management system based upon ipkg";
+    description = "Lightweight package management system based upon ipkg";
     homepage = "https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/opkg/";
     changelog = "https://git.yoctoproject.org/opkg/tree/NEWS?h=v${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/pacman/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/pacman/default.nix
index e3367ef1438db..7a5fc098bb2c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/pacman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/pacman/default.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (final: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple library-based package manager";
+    description = "Simple library-based package manager";
     homepage = "https://archlinux.org/pacman/";
     changelog = "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/raw/v${final.version}/NEWS";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/pdm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/pdm/default.nix
index adb687bfc4995..2fab674ec13df 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/pdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/pdm/default.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pdm-project.org";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "A modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards";
+    description = "Modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
     mainProgram = "pdm";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/poetry2conda/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/poetry2conda/default.nix
index 7aa821d678ace..9b0975bd01cf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/poetry2conda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/poetry2conda/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ with python3.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A script to convert a Python project declared on a pyproject.toml to a conda environment";
+    description = "Script to convert a Python project declared on a pyproject.toml to a conda environment";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dojeda/poetry2conda";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/protontricks/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/protontricks/default.nix
index a3ba1f112fb85..468a1ca75b3fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/protontricks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/protontricks/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple wrapper for running Winetricks commands for Proton-enabled games";
+    description = "Simple wrapper for running Winetricks commands for Proton-enabled games";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kira-bruneau ];