13 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/default.nix
index a0603b546cf6e..454c4e882f56c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/default.nix
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches = [./config.patch ./laylex.patch];
   buildInputs = [x11 imake gccmakedep libXmu libXpm libXp bison flex];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [x11 libXmu];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "3D widget set based on the Athena Widget set";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix
index 82fef49cfc108..84a87df03e40f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpic";
 
   meta = {
+    description = "ATSC A/52 stream decoder";
     homepage = http://liba52.sourceforge.net/;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix
index 2da006a6cebe4..897fc9db8de1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ncurses];
   inherit ncurses;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "ASCII art graphics library";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix
index 8c24ae6fdbeeb..59124f011dd4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = "--x-includes=${libX11}/include --x-libraries=${libX11}/lib";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) library, a high quality rendering engine for C++";
+    description = "High quality rendering engine for C++";
 
     longDescription = ''
       Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) is an Open Source, free of charge
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apache-activemq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apache-activemq/default.nix
index 90d0dafdd9526..d55ff9049eda4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apache-activemq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apache-activemq/default.nix
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://activemq.apache.org/;
-    description = ''
-      Messaging and Integration Patterns server written in Java.
-    '';
+    description = "Messaging and Integration Patterns server written in Java";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/default.nix
index dd8b68717aae3..a69cee99b2b69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # doesn't expand environment variables such as `$HOME'.
 
   meta = {
-    description = "GNU Aspell, A spell checker for many languages";
+    description = "Spell checker for many languages";
     homepage = http://aspell.net/;
     license = "LGPLv2+";
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
index f4c33c869112c..0c9e998ed2e12 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = "rm -rf $out/share/gtk-doc";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "ATK, the accessibility toolkit";
+    description = "Accessibility toolkit";
 
     longDescription = ''
       ATK is the Accessibility Toolkit.  It provides a set of generic
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/attica/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/attica/default.nix
index 87f6c019fb759..3174dc57667dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/attica/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/attica/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A library to access Open Collaboration Service providers";
+    description = "Library to access Open Collaboration Service providers";
     license = "LGPL";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.sander maintainers.urkud maintainers.phreedom ];
     inherit (qt4.meta) platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix
index 91d27254aedef..abfb3985f261c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ];
 
   meta = { 
-    description = "A library for audio labelling";
+    description = "Library for audio labelling";
     homepage = http://aubio.org/;
     license = "GPLv2";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
index 2f4de88c94c2b..73f38f028145c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A library for reading and writing audio files in various formats";
+    description = "Library for reading and writing audio files in various formats";
     homepage    = http://www.68k.org/~michael/audiofile/; 
     license     = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 shlevy ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
index f62dc2004476d..f4795286e096f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Avahi, an mDNS/DNS-SD implementation";
+    description = "mDNS/DNS-SD implementation";
     homepage    = http://avahi.org;
     license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix
index 31dc885bc4336..17f2b545168e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://tcl.activestate.com/software/tcllib/";
-    description = "The BWidget toolkit is a high-level widget set for Tcl/Tk.";
+    description = "High-level widget set for Tcl/Tk";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.tcltk;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix
index 5739690e59a10..080e854315dcc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/classad/;
-    description = "The Classified Advertisements library provides a generic means for matching resources.";
+    description = "The Classified Advertisements library provides a generic means for matching resources";
     license = "Apache-2.0";
   };
 }