M gnu/packages/crates-io.scm => gnu/packages/crates-io.scm +1 -1
@@ 20512,7 20512,7 @@ IEEE 754-2008 binary16 type.")
(("rust-winapi" ,rust-winapi-0.3))))
(home-page "https://github.com/brson/home")
(synopsis "Shared definitions of home directories")
- (description "This packages provides the definition of @code{home_dir}
+ (description "This package provides the definition of @code{home_dir}
used by @command{cargo} and @command{rustup}, as well as functions to find the
correct value of @samp{CARGO_HOME} and @samp{RUSTUP_HOME}.")
(license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
M gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm => gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm +2 -2
@@ 1722,7 1722,7 @@ directly.")
(home-page "https://bitbucket.org/agriggio/ahg")
(synopsis "Emacs front-end for the Mercurial SCM")
(description
- "This packages provides a simple Emacs front-end for the Mercurial
+ "This package provides a simple Emacs front-end for the Mercurial
Distributed @acronym{Source Control Management, SCM} system.")
(license license:gpl3+))))
@@ 29509,7 29509,7 @@ shorter than usual, using mostly unprefixed keys.")
`(("emacs-yaml-mode" ,emacs-yaml-mode)))
(home-page "https://github.com/tom-tan/cwl-mode")
(synopsis "Emacs mode for @acronym{CWL, Common Workflow Language} files")
- (description "This packages provides a major mode for editing
+ (description "This package provides a major mode for editing
@acronym{CWL, Common Workflow Language} files.")
(license license:gpl3+)))
M gnu/packages/ocaml.scm => gnu/packages/ocaml.scm +2 -2
@@ 7262,8 7262,8 @@ these missing pieces.")
(synopsis
"Backport new syntax to older OCaml versions")
(description
- "This packages backports new features of the language to older
-compilers, such as let+.")
+ "This package backports new language features such as @code{let+} to older
+OCaml compilers.")
(license license:expat)))
(define-public ocaml-angstrom
M gnu/packages/python-check.scm => gnu/packages/python-check.scm +1 -1
@@ 120,7 120,7 @@ interfaces with pytest.")
("python-six" ,python-six)))
(home-page "https://github.com/nicoulaj/pytest-csv")
(synopsis "CSV reporter for Pytest")
- (description "This packages provides a plugin for Pytest that enables a
+ (description "This package provides a plugin for Pytest that enables a
CSV output mode for Pytest. It can be enabled via the @option{--csv} option
it adds to the Pytest command line interface (CLI).")
(license license:gpl3+)))
M gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm => gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm +2 -2
@@ 27044,8 27044,8 @@ result.")
(home-page "https://github.com/readthedocs/recommonmark")
(synopsis "Docutils-compatibility bridge to CommonMark")
(description
- "This packages provides a docutils-compatibility bridge to CommonMark,
-enabling you to write CommonMark inside of Docutils & Sphinx projects.")
+ "This package provides a docutils-compatibility bridge to CommonMark that
+lets you write CommonMark inside of Docutils & Sphinx projects.")
(license license:expat)))
(define-public python-pyhull
M gnu/packages/web.scm => gnu/packages/web.scm +1 -1
@@ 807,7 807,7 @@ programming language.")))
;; The nginx source code is part of the module’s source.
(format #t "decompressing nginx source code~%")
(invoke "tar" "xvf" (assoc-ref inputs "nginx-sources")
- ;; This packages's LICENSE file would be
+ ;; This package's LICENSE file would be
;; overwritten with the one from nginx when
;; unpacking the nginx source, so rename the nginx
;; one when unpacking.