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-rw-r--r--perl/Net-SSLeay/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/libpurple-kwallet-plugin/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Alien-SDL/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-AppConfig/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Archive-Zip/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Astro-SunTime/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Audio-FLAC-Header/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Authen-SASL/slack-desc24
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-BerkeleyDB/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Bit-Vector/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-CSS-Squish/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Cache-FastMmap/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Carp-Clan/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Class-Factory-Util/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Class-Gomor/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Class-Inspector/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Class-MethodMaker/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Class-ReturnValue/slack-desc2
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Class-Singleton/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Compress-Bzip2/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Config-Find/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Convert-BinHex/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Convert-TNEF/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Convert-UUlib/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/slack-desc14
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA/slack-desc14
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Curses-UI/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Curses/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-DBD-Pg/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-DBD-SQLite/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Danga-Socket/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Data-Dumper/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Data-OptList/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Date-Calc/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Date-Manip/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Builder/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-DateTime-Format-ISO8601/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-DateTime-Locale/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-DateTime-TimeZone/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-DateTime/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Devel-Symdump/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Device-SerialPort/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Digest-MD4/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Email-Date-Format/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Encode-Detect/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-ExtUtils-XSBuilder/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-FCGI/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-File-Find-Rule/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-File-ShareDir/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-File-Slurp/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-File-Tail/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-File-Which/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Geography-Countries/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-HTML-TableExtract/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-HTML-Tree/slack-desc14
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-IO-HTML/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-IO-Interface/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-IO-Socket-Multicast/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-IO-Tty/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-IO-stringy/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-IPC-Run3/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-IPC-System-Simple/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Image-Size/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-JSON/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Lingua-Preferred/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-List-MoreUtils/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-LockFile-Simple/slack-desc4
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-MIME-Lite/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-MP3-Info/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Mail-SPF/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-MailTools/slack-desc14
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Math-Base85/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Math-Round/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID/slack-desc2
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-CIDR/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-IPv4Addr/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-IPv6Addr/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-Ident/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-LibIDN/slack-desc14
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-Libdnet/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-Packet/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-Pcap/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-RawIP/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-Server/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-Telnet/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-UPnP/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Net-Write/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-NetPacket/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Number-Compare/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Ogg-Vorbis-Header-PurePerl/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-OpenGL-Image/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-OpenGL-Shader/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-OpenGL/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-PHP-Serialization/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Package-Stash-XS/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Params-Classify/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Params-Util/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Params-Validate/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Parse-RecDescent/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-PerlIO-Layers/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Probe-Perl/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Proc-Daemon/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Regexp-Common/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-SDL/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-SOAP-Lite/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Socket6/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Sort-Versions/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Statistics-Descriptive/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Sub-Install/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Sub-Uplevel/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Sys-Mmap/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Sys-Syscall/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Task-Weaken/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Template-Toolkit/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Term-Animation/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Term-ProgressBar/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-TermReadKey/slack-desc14
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Deep/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Exception/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Fatal/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Inter/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Most/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-NoWarnings/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Pod/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Requires/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Script/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Test-Tester/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-Autoformat/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-CSV_XS/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-Glob/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-Iconv/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-Password-Pronounceable/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-Patch/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-Quoted/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-Reform/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Text-Tabulate/slack-desc8
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Tidy/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Tie-IxHash/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Tie-Simple/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Time-modules/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Tk-TableMatrix/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Try-Tiny/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Unicode-String/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Unicode-UTF8simple/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-Unix-Syslog/slack-desc14
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-X10/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-XML-LibXSLT/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-XML-Writer/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-XML-XPath/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-YAML-Syck/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-cairo/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-class-accessor/slack-desc20
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-data-dump/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-digest-hmac/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-digest-sha1/slack-desc12
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-encode-locale/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-event/slack-desc20
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-extutils-depends/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-file-listing/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-file-path-expand/slack-desc18
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-glib/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-gnome2-canvas/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-gnome2-gconf/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-gnome2-vfs/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-gnome2-wnck/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-gnome2/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-goo-canvas/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-gtk2-imageview/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-gtk2/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-html-tagset/slack-desc24
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-http-cookies/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-http-daemon/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-http-date/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-http-message/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-http-negotiate/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-http-response-encoding/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-http-server-simple/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-libintl/slack-desc28
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-lirc-client/slack-desc16
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-lwp-mediatypes/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-net-dbus/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-net-dns/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-net-ip/slack-desc24
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-pango/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-proc-processtable/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-test-warn/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-tk/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-trayicon/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-tree-dagnode/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-www-mechanize/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-www-robotrules/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-x11-protocol/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-xml-libxml/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-xml-twig/slack-desc10
-rw-r--r--perl/perl-yaml/slack-desc10
206 files changed, 1114 insertions, 1114 deletions
diff --git a/perl/Net-SSLeay/slack-desc b/perl/Net-SSLeay/slack-desc
index a6572edfda3fc..2fe00955726b6 100644
--- a/perl/Net-SSLeay/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/Net-SSLeay/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
Net-SSLeay: Net-SSLeay (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/libpurple-kwallet-plugin/slack-desc b/perl/libpurple-kwallet-plugin/slack-desc
index 500da5c51ee6e..9fc6abd200e7f 100644
--- a/perl/libpurple-kwallet-plugin/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/libpurple-kwallet-plugin/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
libpurple-kwallet-plugin: libpurple-kwallet-plugin (pidgin kwallet plugin)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Alien-SDL/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Alien-SDL/slack-desc
index da773ed7b0e43..6af56bfec2920 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Alien-SDL/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Alien-SDL/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Alien-SDL: perl-Alien-SDL (Building, finding and using SDL binaries)
diff --git a/perl/perl-AppConfig/slack-desc b/perl/perl-AppConfig/slack-desc
index 9dd4042926cfb..50dd11cae6289 100644
--- a/perl/perl-AppConfig/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-AppConfig/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-AppConfig: perl-AppConfig (module for reading config files and arguments)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Archive-Zip/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Archive-Zip/slack-desc
index 4eaf2999ecade..42d467917121b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Archive-Zip/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Archive-Zip/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Archive-Zip: perl-Archive-Zip (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Astro-SunTime/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Astro-SunTime/slack-desc
index 82663b9a6d785..7512bbe0b0972 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Astro-SunTime/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Astro-SunTime/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Astro-SunTime: perl-Astro-SunTime (Interface to calculate sun rise/set times)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Audio-FLAC-Header/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Audio-FLAC-Header/slack-desc
index c97204d26dc74..e476c0d005c0d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Audio-FLAC-Header/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Audio-FLAC-Header/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/perl/perl-Authen-SASL/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Authen-SASL/slack-desc
index bc46f2680b8b7..9b9ca429f5e7a 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Authen-SASL/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Authen-SASL/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Authen-SASL: perl-Authen-SASL (SASL Authentication framework)
-perl-Authen-SASL:
-perl-Authen-SASL: SASL is a generic mechanism for authentication used by several network
+perl-Authen-SASL:
+perl-Authen-SASL: SASL is a generic mechanism for authentication used by several network
perl-Authen-SASL: protocols. Authen::SASL provides an implementation framework that all
perl-Authen-SASL: protocols should be able to share.
-perl-Authen-SASL:
-perl-Authen-SASL:
-perl-Authen-SASL:
+perl-Authen-SASL:
+perl-Authen-SASL:
+perl-Authen-SASL:
perl-Authen-SASL: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/Authen-SASL/
-perl-Authen-SASL:
-perl-Authen-SASL:
+perl-Authen-SASL:
+perl-Authen-SASL:
diff --git a/perl/perl-BerkeleyDB/slack-desc b/perl/perl-BerkeleyDB/slack-desc
index 5f92d7fdbabe8..4d5a0d2ff2a8e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-BerkeleyDB/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-BerkeleyDB/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-BerkeleyDB: perl-BerkeleyDB (BerkeleyDB)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Bit-Vector/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Bit-Vector/slack-desc
index c8424445413ce..63fc0f8a23cd3 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Bit-Vector/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Bit-Vector/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Bit-Vector: perl-Bit-Vector (perl math library)
diff --git a/perl/perl-CSS-Squish/slack-desc b/perl/perl-CSS-Squish/slack-desc
index 07f4c52391f62..3369bca89f5c1 100644
--- a/perl/perl-CSS-Squish/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-CSS-Squish/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-CSS-Squish: perl-CSS-Squish (Compact many CSS files into one big file)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Cache-FastMmap/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Cache-FastMmap/slack-desc
index 19434635dc69b..de8537d9c574e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Cache-FastMmap/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Cache-FastMmap/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Cache-FastMmap: perl-Cache-FastMmap (Cache::FastMmap)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Carp-Clan/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Carp-Clan/slack-desc
index a12e66872d0b7..9e65aadddeada 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Carp-Clan/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Carp-Clan/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Carp-Clan: perl-Carp-Clan (error reporting module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Class-Factory-Util/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Class-Factory-Util/slack-desc
index b8131bc562504..ebdaa3cfca7a9 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Class-Factory-Util/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Class-Factory-Util/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Class-Factory-Util: perl-Class-Factory-Util (Provides utility methods for factory classes)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Class-Gomor/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Class-Gomor/slack-desc
index cabdf8de885d0..12145203fd92d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Class-Gomor/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Class-Gomor/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Class-Gomor: perl-Class-Gomor (another class and object builder)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Class-Inspector/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Class-Inspector/slack-desc
index 34b059d4475f8..c4a9cb73e99f7 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Class-Inspector/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Class-Inspector/slack-desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Class-Inspector: perl-Class-Inspector (get information about a loaded class)
perl-Class-Inspector:
perl-Class-Inspector: Class::Inspector allows you to get information about a loaded class.
perl-Class-Inspector: Most or all of this information can be found in other ways, but they
-perl-Class-Inspector: aren't always very friendly, and usually involve a relatively high
+perl-Class-Inspector: aren't always very friendly, and usually involve a relatively high
perl-Class-Inspector: level of Perl wizardry, or strange and unusual looking code.
perl-Class-Inspector: Class::Inspector attempts to provide an easier, more friendly
perl-Class-Inspector: interface to this information.
diff --git a/perl/perl-Class-MethodMaker/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Class-MethodMaker/slack-desc
index e4019cff00454..93aacf7be2c06 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Class-MethodMaker/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Class-MethodMaker/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Class-MethodMaker: perl-Class-MethodMaker (Create generic methods for OO Perl)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Class-ReturnValue/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Class-ReturnValue/slack-desc
index f935c6f5cd95a..3e683f6eb503f 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Class-ReturnValue/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Class-ReturnValue/slack-desc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Class-ReturnValue: perl-Class-ReturnValue (a return-value object)
perl-Class-ReturnValue:
-perl-Class-ReturnValue: This returns an object that can be treated as a boolean,
+perl-Class-ReturnValue: This returns an object that can be treated as a boolean,
perl-Class-ReturnValue: array, or object.
perl-Class-ReturnValue:
perl-Class-ReturnValue: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/Class-ReturnValue-0.55
diff --git a/perl/perl-Class-Singleton/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Class-Singleton/slack-desc
index d12592b04030f..0a9dd05564f0d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Class-Singleton/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Class-Singleton/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Class-Singleton: perl-Class-Singleton (Implementation of a "Singleton" class)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Compress-Bzip2/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Compress-Bzip2/slack-desc
index b46572cdd2cdd..60a64c75f560c 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Compress-Bzip2/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Compress-Bzip2/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Compress-Bzip2: perl-Compress-Bzip2 (Interface to Bzip2 compression library)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Config-Find/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Config-Find/slack-desc
index a2e4390784bde..644194f5b5223 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Config-Find/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Config-Find/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Config-Find: perl-Config-Find (Find configuration files in the native OS fashion)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Convert-BinHex/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Convert-BinHex/slack-desc
index 61c02bbb3e842..5e326333d6434 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Convert-BinHex/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Convert-BinHex/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Convert-BinHex: perl-Convert-BinHex (Convert::BinHex)
perl-Convert-BinHex:
perl-Convert-BinHex: perl-Convert-BinHex extracts data from Macintosh BinHex files
-perl-Convert-BinHex:
perl-Convert-BinHex:
-perl-Convert-BinHex:
+perl-Convert-BinHex:
+perl-Convert-BinHex:
perl-Convert-BinHex: Home Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Convert-BinHex/
perl-Convert-BinHex:
-perl-Convert-BinHex:
+perl-Convert-BinHex:
perl-Convert-BinHex:
perl-Convert-BinHex:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Convert-TNEF/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Convert-TNEF/slack-desc
index a943cdd4af7d6..8c7a5a64f875a 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Convert-TNEF/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Convert-TNEF/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Convert-TNEF: perl-Convert-TNEF (Convert::TNEF)
perl-Convert-TNEF:
perl-Convert-TNEF: perl-Convert-TNEF is a perl module read TNEF files.
-perl-Convert-TNEF:
perl-Convert-TNEF:
-perl-Convert-TNEF:
+perl-Convert-TNEF:
+perl-Convert-TNEF:
perl-Convert-TNEF: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Convert-TNEF/
perl-Convert-TNEF:
-perl-Convert-TNEF:
+perl-Convert-TNEF:
perl-Convert-TNEF:
perl-Convert-TNEF:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Convert-UUlib/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Convert-UUlib/slack-desc
index c5ad26704572e..42520f395d34e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Convert-UUlib/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Convert-UUlib/slack-desc
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Convert-UUlib: perl-Convert-UUlib
perl-Convert-UUlib:
perl-Convert-UUlib: Perl interface to the uulib library.
-perl-Convert-UUlib:
+perl-Convert-UUlib:
perl-Convert-UUlib:
perl-Convert-UUlib: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Convert-UUlib/
perl-Convert-UUlib:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/slack-desc
index b21e5c7369817..ee5dea3c98b08 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum: perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum (Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum)
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum:
-perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum: Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum is a perl module designed
+perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum: Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum is a perl module designed
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum: to provide basic access to the OpenSSL multi-
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum: precision integer arithmetic libraries.
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum:
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum:
-perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum:
+perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum:
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum:
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA/slack-desc
index 17c2c35a82e04..4fbce28c39ec5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA: perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA (Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA)
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA:
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA: perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA - RSA encoding and decoding,
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA: using the openSSL libraries.
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA:
-perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA:
-perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA/
+perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA:
+perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA/
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA:
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA:
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random/slack-desc
index 0e0cacbd50e22..ca5d613d7de3c 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random/slack-desc
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random: perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random (Crypt::OpenSSL::Random)
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random:
-perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random: perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random provides the ability to
-perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random: seed and query the OpenSSL library's
+perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random: perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random provides the ability to
+perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random: seed and query the OpenSSL library's
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random: pseudo-random number generator.
-perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random:
+perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random:
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random:
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-OpenSSL-Random/
perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Curses-UI/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Curses-UI/slack-desc
index 4d06a53118755..ad1d356a1708d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Curses-UI/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Curses-UI/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Curses-UI: perl-Curses-UI (curses based user interface framework)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Curses/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Curses/slack-desc
index 70ca2a69d22e1..3f9e07635b286 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Curses/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Curses/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Curses: perl-Curses (perl module for Curses)
diff --git a/perl/perl-DBD-Pg/slack-desc b/perl/perl-DBD-Pg/slack-desc
index c54bc20cb55a0..bdbdd8bfd901d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-DBD-Pg/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-DBD-Pg/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-DBD-Pg: perl-DBD-Pg (PostgreSQL database driver for the DBI module)
perl-DBD-Pg:
-perl-DBD-Pg: DBD::Pg is a Perl module that works with the DBI module to provide
+perl-DBD-Pg: DBD::Pg is a Perl module that works with the DBI module to provide
perl-DBD-Pg: access to PostgreSQL databases.
perl-DBD-Pg:
perl-DBD-Pg: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-Pg
diff --git a/perl/perl-DBD-SQLite/slack-desc b/perl/perl-DBD-SQLite/slack-desc
index 3ff28bfff9062..60965844fbb9d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-DBD-SQLite/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-DBD-SQLite/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-DBD-SQLite: perl-DBD-SQLite (RDBMS perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Danga-Socket/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Danga-Socket/slack-desc
index a33fcfcf087b4..2b01f138a0001 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Danga-Socket/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Danga-Socket/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Danga-Socket: perl-Danga-Socket (epoll() interface for perl)
perl-Danga-Socket:
-perl-Danga-Socket: An event loop and event-driven async socket base class
+perl-Danga-Socket: An event loop and event-driven async socket base class
perl-Danga-Socket:
perl-Danga-Socket:
perl-Danga-Socket:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Data-Dumper/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Data-Dumper/slack-desc
index 6707493e3933b..d9039efda9c92 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Data-Dumper/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Data-Dumper/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Data-Dumper: perl-Data-Dumper (perl data structures)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Data-OptList/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Data-OptList/slack-desc
index 645c6346a61c1..d8f49e550b8b8 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Data-OptList/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Data-OptList/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Data-OptList: perl-Data-OptList (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Date-Calc/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Date-Calc/slack-desc
index 33a6ba4f3ee9c..d6392e7559ac7 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Date-Calc/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Date-Calc/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Date-Calc: perl-Date-Calc (Date::Calc)
perl-Date-Calc:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Date-Manip/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Date-Manip/slack-desc
index 4015b7c4cff5a..4b8c8cd4356ec 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Date-Manip/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Date-Manip/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Date-Manip: perl-Date-Manip (Date manipulation routines)
diff --git a/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Builder/slack-desc b/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Builder/slack-desc
index 268d1a31b3dfd..1e44a4fa24ee2 100644
--- a/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Builder/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Builder/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-DateTime-Format-Builder: perl-DateTime-Format-Builder (Create DateTime parser classes/objects)
diff --git a/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-ISO8601/slack-desc b/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-ISO8601/slack-desc
index 635e1c7f6a434..3aa618aaf4a77 100644
--- a/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-ISO8601/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-ISO8601/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-DateTime-Format-ISO8601: perl-DateTime-Format-ISO8601 (Parses ISO8601 date and time formats)
diff --git a/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime/slack-desc b/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime/slack-desc
index 77ea719c1898f..f6b6b11cafd85 100644
--- a/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime: perl-DateTime-Format-Strptime (parse and format time patterns)
diff --git a/perl/perl-DateTime-Locale/slack-desc b/perl/perl-DateTime-Locale/slack-desc
index 2c48f147b193b..5e9c7affd5550 100644
--- a/perl/perl-DateTime-Locale/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-DateTime-Locale/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-DateTime-Locale: perl-DateTime-Locale (provides localization data for DateTime class)
diff --git a/perl/perl-DateTime-TimeZone/slack-desc b/perl/perl-DateTime-TimeZone/slack-desc
index 80a7033ed6fdd..6f3eb30748dc3 100644
--- a/perl/perl-DateTime-TimeZone/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-DateTime-TimeZone/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-DateTime-TimeZone: perl-DateTime-TimeZone (Time zone object base class and factory)
diff --git a/perl/perl-DateTime/slack-desc b/perl/perl-DateTime/slack-desc
index 11893321c3b8e..1738653416038 100644
--- a/perl/perl-DateTime/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-DateTime/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-DateTime: perl-DateTime (A date and time object)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Devel-Symdump/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Devel-Symdump/slack-desc
index 67db3f649f556..a862b2fed09e6 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Devel-Symdump/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Devel-Symdump/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Devel-Symdump: perl-Devel-Symdump (Dump symbol names or the symbol table)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Device-SerialPort/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Device-SerialPort/slack-desc
index c902c997df8bf..718d480bd94c9 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Device-SerialPort/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Device-SerialPort/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Device-SerialPort: perl-Device-SerialPort (Perl serial port access library)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Digest-MD4/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Digest-MD4/slack-desc
index d8a78b4beb21e..4a2f62eedf19b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Digest-MD4/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Digest-MD4/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Digest-MD4: perl-Digest-MD4 (Digest::MD4 perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Email-Date-Format/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Email-Date-Format/slack-desc
index 3062694970766..e322bf5d8848c 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Email-Date-Format/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Email-Date-Format/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Email-Date-Format: perl-Email-Date-Format (produce RFC 2822 date strings)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Encode-Detect/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Encode-Detect/slack-desc
index 558d52ef41758..ae548808f8014 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Encode-Detect/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Encode-Detect/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Encode-Detect: perl-Encode-Detect (Encode::Detect)
perl-Encode-Detect:
perl-Encode-Detect: perl-Encode-Detect detects charset of the input data and
perl-Encode-Detect: detects it using the encoder of the detected charsets.
-perl-Encode-Detect:
-perl-Encode-Detect:
+perl-Encode-Detect:
+perl-Encode-Detect:
perl-Encode-Detect: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Encode-Detect/
-perl-Encode-Detect:
+perl-Encode-Detect:
perl-Encode-Detect:
perl-Encode-Detect:
perl-Encode-Detect:
diff --git a/perl/perl-ExtUtils-XSBuilder/slack-desc b/perl/perl-ExtUtils-XSBuilder/slack-desc
index 2f4d36231a276..c68f58cc72839 100644
--- a/perl/perl-ExtUtils-XSBuilder/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-ExtUtils-XSBuilder/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-ExtUtils-XSBuilder: perl-ExtUtils-XSBuilder (automatic XS glue code generation)
diff --git a/perl/perl-FCGI/slack-desc b/perl/perl-FCGI/slack-desc
index d6756e8cd61ec..5461e1af75c96 100644
--- a/perl/perl-FCGI/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-FCGI/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-FCGI: FCGI (Fast CGI module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-File-Find-Rule/slack-desc b/perl/perl-File-Find-Rule/slack-desc
index 19a72954b59e2..b27f1f55cfe24 100644
--- a/perl/perl-File-Find-Rule/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-File-Find-Rule/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-File-Find-Rule: perl-File-Find-Rule (File::Find::Rule perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-File-ShareDir/slack-desc b/perl/perl-File-ShareDir/slack-desc
index 4181eff1cc124..eb93ae625753d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-File-ShareDir/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-File-ShareDir/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-File-ShareDir: perl-File-ShareDir (Locate per-dist and per-module shared files)
diff --git a/perl/perl-File-Slurp/slack-desc b/perl/perl-File-Slurp/slack-desc
index c8c047a355642..3b2dfc03c1706 100644
--- a/perl/perl-File-Slurp/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-File-Slurp/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-File-Slurp: perl-File-Slurp (File::Slurp perl module)
perl-File-Slurp:
perl-File-Slurp: This module provides subs that allow you to read or
-perl-File-Slurp: write entire files with one simple call. They are
+perl-File-Slurp: write entire files with one simple call. They are
perl-File-Slurp: designed to be simple to use, have flexible ways to
-perl-File-Slurp: pass in or get the file contents, and to be very
+perl-File-Slurp: pass in or get the file contents, and to be very
perl-File-Slurp: efficient.
-perl-File-Slurp:
+perl-File-Slurp:
perl-File-Slurp: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Slurp
perl-File-Slurp:
perl-File-Slurp:
diff --git a/perl/perl-File-Tail/slack-desc b/perl/perl-File-Tail/slack-desc
index af1fc8d81fead..238481983ec11 100644
--- a/perl/perl-File-Tail/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-File-Tail/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-File-Tail: perl-File-Tail (Perl extension for reading continously updated files)
perl-File-Tail:
-perl-File-Tail: Perl-File-Tail is used for reading from continously updated files,
+perl-File-Tail: Perl-File-Tail is used for reading from continously updated files,
perl-File-Tail: such as reading and analysing log files while they are being written,
perl-File-Tail: which is especialy usefull if you are monitoring the logging process.
perl-File-Tail:
diff --git a/perl/perl-File-Which/slack-desc b/perl/perl-File-Which/slack-desc
index 63be713e4e7d5..2b8f7efeff126 100644
--- a/perl/perl-File-Which/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-File-Which/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-File-Which: perl-File-Which (Portable implementation of the `which' utility)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Geography-Countries/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Geography-Countries/slack-desc
index a60189d896735..21dfcd667d472 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Geography-Countries/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Geography-Countries/slack-desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Geography-Countries: perl-Geography-Countries (Geography::Countries)
perl-Geography-Countries:
-perl-Geography-Countries: perl-Geography-Countries module maps country names,
-perl-Geography-Countries: and their 2-letter, 3-letter and numerical codes,
-perl-Geography-Countries: as defined by the ISO-3166 maintenance agency,
+perl-Geography-Countries: perl-Geography-Countries module maps country names,
+perl-Geography-Countries: and their 2-letter, 3-letter and numerical codes,
+perl-Geography-Countries: as defined by the ISO-3166 maintenance agency,
perl-Geography-Countries: and defined by the UNSD.
perl-Geography-Countries:
perl-Geography-Countries: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Geography-Countries/
diff --git a/perl/perl-HTML-TableExtract/slack-desc b/perl/perl-HTML-TableExtract/slack-desc
index 0e29197d1dc43..5ff371307dad2 100644
--- a/perl/perl-HTML-TableExtract/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-HTML-TableExtract/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-HTML-TableExtract: perl-HTML-TableExtract (extract content contained in HTML tables)
diff --git a/perl/perl-HTML-Tree/slack-desc b/perl/perl-HTML-Tree/slack-desc
index 3e5ab4f5009d4..6d94d88c5deb7 100644
--- a/perl/perl-HTML-Tree/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-HTML-Tree/slack-desc
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-HTML-Tree: perl-HTML-Tree (build and scan parse-trees of HTML)
perl-HTML-Tree:
-perl-HTML-Tree: HTML-Tree is a suite of Perl modules for making parse trees out of
-perl-HTML-Tree: HTML source. It consists of mainly two modules, whose documentation
+perl-HTML-Tree: HTML-Tree is a suite of Perl modules for making parse trees out of
+perl-HTML-Tree: HTML source. It consists of mainly two modules, whose documentation
perl-HTML-Tree: you should refer to: HTML::TreeBuilder and HTML::Element.
perl-HTML-Tree:
perl-HTML-Tree: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/~cjm/HTML-Tree-5.03/
diff --git a/perl/perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent/slack-desc b/perl/perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent/slack-desc
index 98dc71583aac9..51e3ed4a14372 100644
--- a/perl/perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent: perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent (Cache the result of http get-requests)
diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-HTML/slack-desc b/perl/perl-IO-HTML/slack-desc
index dbfc5379cf0ca..00edb3aa3d912 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IO-HTML/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-IO-HTML/slack-desc
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
-perl-IO-HTML: perl-IO-HTML -- Open an HTML file with automatic charset detection
+perl-IO-HTML: perl-IO-HTML -- Open an HTML file with automatic charset detection
perl-IO-HTML:
-perl-IO-HTML: IO::HTML provides an easy way to open a file containing HTML while
-perl-IO-HTML: automatically determining its encoding. It uses the HTML5 encoding
-perl-IO-HTML: sniffing algorithm specified in section 8.2.2.1 of the draft
+perl-IO-HTML: IO::HTML provides an easy way to open a file containing HTML while
+perl-IO-HTML: automatically determining its encoding. It uses the HTML5 encoding
+perl-IO-HTML: sniffing algorithm specified in section 8.2.2.1 of the draft
perl-IO-HTML: standard.
perl-IO-HTML:
perl-IO-HTML:
diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-Interface/slack-desc b/perl/perl-IO-Interface/slack-desc
index 9ae54ad4b6327..faba39a69f0b5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IO-Interface/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-IO-Interface/slack-desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-IO-Interface: perl-IO-Interface (access to network card configuration information)
perl-IO-Interface:
perl-IO-Interface: IO::Interface adds methods to IO::Socket objects that allows them
perl-IO-Interface: to be used to retrieve and change information about the network
-perl-IO-Interface: interfaces on your system. In addition to the object-oriented access
+perl-IO-Interface: interfaces on your system. In addition to the object-oriented access
perl-IO-Interface: methods, you can use a function-oriented style.
perl-IO-Interface:
perl-IO-Interface:
diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/slack-desc b/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/slack-desc
index 9dc7189ca8bab..aa48b674c508f 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-IO-Multiplex/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-IO-Multiplex: perl-IO-Multiplex (IO::Multiplex perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-Socket-Multicast/slack-desc b/perl/perl-IO-Socket-Multicast/slack-desc
index 8c3b48a5cf840..8d6d62314734d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IO-Socket-Multicast/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-IO-Socket-Multicast/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-IO-Socket-Multicast: perl-IO-Socket-Multicast (Send and receive multicast messages)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ perl-IO-Socket-Multicast:
perl-IO-Socket-Multicast: The IO::Socket::Multicast module subclasses IO::Socket::INET to
perl-IO-Socket-Multicast: enable you to manipulate multicast groups. With this module (and an
perl-IO-Socket-Multicast: operating system that supports multicasting), you will be able to
-perl-IO-Socket-Multicast: receive incoming multicast transmissions and generate your own
+perl-IO-Socket-Multicast: receive incoming multicast transmissions and generate your own
perl-IO-Socket-Multicast: outgoing multicast packets.
perl-IO-Socket-Multicast:
perl-IO-Socket-Multicast:
diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-Tty/slack-desc b/perl/perl-IO-Tty/slack-desc
index b35e7adb28cd1..191c529789855 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IO-Tty/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-IO-Tty/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-IO-Tty: perl-IO-Tty (Pseudo TTY object class)
diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-stringy/slack-desc b/perl/perl-IO-stringy/slack-desc
index 71277d1dd2eea..8fb434cd13647 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IO-stringy/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-IO-stringy/slack-desc
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-IO-stringy: perl-IO-stringy (IO::stringy)
perl-IO-stringy:
-perl-IO-stringy: perl-IO-stringy provides perl modules for performing both
-perl-IO-stringy: traditional and object-oriented i/o on things other than
+perl-IO-stringy: perl-IO-stringy provides perl modules for performing both
+perl-IO-stringy: traditional and object-oriented i/o on things other than
perl-IO-stringy: normal filehandles.
-perl-IO-stringy:
+perl-IO-stringy:
perl-IO-stringy:
perl-IO-stringy:
perl-IO-stringy: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/IO-stringy/
diff --git a/perl/perl-IPC-Run3/slack-desc b/perl/perl-IPC-Run3/slack-desc
index d51fe541d5051..e664f16fe4018 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IPC-Run3/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-IPC-Run3/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-IPC-Run3: perl-IPC-Run3 (run a subprocess with input/ouput redirection)
diff --git a/perl/perl-IPC-System-Simple/slack-desc b/perl/perl-IPC-System-Simple/slack-desc
index 5fb912703357b..102cb3a820370 100644
--- a/perl/perl-IPC-System-Simple/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-IPC-System-Simple/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-IPC-System-Simple: perl-IPC-System-Simple (Run commands, with detailed diagnostics)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Image-Size/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Image-Size/slack-desc
index 708226a51c4bf..04e03da109031 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Image-Size/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Image-Size/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Image-Size: perl-Image-Size (Determine the size of images)
diff --git a/perl/perl-JSON/slack-desc b/perl/perl-JSON/slack-desc
index 261079f2e132f..e7b032c0cc877 100644
--- a/perl/perl-JSON/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-JSON/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-JSON: perl-JSON (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate/slack-desc
index b54153140ae00..b8dbed62bce96 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate/slack-desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate: perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate (go from cardinal number to ordinal)
perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate:
perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate: Go from cardinal number (3) to ordinal ("3rd").
perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate:
-perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate: Homepage:
+perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate: Homepage:
perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate: http://search.cpan.org/~sburke/Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate-1.02/
perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate:
perl-Lingua-EN-Numbers-Ordinate:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Lingua-Preferred/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Lingua-Preferred/slack-desc
index 6ed91b8b111db..6b5a66f5f8cab 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Lingua-Preferred/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Lingua-Preferred/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Lingua-Preferred: perl-Lingua-Preferred (Pick a language based on user's preferences)
diff --git a/perl/perl-List-MoreUtils/slack-desc b/perl/perl-List-MoreUtils/slack-desc
index f6e977cee708c..d1319f295d72b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-List-MoreUtils/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-List-MoreUtils/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-List-MoreUtils: perl-List-MoreUtils (Adds missing functionality from List::Util)
perl-List-MoreUtils:
-perl-List-MoreUtils: Provides the missing functionality from List::Util (see "SUGGESTED
+perl-List-MoreUtils: Provides the missing functionality from List::Util (see "SUGGESTED
perl-List-MoreUtils: ADDITIONS" in its manpage).
perl-List-MoreUtils:
perl-List-MoreUtils:
diff --git a/perl/perl-LockFile-Simple/slack-desc b/perl/perl-LockFile-Simple/slack-desc
index 587ef9157aefa..92797634ed5e0 100644
--- a/perl/perl-LockFile-Simple/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-LockFile-Simple/slack-desc
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-LockFile-Simple: perl-LockFile-Simple (simple file locking scheme)
perl-LockFile-Simple:
-perl-LockFile-Simple: This module provides a simple file locking scheme based on basic
+perl-LockFile-Simple: This module provides a simple file locking scheme based on basic
perl-LockFile-Simple: file system primitives and properties.
perl-LockFile-Simple:
perl-LockFile-Simple:
-perl-LockFile-Simple: Project Site :
+perl-LockFile-Simple: Project Site :
perl-LockFile-Simple: http://search.cpan.org/~schwigon/LockFile-Simple/Simple.pm
perl-LockFile-Simple:
perl-LockFile-Simple:
diff --git a/perl/perl-MIME-Lite/slack-desc b/perl/perl-MIME-Lite/slack-desc
index 35ac6025be18d..694f3c51e5b38 100644
--- a/perl/perl-MIME-Lite/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-MIME-Lite/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-MIME-Lite: perl-MIME-Lite (low-calorie MIME generator)
diff --git a/perl/perl-MP3-Info/slack-desc b/perl/perl-MP3-Info/slack-desc
index 917b1f1cd345e..1eccdfec63d18 100644
--- a/perl/perl-MP3-Info/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-MP3-Info/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/perl/perl-Mail-SPF/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Mail-SPF/slack-desc
index cbd0605e18c89..ce46ada0f1f34 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Mail-SPF/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Mail-SPF/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Mail-SPF: perl-Mail-SPF (Mail::SPF)
diff --git a/perl/perl-MailTools/slack-desc b/perl/perl-MailTools/slack-desc
index ed0d665c48b1b..4aaf6382b389e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-MailTools/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-MailTools/slack-desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-MailTools: perl-MailTools (MailTools)
perl-MailTools:
perl-MailTools: MailTools is a set of Perl modules related to mail applications.
-perl-MailTools:
perl-MailTools:
-perl-MailTools:
+perl-MailTools:
+perl-MailTools:
perl-MailTools: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/
perl-MailTools:
perl-MailTools:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Math-Base85/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Math-Base85/slack-desc
index 4914dcbcd0f9a..5e909b619b169 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Math-Base85/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Math-Base85/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Math-Base85: perl-Math-Base85 (extension for base 85 numbers)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Math-Round/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Math-Round/slack-desc
index 753077fe2b40a..c3ca8a8ebe6f5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Math-Round/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Math-Round/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Math-Round: perl-Math-Round (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID/slack-desc b/perl/perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID/slack-desc
index e507fa4c1857a..d8533175c272a 100644
--- a/perl/perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID/slack-desc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID: perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID (MusicBrainz::DiscID)
perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID:
perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID: MusicBrainz::DiscID is a class to calculate a MusicBrainz DiscID
perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID: from an audio CD in the drive. The coding style is slightly different
-perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID: to the C interface to libdiscid, because it makes use of perl's
+perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID: to the C interface to libdiscid, because it makes use of perl's
perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID: Object Oriented functionality.
perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID:
perl-MusicBrainz-DiscID: http://search.cpan.org/~njh/MusicBrainz-DiscID-0.03/
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-CIDR/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-CIDR/slack-desc
index 154d3b5a254d0..8f03a19703923 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-CIDR/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-CIDR/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-CIDR: perl-Net-CIDR (Net::CIDR)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable/slack-desc
index e43392df409df..0889f6aa18782 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable: perl-Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc
index e6f339950e7ab..a547cb8df36c7 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-Daemon: perl-Net-Daemon ( perl extention for portable daemons )
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-IPv4Addr/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-IPv4Addr/slack-desc
index 190633a1967ed..b2f4e28b9930b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-IPv4Addr/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-IPv4Addr/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-IPv4Addr: perl-Net-IPv4Addr (perl extension for manipulating IPv4 addresses)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-IPv6Addr/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-IPv6Addr/slack-desc
index c66f972ebb057..fb547e3e47088 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-IPv6Addr/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-IPv6Addr/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-IPv6Addr: perl-Net-IPv6Addr (check validity of IPv6 addresses)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Ident/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Ident/slack-desc
index 5365776f7ded2..a2b4b25365d2d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Ident/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Ident/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-Ident: perl-Net-Ident (Net::Ident)
perl-Net-Ident:
-perl-Net-Ident: perl-Net-Ident - lookup the username on the remote end of
+perl-Net-Ident: perl-Net-Ident - lookup the username on the remote end of
perl-Net-Ident: a TCP/IP connection.
perl-Net-Ident:
perl-Net-Ident: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Ident/
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-LibIDN/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-LibIDN/slack-desc
index 1afb4364d1613..e0df3454a0155 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-LibIDN/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-LibIDN/slack-desc
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-LibIDN: perl-Net-LibIDN (Perl bindings for GNU Libidn)
perl-Net-LibIDN:
-perl-Net-LibIDN: Provides bindings for GNU Libidn, a C library for handling
-perl-Net-LibIDN: Internationalized Domain Names according to IDNA (RFC 3490), in a way
+perl-Net-LibIDN: Provides bindings for GNU Libidn, a C library for handling
+perl-Net-LibIDN: Internationalized Domain Names according to IDNA (RFC 3490), in a way
perl-Net-LibIDN: very much inspired by Turbo Fredriksson's PHP-IDN.
perl-Net-LibIDN:
perl-Net-LibIDN:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Libdnet/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Libdnet/slack-desc
index 8b70de66f3894..32fb77cb2c23d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Libdnet/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Libdnet/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-Libdnet: perl-Net-Libdnet (binding for Dug Song's libdnet)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Packet/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Packet/slack-desc
index 6f36f72ea253e..5853fe9bca45f 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Packet/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Packet/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-Packet: perl-Net-Packet (a network framework)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Pcap/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Pcap/slack-desc
index 2eab2d3a4dcc9..e6f87cd03088b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Pcap/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Pcap/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-Pcap: perl-Net-Pcap (Interface to pcap(3) LBL packet capture library)
perl-Net-Pcap:
-perl-Net-Pcap: The Net::Pcap module is a Perl binding to the LBL pcap(3) packet
+perl-Net-Pcap: The Net::Pcap module is a Perl binding to the LBL pcap(3) packet
perl-Net-Pcap: capture library.
perl-Net-Pcap:
perl-Net-Pcap:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-RawIP/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-RawIP/slack-desc
index e2c86ac91bcec..c7f6c4953b821 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-RawIP/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-RawIP/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-RawIP: perl-Net-RawIP (manipulate raw IP packets)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL/slack-desc
index b6172062e4821..c063ef233573f 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-SMTP-SSL/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Server/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Server/slack-desc
index 1f7120322adc3..8ecd1134ac6c2 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Server/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Server/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-Server: perl-Net-Server (Net::Server)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Telnet/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Telnet/slack-desc
index b3da90ec7f659..6fc782e21dfd8 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Telnet/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Telnet/slack-desc
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-Telnet: perl-Net-Telnet (interact with TELNET port or other TCP ports)
perl-Net-Telnet:
perl-Net-Telnet: Net::Telnet allows you to make client connections to a TCP port and do
-perl-Net-Telnet: network I/O, especially to a port using the TELNET protocol. Simple
+perl-Net-Telnet: network I/O, especially to a port using the TELNET protocol. Simple
perl-Net-Telnet: I/O methods such as print, get, and getline are provided. More
-perl-Net-Telnet: sophisticated interactive features are provided because connecting to
-perl-Net-Telnet: a TELNET port ultimately means communicating with a program designed
+perl-Net-Telnet: sophisticated interactive features are provided because connecting to
+perl-Net-Telnet: a TELNET port ultimately means communicating with a program designed
perl-Net-Telnet: for human interaction. These interactive features include the ability
perl-Net-Telnet: to specify a time-out and to wait for patterns to appear in the input
perl-Net-Telnet: stream, such as the prompt from a shell.
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-UPnP/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-UPnP/slack-desc
index 4b464bd0a4212..a9a620820acc2 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-UPnP/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-UPnP/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-UPnP: perl-Net-UPnP (Net-UPnP)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Write/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Write/slack-desc
index 053a2ca23e928..95b6438e4a0ad 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Write/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Write/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Net-Write: perl-Net-Write (portable interface to open and send raw data to network)
diff --git a/perl/perl-NetPacket/slack-desc b/perl/perl-NetPacket/slack-desc
index 0aeaed1eeeb6d..f7877f8b14657 100644
--- a/perl/perl-NetPacket/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-NetPacket/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-NetPacket: perl-NetPacket (modules to assemble/disassemble network packets)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Number-Compare/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Number-Compare/slack-desc
index 60d5e5b701c5b..ab017ba10cf95 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Number-Compare/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Number-Compare/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/perl/perl-Ogg-Vorbis-Header-PurePerl/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Ogg-Vorbis-Header-PurePerl/slack-desc
index a0b5a48a34c0a..39e2dfe6c285a 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Ogg-Vorbis-Header-PurePerl/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Ogg-Vorbis-Header-PurePerl/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/perl/perl-OpenGL-Image/slack-desc b/perl/perl-OpenGL-Image/slack-desc
index 8907aacc0c43d..61cd6510a2019 100644
--- a/perl/perl-OpenGL-Image/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-OpenGL-Image/slack-desc
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-OpenGL-Image: perl-OpenGL-Image (A wrapper to abstract imaging interfaces)
perl-OpenGL-Image:
perl-OpenGL-Image: OpenGL::Image provides methods to load/modify/save images for use
-perl-OpenGL-Image: with OpenGL textures, FBOs and VBOs.
+perl-OpenGL-Image: with OpenGL textures, FBOs and VBOs.
perl-OpenGL-Image:
perl-OpenGL-Image: Project URL: http://search.cpan.org/dist/OpenGL-Image/
perl-OpenGL-Image:
diff --git a/perl/perl-OpenGL-Shader/slack-desc b/perl/perl-OpenGL-Shader/slack-desc
index e4c49bb43bc40..4ae8a72ee14f9 100644
--- a/perl/perl-OpenGL-Shader/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-OpenGL-Shader/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-OpenGL-Shader: perl-OpenGL-Shader (An extensible abstraction for OpenGL shaders)
perl-OpenGL-Shader:
-perl-OpenGL-Shader: OpenGL-Shader is a perl module that provides an extensible abstraction
+perl-OpenGL-Shader: OpenGL-Shader is a perl module that provides an extensible abstraction
perl-OpenGL-Shader: for managing OpenGL shaders.
perl-OpenGL-Shader:
perl-OpenGL-Shader: Project URL: http://search.cpan.org/dist/OpenGL-Shader/
diff --git a/perl/perl-OpenGL/slack-desc b/perl/perl-OpenGL/slack-desc
index f0abb8beeac2c..afc1ca4465a9e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-OpenGL/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-OpenGL/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-OpenGL: perl-OpenGL (A portable perl binding for OpenGL)
diff --git a/perl/perl-PHP-Serialization/slack-desc b/perl/perl-PHP-Serialization/slack-desc
index 79739206576af..5997b689729b6 100644
--- a/perl/perl-PHP-Serialization/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-PHP-Serialization/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-PHP-Serialization: perl-PHP-Serialization (convert PHP's serialize() to perl structures)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Package-Stash-XS/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Package-Stash-XS/slack-desc
index 5d09a51414ee6..ef1625aa8dcb3 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Package-Stash-XS/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Package-Stash-XS/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Package-Stash-XS: perl-Package-Stash-XS (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Params-Classify/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Params-Classify/slack-desc
index 8f72bad575913..d935546675f14 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Params-Classify/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Params-Classify/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Params-Classify: perl-Params-Classify (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Params-Util/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Params-Util/slack-desc
index e368534411766..7e6fe64433f20 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Params-Util/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Params-Util/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Params-Util: perl-Params-Util (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Params-Validate/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Params-Validate/slack-desc
index 966d45237175a..f63c79df57c99 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Params-Validate/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Params-Validate/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Params-Validate: perl-Params-Validate (Validate method/function parameters)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Parse-RecDescent/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Parse-RecDescent/slack-desc
index 6f7228cc0f1ab..ff47b9af3a6e9 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Parse-RecDescent/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Parse-RecDescent/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Parse-RecDescent: perl-Parse-RecDescent (generate recursive-descent parsers)
diff --git a/perl/perl-PerlIO-Layers/slack-desc b/perl/perl-PerlIO-Layers/slack-desc
index 3b54e996a1ca3..1d35441d91cf1 100644
--- a/perl/perl-PerlIO-Layers/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-PerlIO-Layers/slack-desc
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-PerlIO-Layers: perl-PerlIO-Layers (Perl module)
perl-PerlIO-Layers:
-perl-PerlIO-Layers: Perl's filehandles are implemented as a stack of layers, with the
-perl-PerlIO-Layers: bottom-most usually doing the actual IO and the higher ones doing
-perl-PerlIO-Layers: buffering, encoding/decoding or transformations. PerlIO::Layers
-perl-PerlIO-Layers: allows you to query the filehandle's properties concerning these
-perl-PerlIO-Layers: layers.
+perl-PerlIO-Layers: Perl's filehandles are implemented as a stack of layers, with the
+perl-PerlIO-Layers: bottom-most usually doing the actual IO and the higher ones doing
+perl-PerlIO-Layers: buffering, encoding/decoding or transformations. PerlIO::Layers
+perl-PerlIO-Layers: allows you to query the filehandle's properties concerning these
+perl-PerlIO-Layers: layers.
perl-PerlIO-Layers:
perl-PerlIO-Layers: http://search.cpan.org/~leont/PerlIO-Layers-0.010/
perl-PerlIO-Layers:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc
index e134604543409..e2d2710cd9cba 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Pod-Coverage: perl-Pod-Coverage (Check if module documentation is comprehensive)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Probe-Perl/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Probe-Perl/slack-desc
index 881e3713b0d9e..b936a9e547a74 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Probe-Perl/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Probe-Perl/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Probe-Perl: perl-Probe-Perl (Information about the currently running perl)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Proc-Daemon/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Proc-Daemon/slack-desc
index 3b3629c73b74b..0f8e5f198bddf 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Proc-Daemon/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Proc-Daemon/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Proc-Daemon: perl-Proc-Daemon (Run Perl program as a daemon process)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Regexp-Common/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Regexp-Common/slack-desc
index a25264d4b6c4f..dde657678bd4a 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Regexp-Common/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Regexp-Common/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Regexp-Common: perl-Regexp-Common (commonly requested regular expressions)
diff --git a/perl/perl-SDL/slack-desc b/perl/perl-SDL/slack-desc
index b71e11c3a067e..766b283e76bc8 100644
--- a/perl/perl-SDL/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-SDL/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-SDL: perl-SDL (Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for Perl)
diff --git a/perl/perl-SOAP-Lite/slack-desc b/perl/perl-SOAP-Lite/slack-desc
index 6f47234d0c68b..1228d4f419da4 100644
--- a/perl/perl-SOAP-Lite/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-SOAP-Lite/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-SOAP-Lite: perl-SOAP-Lite (lightweight interface to SOAP)
perl-SOAP-Lite:
-perl-SOAP-Lite: SOAP::Lite is a collection of Perl modules which provides a simple
+perl-SOAP-Lite: SOAP::Lite is a collection of Perl modules which provides a simple
perl-SOAP-Lite: and lightweight interface to the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
perl-SOAP-Lite: both on client and server side.
perl-SOAP-Lite:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Socket6/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Socket6/slack-desc
index 5584940bd9fd9..e3003c4b2f1aa 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Socket6/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Socket6/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Socket6: perl-Socket6 (IPv6 related part of the C socket.h)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Sort-Versions/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Sort-Versions/slack-desc
index 3a31ae3e5f3b0..ab3f7be4fb381 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Sort-Versions/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Sort-Versions/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/perl/perl-Statistics-Descriptive/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Statistics-Descriptive/slack-desc
index fe4853aa43d47..e7ae31727f5e3 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Statistics-Descriptive/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Statistics-Descriptive/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Statistics-Descriptive: perl-Statistics-Descriptive (descriptive statistics functions)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Sub-Install/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Sub-Install/slack-desc
index f042586e256e0..56ac665dcb6f3 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Sub-Install/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Sub-Install/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Sub-Install: perl-Sub-Install (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Sub-Uplevel/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Sub-Uplevel/slack-desc
index 8570393ea12ae..488a260ef548b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Sub-Uplevel/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Sub-Uplevel/slack-desc
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Sub-Uplevel: perl-Sub-Uplevel (Sub::Uplevel)
perl-Sub-Uplevel:
-perl-Sub-Uplevel: perl-Sub-Uplevel allows to run a function in a higher
+perl-Sub-Uplevel: perl-Sub-Uplevel allows to run a function in a higher
perl-Sub-Uplevel: stack frame.
perl-Sub-Uplevel:
perl-Sub-Uplevel: Home Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sub-Uplevel/
diff --git a/perl/perl-Sys-Mmap/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Sys-Mmap/slack-desc
index 93398eb0851ae..049c357cfbf25 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Sys-Mmap/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Sys-Mmap/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Sys-Mmap: perl-Sys-Mmap (uses mmap to map in a file as a Perl variable)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Sys-Syscall/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Sys-Syscall/slack-desc
index 1176adda0d419..c50a6176f0d51 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Sys-Syscall/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Sys-Syscall/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Sys-Syscall: perl-Sys-Syscall (perl System Call access)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Task-Weaken/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Task-Weaken/slack-desc
index 9996fc210b2d5..6e4c5810946a5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Task-Weaken/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Task-Weaken/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Task-Weaken: perl-Task-Weaken (ensure that a platform has weaken support)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Template-Toolkit/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Template-Toolkit/slack-desc
index 3237375558679..acbdde3f823fc 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Template-Toolkit/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Template-Toolkit/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Template-Toolkit: perl-Template-Toolkit (comprehensive template processing system)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Term-Animation/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Term-Animation/slack-desc
index bf36e297dc9f5..af45f2abd5675 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Term-Animation/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Term-Animation/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Term-Animation: perl-Term-Animation (ASCII sprite animation framework)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Term-ProgressBar/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Term-ProgressBar/slack-desc
index 60e598a5247e7..8514ace0ee11e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Term-ProgressBar/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Term-ProgressBar/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Term-ProgressBar: perl-Term-ProgressBar (progress meter on a standard terminal)
diff --git a/perl/perl-TermReadKey/slack-desc b/perl/perl-TermReadKey/slack-desc
index c4e690c9b0830..ccd171e0229af 100644
--- a/perl/perl-TermReadKey/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-TermReadKey/slack-desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-TermReadKey: perl-TermReadKey (A perl module for simple terminal control)
-perl-TermReadKey:
+perl-TermReadKey:
perl-TermReadKey: Term::ReadKey is a compiled perl module dedicated to providing simple
perl-TermReadKey: control over terminal driver modes (cbreak, raw, cooked, etc.,)
perl-TermReadKey: support for non-blocking reads, if the architecture allows, and some
perl-TermReadKey: generalized handy functions for working with terminals.
-perl-TermReadKey:
+perl-TermReadKey:
perl-TermReadKey: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/~kjalb/TermReadKey-2.14/
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Deep/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Deep/slack-desc
index aaf2a5a29411b..d7be0debb9f36 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Deep/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Deep/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Deep: perl-Test-Deep (Test::Deep)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Exception/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Exception/slack-desc
index e48057a40d35d..258bba5839235 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Exception/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Exception/slack-desc
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Exception: perl-Test-Exception (Test::Exception)
perl-Test-Exception:
-perl-Test-Exception: perl-Test-Exception provides modules for testing exception
+perl-Test-Exception: perl-Test-Exception provides modules for testing exception
perl-Test-Exception: based code.
perl-Test-Exception:
perl-Test-Exception: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Exception/
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Fatal/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Fatal/slack-desc
index 0cb5a4fbe7ec8..88311fa4f1277 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Fatal/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Fatal/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Fatal: perl-Test-Fatal (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Inter/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Inter/slack-desc
index 8348106b5a755..49c5f69e1fef5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Inter/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Inter/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Inter: perl-Test-Inter (framework for more readable interactive test scripts)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Most/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Most/slack-desc
index edb6599fbd64a..70d4b92dfddbd 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Most/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Most/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Most: perl-Test-Most (Perl module with test functions and features)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-NoWarnings/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-NoWarnings/slack-desc
index 223a8ac82f38a..6eaf39ec6b7ea 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-NoWarnings/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-NoWarnings/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-NoWarnings: perl-Test-NoWarnings (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc
index 539b80518befc..01ca8edfa7140 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Pod-Coverage/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Pod-Coverage: perl-Test-Pod-Coverage (Check for pod coverage in your distribution)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Pod/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Pod/slack-desc
index 8e6689d62e08f..fa6b134148884 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Pod/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Pod/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Pod: perl-Test-Pod (Test::Pod)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Requires/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Requires/slack-desc
index 350818dbdab38..24d14574d6795 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Requires/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Requires/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Requires: perl-Test-Requires (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Script/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Script/slack-desc
index 8837dbadca8d6..d05ae887b068b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Script/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Script/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Script: perl-Test-Script (Basic cross-platform tests for scripts)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Test-Tester/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Test-Tester/slack-desc
index 3b5e89b37f893..9ffe8d17cd703 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Test-Tester/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Test-Tester/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Test-Tester: perl-Test-Tester (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-Autoformat/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-Autoformat/slack-desc
index 3ffe28f3387c4..a9e92e73b202f 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-Autoformat/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-Autoformat/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Text-Autoformat: perl-Text-Autoformat (Automatic text wrapping and reformatting)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-CSV_XS/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-CSV_XS/slack-desc
index ca76e3fee59f7..2d4c0872df807 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-CSV_XS/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-CSV_XS/slack-desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Text-CSV_XS: perl-Text-CSV_XS (perl module)
perl-Text-CSV_XS:
perl-Text-CSV_XS: Text::CSV_XS - comma-separated values manipulation routines
perl-Text-CSV_XS:
-perl-Text-CSV_XS: Text::CSV_XS provides facilities for the composition and
+perl-Text-CSV_XS: Text::CSV_XS provides facilities for the composition and
perl-Text-CSV_XS: decomposition of comma-separated values.
perl-Text-CSV_XS:
perl-Text-CSV_XS:
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-Glob/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-Glob/slack-desc
index aa0676d3fd043..9beb27b3bec7c 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-Glob/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-Glob/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-Iconv/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-Iconv/slack-desc
index 78f8a5fcbc4d1..2926b7e430fb1 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-Iconv/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-Iconv/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Text-Iconv: perl-Text-Iconv (Perl interface to the iconv() function)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-Password-Pronounceable/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-Password-Pronounceable/slack-desc
index 79d160a4ed495..950887741248e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-Password-Pronounceable/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-Password-Pronounceable/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Text-Password-Pronounceable: perl-Text-Password-Pronounceable (Generate pronounceable passwords)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-Patch/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-Patch/slack-desc
index 06b5da2677da9..e441c75eddd98 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-Patch/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-Patch/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Text-Patch: perl-Text-Patch (Patches text with given patch)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-Quoted/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-Quoted/slack-desc
index a671433279940..7285e6bd73731 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-Quoted/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-Quoted/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Text-Quoted: perl-Text-Quoted (Extract the structure of a quoted mail message)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-Reform/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-Reform/slack-desc
index 3c41e91776057..ae444948f1a56 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-Reform/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-Reform/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Text-Reform: perl-Text-Reform (Manual text wrapping and reformatting)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Text-Tabulate/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Text-Tabulate/slack-desc
index a810f4dd492c2..6fc92e565235c 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Text-Tabulate/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Text-Tabulate/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/perl/perl-Tidy/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Tidy/slack-desc
index 649cf43e23260..6e1659e0f9e34 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Tidy/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Tidy/slack-desc
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Tidy: perl-Tidy (Parses and beutifies perl source)
perl-Tidy:
perl-Tidy: Perltidy is a tool to indent and reformat perl scripts.
-perl-Tidy: It can also write scripts in html format.
+perl-Tidy: It can also write scripts in html format.
perl-Tidy:
perl-Tidy: Project URL:
perl-Tidy: http://search.cpan.org/~shancock/Perl-Tidy-20130922/
diff --git a/perl/perl-Tie-IxHash/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Tie-IxHash/slack-desc
index be02db0726b80..601bbff89d50f 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Tie-IxHash/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Tie-IxHash/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Tie-IxHash: perl-Tie-IxHash (implements ordered in-memory associative arrays)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Tie-Simple/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Tie-Simple/slack-desc
index f17b136b4606d..29c7bc37f802b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Tie-Simple/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Tie-Simple/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Tie-Simple: perl-Tie-Simple (Variable ties made easier: much, much, much easier)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Time-modules/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Time-modules/slack-desc
index 08d465a395f95..1c8840c192d67 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Time-modules/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Time-modules/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Time-modules: perl-Time-modules (Time manipulations)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Tk-TableMatrix/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Tk-TableMatrix/slack-desc
index 553d120a7eb3e..b94ad1da0756e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Tk-TableMatrix/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Tk-TableMatrix/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Tk-TableMatrix: perl-Tk-TableMatrix (Create and manipulate tables)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Try-Tiny/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Try-Tiny/slack-desc
index 88f5d63779eed..383b2c391b6fe 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Try-Tiny/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Try-Tiny/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Try-Tiny: perl-Try-Tiny (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Unicode-String/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Unicode-String/slack-desc
index 66fc1ecc3c5ff..9c0dc09b1ba19 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Unicode-String/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Unicode-String/slack-desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ perl-Unicode-String:
perl-Unicode-String: These are experimental modules to handle various Unicode issues. They
perl-Unicode-String: were made before perl included native UTF8 support.
perl-Unicode-String:
-perl-Unicode-String: Unicode::String - represent strings of Unicode chars
+perl-Unicode-String: Unicode::String - represent strings of Unicode chars
perl-Unicode-String: Unicode::CharName - look up character names
perl-Unicode-String:
perl-Unicode-String: http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/Unicode-String-2.09/
diff --git a/perl/perl-Unicode-UTF8simple/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Unicode-UTF8simple/slack-desc
index e57662e380ab2..828b1d973f9e9 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Unicode-UTF8simple/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Unicode-UTF8simple/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Unicode-UTF8simple: perl-Unicode-UTF8simple (Conversions to UTF8 from charactersets)
diff --git a/perl/perl-Unix-Syslog/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Unix-Syslog/slack-desc
index 639822b77d43c..cc6016462df09 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Unix-Syslog/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Unix-Syslog/slack-desc
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-Unix-Syslog: perl-Unix-Syslog (interface to the UNIX syslog calls)
perl-Unix-Syslog:
perl-Unix-Syslog: Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls.
-perl-Unix-Syslog:
perl-Unix-Syslog:
-perl-Unix-Syslog:
+perl-Unix-Syslog:
+perl-Unix-Syslog:
perl-Unix-Syslog: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Unix-Syslog/
perl-Unix-Syslog:
perl-Unix-Syslog:
diff --git a/perl/perl-X10/slack-desc b/perl/perl-X10/slack-desc
index 554fa67240bc3..37c7a6e23f6ac 100644
--- a/perl/perl-X10/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-X10/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-X10: perl-X10 (X10-based home automation control module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-XML-LibXSLT/slack-desc b/perl/perl-XML-LibXSLT/slack-desc
index db11d4e31037b..fe8ae911c2c18 100644
--- a/perl/perl-XML-LibXSLT/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-XML-LibXSLT/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-XML-LibXSLT: perl-XML-LibXSLT (Interface to the gnome libxslt library)
diff --git a/perl/perl-XML-Writer/slack-desc b/perl/perl-XML-Writer/slack-desc
index b6b3ef7fec80f..fe1a1e682767c 100644
--- a/perl/perl-XML-Writer/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-XML-Writer/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-XML-Writer: perl-XML-Writer (Perl extension for writing XML documents)
diff --git a/perl/perl-XML-XPath/slack-desc b/perl/perl-XML-XPath/slack-desc
index d9e9ce84d1c6a..fc97f198ca89b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-XML-XPath/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-XML-XPath/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-XML-XPath: perl-XML-XPath (modules for parsing and evaluating XPath statements)
diff --git a/perl/perl-YAML-Syck/slack-desc b/perl/perl-YAML-Syck/slack-desc
index 16220b633000f..0151ccbe4d25a 100644
--- a/perl/perl-YAML-Syck/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-YAML-Syck/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-YAML-Syck: perl-YAML-Syck (Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper)
diff --git a/perl/perl-cairo/slack-desc b/perl/perl-cairo/slack-desc
index 1d41e9248df58..eecf56084e86f 100644
--- a/perl/perl-cairo/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-cairo/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-cairo: Cairo (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-class-accessor/slack-desc b/perl/perl-class-accessor/slack-desc
index 4b3cc830950e2..9855eff9d0b6f 100644
--- a/perl/perl-class-accessor/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-class-accessor/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-class-accessor: perl-class-accessor (Automated accessor generation)
perl-class-accessor:
perl-class-accessor: This perl module automagically generates accessors/mutators for your
perl-class-accessor: class.
-perl-class-accessor:
-perl-class-accessor:
-perl-class-accessor:
-perl-class-accessor:
-perl-class-accessor:
+perl-class-accessor:
+perl-class-accessor:
+perl-class-accessor:
+perl-class-accessor:
+perl-class-accessor:
perl-class-accessor:
perl-class-accessor:
diff --git a/perl/perl-data-dump/slack-desc b/perl/perl-data-dump/slack-desc
index 5a3944dd800df..3ceb5e81cab92 100644
--- a/perl/perl-data-dump/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-data-dump/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-data-dump: perl-data-dump (Data::Dump - Pretty printing of data structures)
diff --git a/perl/perl-digest-hmac/slack-desc b/perl/perl-digest-hmac/slack-desc
index 3991d38a2f6af..4f94647362af2 100644
--- a/perl/perl-digest-hmac/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-digest-hmac/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-digest-hmac: perl-digest-hmac (Create standard message integrity checks)
diff --git a/perl/perl-digest-sha1/slack-desc b/perl/perl-digest-sha1/slack-desc
index c96008a9c496c..d81aae287c135 100644
--- a/perl/perl-digest-sha1/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-digest-sha1/slack-desc
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-digest-sha1: perl-digest-sha1 (Perl interface to the SHA-1 algorithm)
perl-digest-sha1:
-perl-digest-sha1: It allows you to use the NIST SHA-1 message digest algorithm
+perl-digest-sha1: It allows you to use the NIST SHA-1 message digest algorithm
perl-digest-sha1: from within Perl programs. The algorithm takes as input a
perl-digest-sha1: message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 160-bit
perl-digest-sha1: "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input.
diff --git a/perl/perl-encode-locale/slack-desc b/perl/perl-encode-locale/slack-desc
index 722302fa73075..ea5ee6a415ade 100644
--- a/perl/perl-encode-locale/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-encode-locale/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-encode-locale: perl-encode-locale (Determine the locale encoding)
diff --git a/perl/perl-event/slack-desc b/perl/perl-event/slack-desc
index e3ef682ab8fc3..eb2139c2c3e28 100644
--- a/perl/perl-event/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-event/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-event: perl-event (Event loop processing)
perl-event:
-perl-event: The Event module provide a central facility to watch for various
-perl-event: types of events and invoke a callback when these events occur. The
-perl-event: idea is to delay the handling of events so that they may be
-perl-event: dispatched in priority order when it is safe for callbacks to
+perl-event: The Event module provide a central facility to watch for various
+perl-event: types of events and invoke a callback when these events occur. The
+perl-event: idea is to delay the handling of events so that they may be
+perl-event: dispatched in priority order when it is safe for callbacks to
perl-event: execute.
-perl-event:
+perl-event:
perl-event:
perl-event:
perl-event:
diff --git a/perl/perl-extutils-depends/slack-desc b/perl/perl-extutils-depends/slack-desc
index be98ca91bb529..ea906405bf1b9 100644
--- a/perl/perl-extutils-depends/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-extutils-depends/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-extutils-depends: ExtUtils::Depends (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/slack-desc b/perl/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/slack-desc
index eab737d7a040c..cf25fa1ef5f00 100644
--- a/perl/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-extutils-pkgconfig/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-extutils-pkgconfig: ExtUtils::PkgConfig (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-file-listing/slack-desc b/perl/perl-file-listing/slack-desc
index 8a09610d6a448..b64f1b06f46e6 100644
--- a/perl/perl-file-listing/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-file-listing/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The handy ruler below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|------------------------------------------------------------|
perl-file-listing: perl-file-listing (parse directory listing)
diff --git a/perl/perl-file-path-expand/slack-desc b/perl/perl-file-path-expand/slack-desc
index 066f26980ce59..174de6f331329 100644
--- a/perl/perl-file-path-expand/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-file-path-expand/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-file-path-expand: perl-file-path-expand (expand filenames)
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ perl-file-path-expand:
perl-file-path-expand: File::Path::Expand expands user directories in filenames.
perl-file-path-expand: For the simple case it's no more complex than s{^~/}{$HOME/}, but
perl-file-path-expand: or other cases it consults getpwent and does the right thing.
-perl-file-path-expand:
-perl-file-path-expand:
-perl-file-path-expand:
-perl-file-path-expand:
+perl-file-path-expand:
+perl-file-path-expand:
+perl-file-path-expand:
+perl-file-path-expand:
perl-file-path-expand:
perl-file-path-expand:
diff --git a/perl/perl-glib/slack-desc b/perl/perl-glib/slack-desc
index 1e4189fd10cb0..0bf08932d35cd 100644
--- a/perl/perl-glib/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-glib/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-glib: Glib (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-gnome2-canvas/slack-desc b/perl/perl-gnome2-canvas/slack-desc
index bbbb28c1f101d..a9f718a2c602e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-gnome2-canvas/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-gnome2-canvas/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-gnome2-canvas: Gnome2::Canvas (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-gnome2-gconf/slack-desc b/perl/perl-gnome2-gconf/slack-desc
index e74f76b7af06e..454b3b6a72c92 100644
--- a/perl/perl-gnome2-gconf/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-gnome2-gconf/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-gnome2-gconf: Gnome2::GConf (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-gnome2-vfs/slack-desc b/perl/perl-gnome2-vfs/slack-desc
index 6f7b408ceb91d..754203ead77b0 100644
--- a/perl/perl-gnome2-vfs/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-gnome2-vfs/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-gnome2-vfs: Gnome2::VFS (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-gnome2-wnck/slack-desc b/perl/perl-gnome2-wnck/slack-desc
index a45ed8f73e2fd..32f991700f785 100644
--- a/perl/perl-gnome2-wnck/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-gnome2-wnck/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-gnome2-wnck: Gnome2::Wnck (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-gnome2/slack-desc b/perl/perl-gnome2/slack-desc
index 0fdf55de326a1..d75f11969955d 100644
--- a/perl/perl-gnome2/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-gnome2/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-gnome2: Gnome2 (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-goo-canvas/slack-desc b/perl/perl-goo-canvas/slack-desc
index 527ef4f0c745c..f37566a053035 100644
--- a/perl/perl-goo-canvas/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-goo-canvas/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-goo-canvas: Goo::Canvas (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-gtk2-imageview/slack-desc b/perl/perl-gtk2-imageview/slack-desc
index 31e96da837816..b454ba61fa9aa 100644
--- a/perl/perl-gtk2-imageview/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-gtk2-imageview/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-gtk2-imageview: Gtk2::ImageView (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-gtk2/slack-desc b/perl/perl-gtk2/slack-desc
index acbf733264e98..6809dbb1b3f46 100644
--- a/perl/perl-gtk2/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-gtk2/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-gtk2: Gtk2 (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-html-tagset/slack-desc b/perl/perl-html-tagset/slack-desc
index d19a9bf23cf0c..79e3da22c48fb 100644
--- a/perl/perl-html-tagset/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-html-tagset/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-html-tagset: perl-html-tagset (perl html data tables module)
perl-html-tagset:
perl-html-tagset: This module contains data tables useful in dealing with HTML.
-perl-html-tagset:
-perl-html-tagset:
-perl-html-tagset:
-perl-html-tagset:
-perl-html-tagset:
-perl-html-tagset:
+perl-html-tagset:
+perl-html-tagset:
+perl-html-tagset:
+perl-html-tagset:
+perl-html-tagset:
+perl-html-tagset:
perl-html-tagset: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Tagset/
-perl-html-tagset:
+perl-html-tagset:
diff --git a/perl/perl-http-cookies/slack-desc b/perl/perl-http-cookies/slack-desc
index c7d3577ebd346..e7291937ad7e3 100644
--- a/perl/perl-http-cookies/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-http-cookies/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The handy ruler below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|------------------------------------------------------------|
perl-http-cookies: perl-http-cookies (HTTP cookie jars)
diff --git a/perl/perl-http-daemon/slack-desc b/perl/perl-http-daemon/slack-desc
index f6d296fadb6b8..eea8230675e3e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-http-daemon/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-http-daemon/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The handy ruler below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
perl-http-daemon: perl-http-daemon (a simple http server class)
diff --git a/perl/perl-http-date/slack-desc b/perl/perl-http-date/slack-desc
index 158e118e35496..1160af7a46b63 100644
--- a/perl/perl-http-date/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-http-date/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-http-date: perl-http-date (date conversion routines)
diff --git a/perl/perl-http-message/slack-desc b/perl/perl-http-message/slack-desc
index 80df5cdc8080c..3b09cbffbb7e5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-http-message/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-http-message/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The handy ruler below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|------------------------------------------------------------|
perl-http-message: perl-http-message (HTTP style message base class)
diff --git a/perl/perl-http-negotiate/slack-desc b/perl/perl-http-negotiate/slack-desc
index 77c5505044c81..1d8cc4ab1898e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-http-negotiate/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-http-negotiate/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The handy ruler below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|----------------------------------------------------------|
perl-http-negotiate: perl-http-negotiate (choose a variant to serve)
diff --git a/perl/perl-http-response-encoding/slack-desc b/perl/perl-http-response-encoding/slack-desc
index 4442f57d31a5d..3958d51c54539 100644
--- a/perl/perl-http-response-encoding/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-http-response-encoding/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-http-response-encoding: HTTP::Response::Encoding (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-http-server-simple/slack-desc b/perl/perl-http-server-simple/slack-desc
index 49c1104284402..b1e4177021859 100644
--- a/perl/perl-http-server-simple/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-http-server-simple/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-http-server-simple: HTTP::Server::Simple (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-libintl/slack-desc b/perl/perl-libintl/slack-desc
index c8d32409697a1..b1d733c808810 100644
--- a/perl/perl-libintl/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-libintl/slack-desc
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-libintl: perl-libintl (Perl Interface to Uniforum Message Translation)
-perl-libintl:
-perl-libintl: The module Locale::TextDomain(3pm) provides a high-level interface
+perl-libintl:
+perl-libintl: The module Locale::TextDomain(3pm) provides a high-level interface
perl-libintl: to Perl message translation.
-perl-libintl:
-perl-libintl:
-perl-libintl:
-perl-libintl:
-perl-libintl:
-perl-libintl:
-perl-libintl:
+perl-libintl:
+perl-libintl:
+perl-libintl:
+perl-libintl:
+perl-libintl:
+perl-libintl:
+perl-libintl:
diff --git a/perl/perl-lirc-client/slack-desc b/perl/perl-lirc-client/slack-desc
index d233a53cb878c..8ababd77444ed 100644
--- a/perl/perl-lirc-client/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-lirc-client/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-lirc-client: perl-lirc-client (A client library for LIRC)
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ perl-lirc-client: This module provides a simple interface to the Linux Infrared
perl-lirc-client: Control (Lirc). The module encasuplates parsing the Lirc config file
perl-lirc-client: (.lircrc), openning a connection to the Lirc device, and retrieving
perl-lirc-client: events from the device.
-perl-lirc-client:
-perl-lirc-client:
-perl-lirc-client:
+perl-lirc-client:
+perl-lirc-client:
+perl-lirc-client:
perl-lirc-client:
perl-lirc-client:
diff --git a/perl/perl-lwp-mediatypes/slack-desc b/perl/perl-lwp-mediatypes/slack-desc
index 18c6fdbc995c5..6634c9c17a440 100644
--- a/perl/perl-lwp-mediatypes/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-lwp-mediatypes/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The handy ruler below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-lwp-mediatypes: perl-lwp-mediatypes (guess media type for file/URL)
diff --git a/perl/perl-net-dbus/slack-desc b/perl/perl-net-dbus/slack-desc
index c67cd09f9c344..e8db72ef0b574 100644
--- a/perl/perl-net-dbus/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-net-dbus/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-net-dbus: perl-net-dbus (Net::DBus perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-net-dns/slack-desc b/perl/perl-net-dns/slack-desc
index 31c722314cd4a..919a9df9d3f7a 100644
--- a/perl/perl-net-dns/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-net-dns/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-net-dns: perl-net-dns (perl DNS resolver module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-net-ip/slack-desc b/perl/perl-net-ip/slack-desc
index dc3fccb005e83..41d85576e1e4b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-net-ip/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-net-ip/slack-desc
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-net-ip: perl-net-ip (perl IP address manipulation module)
perl-net-ip:
-perl-net-ip: It is designed to allow easy manipulation of IPv4 and IPv6
+perl-net-ip: It is designed to allow easy manipulation of IPv4 and IPv6
perl-net-ip: addresses.
-perl-net-ip:
-perl-net-ip:
-perl-net-ip:
-perl-net-ip:
-perl-net-ip:
+perl-net-ip:
+perl-net-ip:
+perl-net-ip:
+perl-net-ip:
+perl-net-ip:
perl-net-ip: Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-IP/
-perl-net-ip:
+perl-net-ip:
diff --git a/perl/perl-pango/slack-desc b/perl/perl-pango/slack-desc
index bdee5498e752d..068bee7b1472e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-pango/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-pango/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-pango: Pango (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-proc-processtable/slack-desc b/perl/perl-proc-processtable/slack-desc
index 6ba4308895de2..cf276950c74a7 100644
--- a/perl/perl-proc-processtable/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-proc-processtable/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-proc-processtable: Proc::ProcessTable (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-test-warn/slack-desc b/perl/perl-test-warn/slack-desc
index 7e146541e667c..9b10901632ad2 100644
--- a/perl/perl-test-warn/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-test-warn/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-test-warn: Test::Warn (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-tk/slack-desc b/perl/perl-tk/slack-desc
index 907091f1b8762..13637ad4f75db 100644
--- a/perl/perl-tk/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-tk/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-tk: perl-tk (Tk graphical interface for Perl)
diff --git a/perl/perl-trayicon/slack-desc b/perl/perl-trayicon/slack-desc
index 248fc9b300c8b..d5d9f5125751b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-trayicon/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-trayicon/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-trayicon: perl-trayicon (Tray icon docker for perl applications)
diff --git a/perl/perl-tree-dagnode/slack-desc b/perl/perl-tree-dagnode/slack-desc
index c98882cc27bcd..d7a33defeb738 100644
--- a/perl/perl-tree-dagnode/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-tree-dagnode/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-tree-dagnode: Tree::DAG_Node (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-www-mechanize/slack-desc b/perl/perl-www-mechanize/slack-desc
index 09653851671c5..33007537585b8 100644
--- a/perl/perl-www-mechanize/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-www-mechanize/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-www-mechanize: WWW::Mechanize (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-www-robotrules/slack-desc b/perl/perl-www-robotrules/slack-desc
index a786f954e61ee..5b901b095b925 100644
--- a/perl/perl-www-robotrules/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-www-robotrules/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The handy ruler below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
-# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make
-# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to
-# leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-www-robotrules: perl-www-robotrules (DB of robots.txt-derived perms)
diff --git a/perl/perl-x11-protocol/slack-desc b/perl/perl-x11-protocol/slack-desc
index 9312f0f9a193e..ac229111b1a7b 100644
--- a/perl/perl-x11-protocol/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-x11-protocol/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-x11-protocol: X11::Protocol (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-xml-libxml/slack-desc b/perl/perl-xml-libxml/slack-desc
index 3119ef7b09f4c..77cd44de31f37 100644
--- a/perl/perl-xml-libxml/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-xml-libxml/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-xml-libxml: XML::LibXML (perl module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-xml-twig/slack-desc b/perl/perl-xml-twig/slack-desc
index c8469b2c2fb70..7ecb32d54f7fd 100644
--- a/perl/perl-xml-twig/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-xml-twig/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-xml-twig: perl-xml-twig (Perl XML transformation module)
diff --git a/perl/perl-yaml/slack-desc b/perl/perl-yaml/slack-desc
index a6cf95bb70b21..608b2f7a3caaf 100644
--- a/perl/perl-yaml/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-yaml/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
perl-yaml: perl-yaml (YAML Ain't a Markup Language)