Fix many package descriptions

(My OCD kicked in today...)

Remove repeated package names, capitalize first word, remove trailing
periods and move overlong descriptions to longDescription.

I also simplified some descriptions as well, when they were particularly
long or technical, often based on Arch Linux' package descriptions.

I've tried to stay away from generated expressions (and I think I
succeeded).

Some specifics worth mentioning:
 * cron, has "Vixie Cron" in its description. The "Vixie" part is not
   mentioned anywhere else. I kept it in a parenthesis at the end of the
   description.

 * ctags description started with "Exuberant Ctags ...", and the
   "exuberant" part is not mentioned elsewhere. Kept it in a parenthesis
   at the end of description.

 * nix has the description "The Nix Deployment System". Since that
   doesn't really say much what it is/does (especially after removing
   the package name!), I changed that to "Powerful package manager that
   makes package management reliable and reproducible" (borrowed from
   nixos.org).

 * Tons of "GNU Foo, Foo is a [the important bits]" descriptions
   is changed to just [the important bits]. If the package name doesn't
   contain GNU I don't think it's needed to say it in the description
   either.

6 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/scrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/scrypt/default.nix
index fe2a19491d99..668a76051153 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/scrypt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/scrypt/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ openssl ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The scrypt encryption utility";
+    description = "Encryption utility";
     homepage    = https://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html;
     license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
     platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/steghide/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/steghide/default.nix
index bc87c091a58f..03e8c727022d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/steghide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/steghide/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
         homepage = http://steghide.sourceforge.net/;
-        description = "Steghide is a steganography program that is able to hide data in various kinds of image- and audio-files.";
+        description = "Steganography program that is able to hide data in various kinds of image- and audio-files";
         license = licenses.gpl2;
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tboot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tboot/default.nix
index 1c9967edc477..854f67f2aeec 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tboot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tboot/default.nix
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = "DESTDIR=$(out)";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = ''Trusted Boot (tboot) is an open source, pre-kernel/VMM module that uses
-                    Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT) to perform a measured
-                    and verified launch of an OS kernel/VMM.'';
+    description = "A pre-kernel/VMM module that uses Intel(R) TXT to perform a measured and verified launch of an OS kernel/VMM";
     homepage    = http://sourceforge.net/projects/tboot/;
     license     = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ak ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
index d71bbd891f91..3318d0c1102d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.torproject.org/;
     repositories.git = https://git.torproject.org/git/tor;
-    description = "Tor, an anonymous network router to improve privacy on the Internet";
+    description = "Anonymous network router to improve privacy on the Internet";
 
     longDescription=''
       Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tpm-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tpm-tools/default.nix
index 95b3b6b51f77..6e7ff75a6a48 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tpm-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tpm-tools/default.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ trousers openssl ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = ''tpm-tools is an open-source package designed to enable user and application
-                    enablement of Trusted Computing using a Trusted Platform Module (TPM),
-                    similar to a smart card environment.'';
+    description = "Management tools for TPM hardware";
+    longDescription = ''
+      tpm-tools is an open-source package designed to enable user and
+      application enablement of Trusted Computing using a Trusted Platform
+      Module (TPM), similar to a smart card environment.
+    '';
     homepage    = http://sourceforge.net/projects/trousers/files/tpm-tools/;
     license     = licenses.cpl10;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ak ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/trousers/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/trousers/default.nix
index 4c2af359b964..fe797291f9ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/trousers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/trousers/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "TrouSerS is an CPL (Common Public License) licensed Trusted Computing Software Stack.";
+    description = "Trusted computing software stack";
     homepage    = http://trousers.sourceforge.net/;
     license     = licenses.cpl10;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ak ];