diff --git a/gnome/gnofract4d/Portfile b/gnome/gnofract4d/Portfile
index df041a93f00e5..79985c9a90d4e 100644
--- a/gnome/gnofract4d/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/gnofract4d/Portfile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ PortGroup               python 1.0
 PortGroup               github 1.0
 
 github.setup            edyoung gnofract4d 3_14_1 V_
+# Change github.tarball_from to 'releases' or 'archive' next update
+github.tarball_from     tarball
 version                 [string map {_ .} ${version}]
 revision                2
 description             Gnofract4D is a program to draw fractals.
@@ -17,7 +19,6 @@ long_description        Gnofract 4D is a fractal browser. It can \
 maintainers             {khindenburg @kurthindenburg} openmaintainer
 categories              gnome math python
 license                 LGPL-2.1+
-platforms               darwin
 # Remove next line with next version update.
 master_sites            https://github.com/edyoung/gnofract4d/archive/
 
diff --git a/gnome/gnome-turtle/Portfile b/gnome/gnome-turtle/Portfile
index fbdfbc229230c..4409b3497ab15 100644
--- a/gnome/gnome-turtle/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/gnome-turtle/Portfile
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ PortSystem          1.0
 PortGroup           github 1.0
 
 github.setup        mlutfy gnome-turtle f8fd2ae
+# Change github.tarball_from to 'releases' or 'archive' next update
+github.tarball_from tarball
 version             0.1.3
 revision            1
 categories          gnome math
 license             GPL-2+
-platforms           darwin
 maintainers         nomaintainer
 
 description         A turtle and lsys drawing program for GNOME.
-long_description    ${description} \
+long_description    {*}${description} \
                     It can generate fractals from an L-System definition.
 
 checksums           rmd160  b3e8a5c7053768bae44e9bc5b9b267540ab9899d \
diff --git a/gnome/gourmet/Portfile b/gnome/gourmet/Portfile
index 76705d2081f40..9024172d46efe 100644
--- a/gnome/gourmet/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/gourmet/Portfile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ PortGroup           github 1.0
 PortGroup           python 1.0
 
 github.setup        thinkle gourmet 0.17.4
+# Change github.tarball_from to 'releases' or 'archive' next update
+github.tarball_from tarball
 revision            2
 categories          gnome python
 platforms           {darwin any}
diff --git a/gnome/gtk-quartz-engine/Portfile b/gnome/gtk-quartz-engine/Portfile
index ba9f752dd3d0b..ffd109e3fe96c 100644
--- a/gnome/gtk-quartz-engine/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/gtk-quartz-engine/Portfile
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ PortSystem          1.0
 PortGroup           github 1.0
 
 github.setup        jralls gtk-quartz-engine 0.2 v
+# Change github.tarball_from to 'releases' or 'archive' next update
+github.tarball_from tarball
 revision            2
 categories          gnome aqua
 maintainers         nomaintainer
 
 description         Quartz theme engine for Gtk+
 
-long_description    ${description}
+long_description    {*}${description}
 
 checksums           rmd160  f2ae0bccf168a8281c82933d77fe96958603a102 \
                     sha256  56441340aabd79ead12fea043d5772084e9f76d066b1ccb34a77469e1f453031 \
diff --git a/gnome/liferea/Portfile b/gnome/liferea/Portfile
index 2826c9a5c80ca..9d51a0b4e6d71 100644
--- a/gnome/liferea/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/liferea/Portfile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ PortGroup           github 1.0
 PortGroup           gobject_introspection 1.0
 
 github.setup        lwindolf liferea 1.12.9 v
+# Change github.tarball_from to 'releases' or 'archive' next update
+github.tarball_from tarball
 revision            1
 # Note: do not remove the epoch line.
 epoch               20090731
@@ -17,7 +19,6 @@ long_description    Liferea is an aggregator for online news feeds. \
 maintainers         {devans @dbevans} openmaintainer
 categories          gnome net
 license             GPL-2+
-platforms           darwin
 homepage            http://lzone.de/${name}/
 
 checksums           rmd160  c6b0e8c8d15b7f2200d2900b4a998f4124fb2686 \
diff --git a/gnome/nfoview/Portfile b/gnome/nfoview/Portfile
index 92ec1f249941d..2e715c2d6f71c 100644
--- a/gnome/nfoview/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/nfoview/Portfile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ PortGroup           python 1.0
 PortGroup           github 1.0
 
 github.setup        otsaloma nfoview 1.23
+# Change github.tarball_from to 'releases' or 'archive' next update
+github.tarball_from tarball
 revision            1
 categories          gnome
 license             GPL-3+
diff --git a/gnome/oregano/Portfile b/gnome/oregano/Portfile
index 300f53cf64cca..884901fc5f194 100644
--- a/gnome/oregano/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/oregano/Portfile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ PortGroup           waf 1.0
 PortGroup           yelp 1.0
 
 github.setup        drahnr oregano 0.83.2.1 v
+# Change github.tarball_from to 'releases' or 'archive' next update
+github.tarball_from tarball
 categories          gnome science
 maintainers         ahoi.io:bernhard openmaintainer
 license             GPL-2+
diff --git a/gnome/virt-manager/Portfile b/gnome/virt-manager/Portfile
index ea556941a7191..a54faee97a721 100644
--- a/gnome/virt-manager/Portfile
+++ b/gnome/virt-manager/Portfile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ PortGroup           active_variants 1.1
 PortGroup           app 1.1
 
 github.setup        virt-manager virt-manager 5.0.0 v
+# Change github.tarball_from to 'releases' or 'archive' next update
+github.tarball_from tarball
 revision            1
 checksums           rmd160  a913e936314049a662b18b647ecc36b4631335c1 \
                     sha256  bc89ae46e0c997bd754ed62a419ca39c6aadec27e3d8b850cea5282f0083f84a \