diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-adverscarial/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-adverscarial/PKGBUILD
index 331ae7370f..5109a254f9 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-adverscarial/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-adverscarial/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.0.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="adverSCarial, generate and analyze the vulnerability of scRNA-seq classifiers to adversarial attacks"
+pkgdesc="generate and analyze the vulnerability of scRNA-seq classifiers to adversarial attacks"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(MIT)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-adverscarial/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-adverscarial/lilac.yaml
index e6925146d1..558ff4e2bd 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-adverscarial/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-adverscarial/lilac.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodb/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-biodb/PKGBUILD
index 7c8cba7793..8ede549b6b 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodb/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodb/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _pkgver=1.10.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=3
-pkgdesc="biodb, a library and a development framework for connecting to chemical and biological databases"
+pkgdesc="a library and a development framework for connecting to chemical and biological databases"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(AGPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodb/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-biodb/lilac.yaml
index f129abbf04..f7f421c129 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodb/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodb/lilac.yaml
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ update_on:
   md5: true
 - alias: r
 - source: manual
-  manual: 1
+  manual: 2
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbexpasy/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbexpasy/PKGBUILD
index c0aa6e9d59..c4e86f80e7 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbexpasy/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbexpasy/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.6.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="biodbExpasy, a library for connecting to Expasy ENZYME database."
+pkgdesc="a library for connecting to Expasy ENZYME database."
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(AGPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbexpasy/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbexpasy/lilac.yaml
index a337da48e7..fb407456fe 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbexpasy/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbexpasy/lilac.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbhmdb/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbhmdb/PKGBUILD
index 764b89f36c..07aa8850e5 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbhmdb/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbhmdb/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _pkgver=1.8.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="biodbHmdb, a library for connecting to the HMDB Database"
+pkgdesc="a library for connecting to the HMDB Database"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(AGPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbhmdb/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbhmdb/lilac.yaml
index 26b6fa3b14..ad27275ab6 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbhmdb/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbhmdb/lilac.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbncbi/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbncbi/PKGBUILD
index fd203e83cd..8102f8c4eb 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbncbi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbncbi/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.6.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="biodbNcbi, a library for connecting to NCBI Databases."
+pkgdesc="a library for connecting to NCBI Databases."
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(AGPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbncbi/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbncbi/lilac.yaml
index 2ef7503622..035b61436f 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbncbi/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbncbi/lilac.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/PKGBUILD
index 06d2cae8b2..eb3c468de6 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.6.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="biodbNci, a library for connecting to biodbNci, a library for connecting to the National Cancer Institute (USA) CACTUS Database"
+pkgdesc="a library for connecting to the National Cancer Institute (USA) CACTUS Database"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(AGPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..013b1650aa 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "biodbNci, a library for connecting to biodbNci, a library for connecting to the National Cancer Institute (USA) CACTUS Database",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/lilac.yaml
index 71f5055c76..9f2c0c6df8 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-biodbnci/lilac.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/PKGBUILD
index f867a22a37..f69d323ce6 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.4.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="ccImpute: an accurate and scalable consensus clustering based approach to impute dropout events in the single-cell RNA-seq data (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04814-8)"
+pkgdesc="an accurate and scalable consensus clustering based approach to impute dropout events in the single-cell RNA-seq data"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..94d7c23960 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "ccImpute: an accurate and scalable consensus clustering based approach to impute dropout events in the single-cell RNA-seq data (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04814-8)",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/lilac.yaml
index ddd7797262..0336940ea6 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-ccimpute/lilac.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-compspot/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-compspot/PKGBUILD
index dac3c072a8..410bcd3066 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-compspot/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-compspot/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.0.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="compSPOT: Tool for identifying and comparing significantly mutated genomic hotspots"
+pkgdesc="Tool for identifying and comparing significantly mutated genomic hotspots"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(Artistic2.0)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-compspot/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-compspot/lilac.yaml
index 289339db96..4f1df18f7b 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-compspot/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-compspot/lilac.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-deming/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-deming/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..416db00f81 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-deming/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-deming/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "Deming, Theil-Sen, Passing-Bablock and Total Least Squares Regression",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-despace/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-despace/PKGBUILD
index 176f2db282..10cdb3ea6a 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-despace/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-despace/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="DESpace: a framework to discover spatially variable genes"
+pkgdesc="a framework to discover spatially variable genes"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-despace/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-despace/lilac.yaml
index 640ec1867d..0bfe4161b2 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-despace/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-despace/lilac.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-epimix/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-epimix/PKGBUILD
index f5983a833d..c64f0df2d9 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-epimix/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-epimix/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.4.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="EpiMix: an integrative tool for the population-level analysis of DNA methylation"
+pkgdesc="an integrative tool for the population-level analysis of DNA methylation"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-epimix/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-epimix/lilac.yaml
index 994999261b..14cf298870 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-epimix/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-epimix/lilac.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/PKGBUILD
index bda3ce9a79..6a262f81d6 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="FeatSeekR an R package for unsupervised feature selection"
+pkgdesc="an R package for unsupervised feature selection"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..725108321a 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "FeatSeekR an R package for unsupervised feature selection",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/lilac.yaml
index c6ac3a1f1f..a76c74add6 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-featseekr/lilac.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-flowcore/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-flowcore/PKGBUILD
index 61c180e231..6d28c8f70a 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-flowcore/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-flowcore/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _pkgver=2.14.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=3
-pkgdesc="flowCore: Basic structures for flow cytometry data"
+pkgdesc="Basic structures for flow cytometry data"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(Artistic2.0)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-flowcore/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-flowcore/lilac.yaml
index 25b2a10cfb..e5fee1328b 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-flowcore/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-flowcore/lilac.yaml
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
 update_on_build:
 - pkgbase: r-cytolib
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-gdrtestdata/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-gdrtestdata/PKGBUILD
index 2f123171f3..5ab77b8816 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-gdrtestdata/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-gdrtestdata/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.0.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="gDRtestData - R data package with testing dose reponse data"
+pkgdesc="R data package with testing dose reponse data"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(Artistic2.0)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-gdrtestdata/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-gdrtestdata/lilac.yaml
index ede5a13c7c..1d1349d0e2 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-gdrtestdata/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-gdrtestdata/lilac.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc-data-experiment
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-geoexplorer/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-geoexplorer/PKGBUILD
index 8351c3a19c..cbb170f177 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-geoexplorer/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-geoexplorer/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _pkgver=1.8.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="GEOexplorer: a webserver for gene expression analysis and visualisation"
+pkgdesc="a webserver for gene expression analysis and visualisation"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-geoexplorer/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-geoexplorer/lilac.yaml
index 7f3dba73b3..6957de12f0 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-geoexplorer/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-geoexplorer/lilac.yaml
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-granie/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-granie/PKGBUILD
index 915be74e5f..6a4a8ac067 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-granie/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-granie/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.6.1
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="GRaNIE: Reconstruction cell type specific gene regulatory networks including enhancers using chromatin accessibility and RNA-seq data"
+pkgdesc="Reconstruction cell type specific gene regulatory networks including enhancers using chromatin accessibility and RNA-seq data"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(Artistic2.0)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-granie/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-granie/lilac.yaml
index 3e3dbaf3c8..b7a5bdab35 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-granie/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-granie/lilac.yaml
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/PKGBUILD
index f1e34b4451..0de4cd8d34 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _pkgver=2.18.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=5
-pkgdesc="hgu95av2cdf"
+pkgdesc="A package containing an environment representing the HG_U95Av2.CDF file"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=('LGPL-2.0-or-later')
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..46a3195af3 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "hgu95av2cdf",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/lilac.yaml
index d255e72df0..47c430752c 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-hgu95av2cdf/lilac.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ update_on:
   md5: true
 - alias: r
 - source: manual
-  manual: 1
+  manual: 2
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/PKGBUILD
index 71d660ff2b..50626a6bdf 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="HiCool"
+pkgdesc="Processing Hi-C raw data within R"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(MIT)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..d1b976f30e 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "HiCool",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/lilac.yaml
index cc4262a02d..64bb3dccbe 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-hicool/lilac.yaml
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-isobayes/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-isobayes/PKGBUILD
index e4d2a125cc..e1484213df 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-isobayes/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-isobayes/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.0.1
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="IsoBayes: Single Isoform protein inference Method via Bayesian Analyses"
+pkgdesc="Single Isoform protein inference Method via Bayesian Analyses"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-isobayes/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-isobayes/lilac.yaml
index 5f3f6bc38c..1a9be009a2 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-isobayes/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-isobayes/lilac.yaml
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-mariner/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-mariner/PKGBUILD
index 58fcc3893d..6248145d06 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-mariner/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-mariner/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="Mariner: Explore the Hi-Cs"
+pkgdesc="Explore the Hi-Cs"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-mariner/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-mariner/lilac.yaml
index acf93758af..110f9ece6b 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-mariner/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-mariner/lilac.yaml
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-mbqtl/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-mbqtl/PKGBUILD
index 5ed5aa6abb..b86a970640 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-mbqtl/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-mbqtl/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="mbQTL: A package for SNP-Taxa mGWAS analysis"
+pkgdesc="A package for SNP-Taxa mGWAS analysis"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(MIT)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-mbqtl/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-mbqtl/lilac.yaml
index 46bd101a4b..a62dac28bf 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-mbqtl/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-mbqtl/lilac.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/PKGBUILD
index a5a5919364..d77fb27413 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.0.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="MICSQTL (Multi-omic deconvolution, Integration and Cell-type-specific Quantitative Trait Loci)"
+pkgdesc="Multi-omic deconvolution, Integration and Cell-type-specific Quantitative Trait Loci"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..378566db8f 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "MICSQTL (Multi-omic deconvolution, Integration and Cell-type-specific Quantitative Trait Loci)",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/lilac.yaml
index 5d103d23b1..e77d6c17b3 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-micsqtl/lilac.yaml
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-msquality/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-msquality/PKGBUILD
index 0cc7b1ad4e..61cdddc0f6 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-msquality/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-msquality/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="MsQuality - Quality metric calculation from Spectra and MsExperiment objects"
+pkgdesc="Quality metric calculation from Spectra and MsExperiment objects"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-msquality/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-msquality/lilac.yaml
index f2bae225dc..d3b2a7613a 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-msquality/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-msquality/lilac.yaml
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/PKGBUILD
index d485e09b86..c9f4eb9589 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.0.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="multiWGCNA"
+pkgdesc="An R package for deeping mining gene co-expression networks in multi-trait expression data"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..f412c30e38 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "multiWGCNA",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/lilac.yaml
index 74d177f3e9..1186c9df7b 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-multiwgcna/lilac.yaml
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-regionereloaded/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-regionereloaded/PKGBUILD
index 45ababc002..bf5910e22e 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-regionereloaded/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-regionereloaded/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.4.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="RegioneReloaded: Multiple Association for Genomic Region Sets"
+pkgdesc="Multiple Association for Genomic Region Sets"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(Artistic2.0)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-regionereloaded/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-regionereloaded/lilac.yaml
index f9d4f215d1..bb40579c15 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-regionereloaded/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-regionereloaded/lilac.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-resolve/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-resolve/PKGBUILD
index dd706abaf8..2401d06c81 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-resolve/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-resolve/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.4.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="RESOLVE: An R package for the efficient analysis of mutational signatures from cancer genomes"
+pkgdesc="An R package for the efficient analysis of mutational signatures from cancer genomes"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(Apache)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-resolve/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-resolve/lilac.yaml
index 27f6413a34..c5edb0b4d5 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-resolve/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-resolve/lilac.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-retrofit/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-retrofit/PKGBUILD
index d70d3e66c4..efe531c409 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-retrofit/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-retrofit/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="RETROFIT: Reference-free deconvolution of cell mixtures in spatial transcriptomics"
+pkgdesc="Reference-free deconvolution of cell mixtures in spatial transcriptomics"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-retrofit/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-retrofit/lilac.yaml
index 4823d96020..a71499b486 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-retrofit/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-retrofit/lilac.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rolde/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-rolde/PKGBUILD
index 760d1e8df1..f6fdab677b 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rolde/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rolde/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.6.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="RolDE: Robust longitudinal Differential Expression"
+pkgdesc="Robust longitudinal Differential Expression"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rolde/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-rolde/lilac.yaml
index ea8566dd23..331280e5e4 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rolde/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rolde/lilac.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-scfeatures/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-scfeatures/PKGBUILD
index a0bcc4bfa8..8ec7e5d6bb 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-scfeatures/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-scfeatures/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="scFeatures: Multi-view representations of single-cell and spatial data for disease outcome prediction"
+pkgdesc="Multi-view representations of single-cell and spatial data for disease outcome prediction"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-scfeatures/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-scfeatures/lilac.yaml
index d587e572e3..e40324cc85 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-scfeatures/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-scfeatures/lilac.yaml
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-scifer/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-scifer/PKGBUILD
index 34251d6c0b..408b2a98cc 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-scifer/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-scifer/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.4.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="Scifer: Single-Cell Immunoglobulin Filtering of Sanger Sequences"
+pkgdesc="Single-Cell Immunoglobulin Filtering of Sanger Sequences"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(MIT)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-scifer/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-scifer/lilac.yaml
index ff1e8e60fb..f322d7cb62 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-scifer/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-scifer/lilac.yaml
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-sgcp/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-sgcp/PKGBUILD
index 8b989dc596..c34ee647a1 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-sgcp/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-sgcp/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.2.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="SGCP: A semi-supervised pipeline for gene clustering using self-training approach in gene co-expression networks"
+pkgdesc="A semi-supervised pipeline for gene clustering using self-training approach in gene co-expression networks"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL3)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-sgcp/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-sgcp/lilac.yaml
index 91cad3d50f..e63660262a 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-sgcp/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-sgcp/lilac.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/PKGBUILD
index 50532efced..263efba7ba 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _pkgver=2.8.2
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="spatialHeatmap"
+pkgdesc="Creating spatial heatmaps from R and Shiny"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(Artistic2.0)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..7b54c62405 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "spatialHeatmap",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/lilac.yaml
index eb8657385a..0ab0eb3198 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-spatialheatmap/lilac.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-spatiallibd/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-spatiallibd/PKGBUILD
index 8cd6056cce..b3eab975d8 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-spatiallibd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-spatiallibd/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.14.1
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="spatialLIBD: an R/Bioconductor package to visualize spatially-resolved transcriptomics data"
+pkgdesc="an R/Bioconductor package to visualize spatially-resolved transcriptomics data"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(Artistic2.0)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-spatiallibd/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-spatiallibd/lilac.yaml
index 46048d4430..27f33a77aa 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-spatiallibd/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-spatiallibd/lilac.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc-data-experiment
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-stjoincount/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-stjoincount/PKGBUILD
index 63280e2be5..7d71daa7f3 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-stjoincount/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-stjoincount/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.4.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="stJoincount - Join count statistic for quantifying spatial correlation between clusters"
+pkgdesc="Join count statistic for quantifying spatial correlation between clusters"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(MIT)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-stjoincount/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-stjoincount/lilac.yaml
index 90f5293963..5745f1c284 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-stjoincount/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-stjoincount/lilac.yaml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/PKGBUILD
index e119d868aa..883daee069 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _pkgver=1.30.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="tximportData"
+pkgdesc="provides the output of running various transcript abundance quantifiers on a set of 6 RNA-seq samples from the GEUVADIS project"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://bioconductor.org/packages/$_pkgname"
 license=(GPL)
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/lilac.py
index b5cdb057c5..c92feab350 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/lilac.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
 from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
 
 def pre_build():
-    r_pre_build(_G)
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_title = "tximportData",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/lilac.yaml
index ae4db5e5ca..95008767b8 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-tximportdata/lilac.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ update_on:
   repo: bioc-data-experiment
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: manual
+  manual: 1
diff --git a/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py b/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
index a5755c9d76..1b87151a30 100644
--- a/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
+++ b/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
@@ -230,11 +230,13 @@ class CheckConfig:
         expect_license: str = None,
         expect_needscompilation: bool = None,
         expect_systemrequirements: str = None,
+        expect_title: str = None,
         ignore_fortran_files: bool = False,
     ):
         self.expect_license = expect_license
         self.expect_needscompilation = expect_needscompilation
         self.expect_systemrequirements = expect_systemrequirements
+        self.expect_title = expect_title
         self.ignore_fortran_files = ignore_fortran_files
 
 def check_default_pkgs(pkg: Pkgbuild, desc: Description, cfg: CheckConfig):
@@ -338,8 +340,23 @@ def check_license(pkg: Pkgbuild, desc: Description, cfg: CheckConfig):
         raise CheckFailed(f"Unknown license: {desc.license}. Consider setting CheckConfig.expect_license")
 
 def check_pkgdesc(pkg: Pkgbuild, desc: Description, cfg: CheckConfig):
-    if pkg.pkgdesc != desc.title:
-        raise CheckFailed(f"Wrong pkgdesc, expected '{desc.title}'")
+    title = desc.title
+    title_lower = title.lower()
+    name_lower = pkg._pkgname.lower()
+    # detect and remove package name from the title
+    for sep in [",", ":", " -"]:
+        prefix = f"{name_lower}{sep} "
+        if title_lower.startswith(prefix):
+            title = title[len(prefix):]
+            break
+
+    if cfg.expect_title is not None:
+        if pkg.pkgdesc == title:
+            raise CheckFailed("Unnecessary expect_title")
+        elif cfg.expect_title != desc.title:
+            raise CheckFailed(f"Title has changed: {desc.title}")
+    elif pkg.pkgdesc != title:
+        raise CheckFailed(f"Wrong pkgdesc, expected '{title}'")
 
 def check_arch(pkg: Pkgbuild, desc: Description, cfg: CheckConfig):
     if cfg.expect_needscompilation is not None: