diff --git a/winpython/data/packages.ini b/winpython/data/packages.ini
index 98440f1c..3a074319 100644
--- a/winpython/data/packages.ini
+++ b/winpython/data/packages.ini
@@ -229,15 +229,12 @@ description=common operations for convex optimization modeling tools.
 
 [cvxopt]
 description=Convex optimization package
-category=scientific
 
 [cvxpy]
 description=A domain-specific language for modeling convex optimization problems in Python
 
 [cx_freeze]
 description=Deployment tool which converts Python scripts into stand-alone Windows executables (i.e. target machine does not require Python or any other library to be installed)
-url=http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net
-category=deploy
 
 [cycler]
 description=Composable style cycles
@@ -247,8 +244,6 @@ description=Cython implementation of Python's collections.OrderedDict
 
 [cython]
 description=Cython is a language that makes writing C extensions for the Python language as easy as Python
-url=http://www.cython.org
-category=util
 
 [cytoolz]
 description=Cython implementation of Toolz: High performance functional utilities
@@ -285,7 +280,6 @@ description=serialize all of python (almost)
 
 [distribute]
 description=Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages - easily
-category=deploy
 
 [distributed]
 description=Distributed computing
@@ -301,16 +295,12 @@ description=docrepr renders Python docstrings in HTML.
 
 [docutils]
 description=Text processing system for processing plaintext documentation into useful formats, such as HTML or LaTeX (includes reStructuredText)
-url=http://docutils.sourceforge.net
-category=docgen
 
 [dynd]
 description=Python exposure of DyND
 
 [egenix-mx-base]
 description=eGenix.com mx Base Distribution: mxDateTime, mxTextTools, mxProxy, mxBeeBase, mxURL, mxUID, mxStack, mxQueue and mxTools
-url=http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase    
-category=util
 
 [ecos]
 description=This is the Python package for ECOS: Embedded Cone Solver
@@ -377,8 +367,6 @@ description=Tools to manipulate font files
 
 [formlayout]
 description=Module for creating form dialogs/widgets to edit various type of parameters without having to write any GUI code
-url=http://formlayout.googlecode.com
-category=gui
 
 [fuel]
 description=Data pipeline framework for machine learning
@@ -421,8 +409,6 @@ description=Stop plotting your data - annotate your data and let it visualize it
 
 [ggplot]
 description=ggplot for python
-url=https://github.com/yhat/ggplot
-category=plot
 
 [ghost.py]
 description=Webkit based webclient.
@@ -459,13 +445,9 @@ description=HTTP/2-based RPC framework
 
 [guidata]
 description=Automatically generated graphical user interfaces for easy data set edition and display
-url=http://packages.python.org/guidata
-category=gui
 
 [guiqwt]
 description=Efficient curve/image plotting and other GUI tools for scientific data processing software development
-url=http://packages.python.org/guiqwt
-category=plot
 
 [hdfs]
 description=HdfsCLI: API and command line interface for HDFS.
@@ -691,7 +673,6 @@ description=LZ4 Bindings for Python
 
 [mahotas]
 description=Computer Vision library
-category=improc
 
 [mako]
 description=A super-fast templating language that borrows the best ideas from the existing templating languages.
@@ -719,7 +700,6 @@ description=Metakernel for Jupyter
 
 [mingwpy]
 description=the python friendly windows compiler toolchain
-url=https://anaconda.org/carlkl/mingwpy   
 
 [mistune]
 description=The fastest markdown parser in pure Python, inspired by marked.
@@ -727,9 +707,11 @@ description=The fastest markdown parser in pure Python, inspired by marked.
 [mizani]
 description=Scales for Python
 
+[mlxtend]
+description=Machine Learning Library Extensions
+
 [mkl-service]
-description=Python bindings to some MKL service functions 
-url=https://github.com/ContinuumIO/mkl-service
+description=Python bindings to some MKL service functions
 
 [mock]
 description=Rolling backport of unittest.mock for all Pythons
@@ -781,8 +763,6 @@ description=better multiprocessing and multithreading in python
 
 [mxbase]
 description=eGenix.com mx Base Distribution: mxDateTime, mxTextTools, mxProxy, mxBeeBase, mxURL, mxUID, mxStack, mxQueue and mxTools
-url=http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase    
-category=util
 
 [mysql-connector-python]
 description=MySQL driver written in Python
@@ -822,14 +802,12 @@ description=Provides an object-oriented python interface to the netCDF version 4
 
 [networkx]
 description=Python package for creating and manipulating graphs and networks
-category=dataproc
 
 [nltk]
 description=The Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) is a Python package for natural language processing.
 
 [nose]
 description=nose is a discovery-based unittest extension (e.g. NumPy test module is using nose)
-url=http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose
 
 [notebook]
 description=# Jupyter Notebook
@@ -848,8 +826,6 @@ description=Fast evaluation of array expressions elementwise by using a vector-b
 
 [numpy]
 description=NumPy: multidimensional array processing for numbers, strings, records and objects (SciPy''s core module)
-url=http://numpy.scipy.org/
-category=scientific
 
 [numpydoc]
 description=Sphinx extension to support docstrings in Numpy format
@@ -871,7 +847,6 @@ description=Python package to parse, read and write Microsoft OLE2 files
 
 [opencv_python]
 description=Open Source Computer Vision Library
-url=http://opencv.org
 
 [openimageio]
 description=a library for reading and writing images with emphasis on animation and visual effects.
@@ -896,7 +871,6 @@ description=Framework for setting up predictive analytics services
 
 [pandas]
 description=Powerful data structures for data analysis, time series and statistics
-category=dataproc
 
 [pandasql]
 description=sqldf for pandas
@@ -933,7 +907,6 @@ description=A module wrapper for os.path
 
 [patsy]
 description=Describing statistical models using symbolic formulas
-category=dataoric
 
 [pdfrw]
 description=pure Python library that reads and writes PDFs
@@ -942,7 +915,7 @@ description=pure Python library that reads and writes PDFs
 description=Pandas plotting interface to Vega and Vega-Lite
 
 [peewee]
-description=a small, expressive ORM. 
+description=a small, expressive ORM.
 
 [pep8]
 description=Python style guide checker
@@ -970,11 +943,9 @@ description=Python Imaging Library - (basic) Image processing library
 
 [pillow]
 description=Python Imaging Library (fork)
-category=improc
 
 [pip]
 description=A tool for installing and managing Python packages
-category=deploy
 
 [plotly]
 description=Python plotting library for collaborative, interactive, publication-quality graphs.
@@ -986,7 +957,7 @@ description=A grammar of graphics for python
 description=plotpy is a set of tools for curve and image plotting 
 
 [pluggy]
-description=plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python 
+description=plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python
 
 [ply]
 description=Python Lex & Yacc
@@ -1020,8 +991,6 @@ description=Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
 
 [psutil]
 description=Provides an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, disk, memory, network) in a portable way
-url=http://code.google.com/p/psutil
-category=util
 
 [psycopg2]
 description=Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
@@ -1119,7 +1088,6 @@ url=http://pygments.org
 
 [pygraphviz]
 description=Python interface to Graphviz graph drawing package
-url=https://github.com/pygraphviz/pygraphviz
 
 [pyhdf]
 description=Python interface to HDF4 files (Hierarchical Data Format version 4)
@@ -1133,8 +1101,6 @@ description=A Machine Learning library based on Theano
 
 [pylint]
 description=Logilab code analysis module: analyzes Python source code looking for bugs and signs of poor quality
-url=http://www.logilab.org/project/pylint
-category=util
 
 [pymc]
 description=Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling toolkit.
@@ -1159,8 +1125,6 @@ description=Python wrapper for OpenCL
 
 [pyopengl]
 description=Cross platform Python binding to OpenGL and related APIs
-url=http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net
-category=visu3d
 
 [pyopenssl]
 description=Python wrapper module around the OpenSSL library
@@ -1173,16 +1137,12 @@ description=PDF toolkitPDF toolkit
 
 [pyparsing]
 description=A Python Parsing Module
-url=http://pyparsing.wikispaces.com/
-category=util
 
 [pyproj]
 description=Python interface to PROJ.4 library
 
 [pyqt]
 description=Cross-platform Application Framework: GUI, widgets, SQL, OpenGL, XML, Unicode...
-url=http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro
-category=gui
 
 [pyqtchart]
 description=Python bindings for the Qt Charts library
@@ -1202,12 +1162,10 @@ description=Python bindings for the Qt Purchasing library
 [pyqt4]
 description=Python bindings for the Qt cross platform GUI toolkit
 url=http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro
-category=gui
 
 [pyqt5]
 description=Python bindings for the Qt cross platform GUI toolkit
 url=http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro
-category=gui
 
 [pyqtdoc]
 description=PyQtdoc installs Qt documentation for PyQt4
@@ -1244,8 +1202,6 @@ description=Python binding for CRFsuite
 
 [python-dateutil]
 description=Powerful extensions to the standard datetime module
-url=http://labix.org/python-dateutil
-category=util
 
 [python-hdf4]
 description=Python-HDF4: Python interface to the NCSA HDF4 library
@@ -1342,8 +1298,6 @@ description=Alternative regular expression module, to replace re.
 
 [reportlab]
 description=The PDF generation library
-url=http://www.reportlab.org
-category=docgen
 
 [requests]
 description=Requests is an Apache2 Licensed HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings.
@@ -1410,11 +1364,9 @@ description=Scidoc installs scientific libraries documentation (NumPy, SciPy, ..
 
 [scikits.audiolab]
 description=Audio file I/O using NumPy arrays
-category=dataproc
 
 [scikits.timeseries]
 description=Time series manipulation
-category=dataproc
 
 [scikit-fuzzy]
 description=Fuzzy logic toolkit for SciPy
@@ -1444,8 +1396,6 @@ description=A Scilab kernel for IPython
 
 [scipy]
 description=SciPy: Scientific Library for Python (advanced math, signal processing, optimization, statistics, ...)
-url=http://www.scipy.org
-category=scientific
 
 [scrapy]
 description=A high-level Python Screen Scraping framework
@@ -1464,7 +1414,6 @@ description=Service identity verification for pyOpenSSL.
 
 [setuptools]
 description=Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages - easily
-category=deploy
 
 [sframe]
 description=SFrame is an scalable, out-of-core dataframe, which allows you to work with datasets that are larger than the amount of RAM on your system.
@@ -1489,7 +1438,6 @@ description=Python extension module generator for C and C++ libraries
 
 [six]
 description=Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities
-category=util
 
 [sklearn-theano]
 description=Scikit-learn compatible tools using theano 
@@ -1537,7 +1485,7 @@ description=Sphinx API for Web Apps
 description=ReadTheDocs.org theme for Sphinx, 2013 version.
 
 [spyder]
-description=Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment: designed for interactive computing and data visualisation with a simple and intuitive user interface
+description=The Scientific Python Development Environment: An IDE designed for interactive computing and data visualisation with a simple and intuitive user interface
 
 [spyder_kernels]
 description=Jupyter kernels for the Spyder console
@@ -1546,23 +1494,22 @@ description=Jupyter kernels for the Spyder console
 description=Jupyter notebook integration with Spyder
 
 [spyder_reports]
-description=pyder plugin to render Markdown reports using Pweave as a backend
+description=Spyder plugin to render Markdown reports using Pweave as a backend
 
 [spyder_terminal]
-description=Spyder Plugin for displaying a virtual terminal (OS independent) inside the main Spyder window
+description=Spyder plugin for displaying a virtual terminal (OS independent) inside the main Spyder window
 
 [spyder.line_profiler]
-description=a plugin to run the python line profiler from within the spyder editor
+description=A plugin to run the Python line profiler from within the Spyder editor
 
 [spyder.memory_profiler]
-description=a plugin to run the python memory_profiler from within the spyder editor.
+description=A plugin to run the Python memory_profiler from within the Spyder editor
 
 [spyder.autopep8]
-description=A plugin to run the autopep8 python linter from within the spyder editor
+description=A plugin to run the autopep8 Python linter from within the Spyder editor
 
 [sqlalchemy]
 description=SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper
-url=http://www.sqlalchemy.org
 
 [sqlite_bro]
 description=a graphic SQLite Client in 1 Python file
@@ -1590,8 +1537,6 @@ description=Symbolic Mathematics Library
 
 [tables]
 description=Package based on HDF5 library for managing hierarchical datasets (extremely large amounts of data)
-url=http://www.pytables.org
-category=dataproc
 
 [tblib]
 description=Traceback serialization library.
@@ -1712,7 +1657,6 @@ description=Graphical tool for browsing and editing files in both HDF5 and PyTab
 
 [vpython]
 description=A free, open-source module for producing real-time 3D scenes with Python
-url=http://www.vpython.org
 
 [vtk]
 description=Open-source software system for visualization, 3D graphics, volume rendering and image processing
@@ -1742,11 +1686,9 @@ description=IPython HTML widgets for Jupyter
 description=WinPython distribution tools, including WPPM (package manager)
 url=http://winpython.github.io/
 
-
 [win-unicode-console]
 description=Enable Unicode input and display when running Python from Windows console.
 
-
 [wordcloud]
 description=A little word cloud generator
 
@@ -1767,7 +1709,6 @@ description=N-D labeled arrays and datasets in Python
 
 [xlrd]
 description=Extract data from Microsoft Excel spreadsheet files
-category=dataproc
 
 [xlsxwriter]
 description=A Python module for creating Excel XLSX files.
@@ -1777,7 +1718,6 @@ description=Interact with Excel from Python and vice versa
 
 [xlwt]
 description=Create spreadsheet files compatible with Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 files, OpenOffice.org Calc, and Gnumeric
-category=dataproc
 
 [xnd]
 description=General container that maps a wide range of Python values directly to memory