The bug is not in in Software Center, the Package Description provided
by Launchpad are wrong.
The Description in the package itself is correct (bullets are indented by an
extra space):
wget -O-
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stellarium/stellarium-testing/ubuntu/pool/main/s/stellarium/stellarium_0.10.6~bzr4813-0ubuntu1ppa1~maverick1_amd64.deb
>/tmp/foo.deb; dpkg -I /tmp/foo.deb
The Description from Launchpad is wrong (bullets are indented by an extra
space):
wget -O-
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stellarium/stellarium-testing/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/binary-i386/Packages
A more recent example:
OK:
wget -O /tmp/foo.deb
http://ppa.launchpad.net/gedit-bc-dev-plugins/releases/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gedit-projects/gedit-projects_1.0_all.deb;
dpkg -I /tmp/foo.deb
Wrong:
wget -O-
http://ppa.launchpad.net/gedit-bc-dev-plugins/releases/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/binary-amd64/Packages
Some software on Launchpad incorrectly strips spaces before bullet list.
That confuses software that formats descriptions like Software Center
and Aptitude. Synaptic is not affected because it does not format the
description but display it as plain text.
** Also affects: launchpad
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Expired => Invalid
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Title:
Bullet lists in package descriptions are not displayed correctly for
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