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.
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): 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
wget -O- http://
The Description from Launchpad is wrong (bullets are indented by an extra space): ppa.launchpad. net/stellarium/ stellarium- testing/ ubuntu/ dists/maverick/ main/binary- i386/Packages
wget -O- http://
A more recent example: 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 ppa.launchpad. net/gedit- bc-dev- plugins/ releases/ ubuntu/ dists/oneiric/ main/binary- amd64/Packages
OK:
wget -O /tmp/foo.deb http://
Wrong:
wget -O- http://
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.