Verified problem still exists in latest dev release (see screenshot).

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: software-center
  
  Version is 2.0.4, the one in Lucid Lynx.
+ Ubuntu Software Center 2.1.19, Ubuntu Maverick
  
  Software Center supports bullet lists in package descriptions, but it
  seems that the implementation fails for packages retrieved from a PPA.
  
  For example:
  1) The description of the last official release of Stellarium in Ubuntu's 
repositories contains a bulleted list and it is rendered normally. (You can see 
it in the Featured Applications feature.)
  2) The description of the test build in Stellarium's PPA is messed up (see 
the attached screenshot) - line breaks are missing, so the whole list is 
rendered as a single item.
  https://launchpad.net/~stellarium/+archive/stellarium-testing
  
  I've been trying to work around this issue for some time now. I've
  migrated from dashes to asterisks, but it doesn't make a difference.
  What did make a difference was when I put a dot-line (empty line) after
  "Some features:" - this way, the list block is treated as a new
  paragraph and the first bullet is put correctly. Unfortunately, it
  breaks after that.
  
  Both Synaptic and GDebi recognize the list, so "not following Debian
  standards" is not a reason.
  
  I will attach the control file of that Stellarium package too.

** Attachment added: "Screenshot-Ubuntu Software Center.png"
   
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/584147/+attachment/1584146/+files/Screenshot-Ubuntu%20Software%20Center.png

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Bullet lists in package descriptions are not displayed correctly for PPA 
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584147
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