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[Hans Joachim Desserud <1486061@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I can confirm this issue, I don't see the long description with apt
1.0.9.10ubuntu6 on Ubuntu Wily either.

On my 15.04 system, I get the following output when looking up gimp:
...
SHA1: 5f4efa1fc89b4d78ebdecf4556ac17c5c477373d
SHA256: efd0f5e0ec64d921fca0b25b0333b83907fc63654b3c4657c144d41bc8923a68
Description-en: The GNU Image Manipulation Program
 GIMP is an advanced picture editor. You can use it to edit, enhance, and
 retouch photos and scans, create drawings, and make your own images.
 It has a large collection of professional-level editing tools and
 filters, similar to the ones you might find in Photoshop. Numerous
 fine-control settings and features like layers, paths, masks, and
 scripting give you total control over your images.
 .
 Many image file formats are supported, including JPEG, Photoshop (.psd),
 and Paint Shop Pro (.psp) files. It can also be used to scan and print
 photos.
 .
 To open files remotely (like over HTTP), install the gvfs-backends
 package.
 .
 To use a MIDI device (like a musical keyboard) as an input controller in GIMP,
 install libasound2 and read the how-to at /usr/share/doc/gimp/README.MIDI
Description-md5: ad6dd18a09fb86ea4529ac53f33168b9
Homepage: http://www.gimp.org/
...

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Tags added: wily

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Title:
  Long descriptions appear to be missing from apt cache

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  apt 1.0.9.10ubuntu6 - ubuntu wily

  It appears that on wily the long package descriptions are missing from
  the apt-cache.

  The files like /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_wily_universe_i18n_Translation-en do exist with a
  recent timestamp, so it looks the downloading of the translations has
  taken place.

  Using the python bindings cache['gimp'].candidate.description returns
  an empty string.

  Apt-cache also seems to be missing the 'Description-en' key:

  $ apt-cache show gimp
  Package: gimp
  Priority: optional
  Section: graphics
  Installed-Size: 15538
  Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Original-Maintainer: Ari Pollak <ari@xxxxxxxxxx>
  Architecture: amd64
  Version: 2.8.14-1ubuntu2
  Replaces: gimp-plugin-registry (<< 4.20120506)
  Provides: gimp-python
  Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.8.14), libgimp2.0 (<= 2.8.14-z), gimp-data (>= 2.8.14), gimp-data (<= 2.8.14-z), python-gtk2 (>= 2.8.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.24.1), libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libbabl-0.1-0 (>= 0.1.10), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.2), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libexif12 (>= 0.6.21-1~), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgegl-0.3-0 (>= 0.3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1), libgs9 (>= 8.61.dfsg.1), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.10), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libjasper1, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.2+git20110628), libmng2 (>= 1.0.10), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.29.4), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.29.4), libpangoft2-1.0-0 (>= 1.29.4), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpoppler-glib8 (>= 0.18.0), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), libwmf0.2-7 (>= 0.2.8.4), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxmu6, libxpm4, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), python:any (>= 2.6.6-7~), python2.7
  Recommends: ghostscript
  Suggests: gimp-help-en | gimp-help, gimp-data-extras, gvfs-backends, libasound2
  Breaks: gimp-plugin-registry (<< 4.20120506)
  Filename: pool/main/g/gimp/gimp_2.8.14-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
  Size: 3476280
  MD5sum: d33d0d48362d03767f486185fa3e21cf
  SHA1: 8f65b842f5ec4a07b8ebf71c13ed9f97ed886474
  SHA256: 92eebf090c4f7f7e7ec5d9a06f3fe34f35221c44602d290201b05aa73b2ff2e1
  Description: The GNU Image Manipulation Program
  Description-md5: ad6dd18a09fb86ea4529ac53f33168b9
  Homepage: http://www.gimp.org/
  Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
  Origin: Ubuntu
  Supported: 9m
  Task: ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, edubuntu-usb, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics

  I hit bug #1485970 last night, so I might have upset apt whilst trying
  to resolve the breakage, but at the moment everything minus the long
  descriptions seems to be working fine.

  As a result of this bug things like software center aren't showing
  package descriptions.

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