source package homepage descriptions can be confusing

Bug #707081 reported by Robert Collins
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Bug Description

See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux for instance. This has a description of

"block-modules-2.6.35-22-generic-di: Block storage devices
block-modules-2.6.35-22-generic-pae-di: Block storage devices
block-modules-2.6.35-22-omap-di: Block storage devices
....
"

This is simply the binary package name + description iterated over all the built binaries. Its not a description that a human would create.

Some ideas:
 - say what we're showing: "binary packages and their descriptions"
 - show a list rather than a single text widget
 - don't show a description
 - allow users to add a description for the source package and show related data as related data

Tags: confusing-ui
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
tags: added: confusing-ui
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