Removing synaptic, adding apt. 
Only the 1st line of a package’s  Description-xx:  section makes it into apt's 
list files, clearly seen with apt-cache show

** Also affects: apt
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

** Description changed:

  Test case:
- Compare any package description using synaptic in 14.04.x to same in 15.10. 
In 15.10 generally just a single line.
+ Compare any package description using apt-cache show in 14.04.x to same in 
15.10. In 15.10 generally just a single line.
+ 
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: synaptic 0.81.4build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-10.12-generic 4.2.0
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-10-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Sep 19 16:23:02 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-19 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150919)
  SourcePackage: synaptic
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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  Package descriptions are severely truncated

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