Different descriptions on different architectures for same package with same version in Lenny

[Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>]

Hi,

I tried to track down the reason for having more than one description
translations in DDTP for very same package in Lenny.  Here is a strange
example which makes me curious:

#  SELECT package, version, architecture, description from packages 
      where package = 'openjdk-6-jre' and version = '6b11-9.1' 
      and distribution = 'debian' and release = 'lenny' and component = 'main';
    package    | version  | architecture |               description                
---------------+----------+--------------+------------------------------------------
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | alpha        | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | amd64        | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | armel        | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | i386         | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | ia64         | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | mips         | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | mipsel       | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | powerpc      | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | s390         | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot Zero
 openjdk-6-jre | 6b11-9.1 | sparc        | OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
(10 rows)

I really wonder how we might get different descriptions if the packages
are supposed to come from the same source package.

Any reasonable explanation for this?

Kind regards

       Andreas.

-- 
http://fam-tille.de