Running on Xenial:
ubuntu-software: Installed: 3.20.1+git20170524.0.ea2fe2b0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Candidate: 3.20.1+git20170524.0.ea2fe2b0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Version table: *** 3.20.1+git20170524.0.ea2fe2b0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.20.1+git20170509.0.8292905-0ubuntu1~xenial1 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 3.20.1+git20160420.1.ca63436.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
I can confirm that the character limit is now 100.
Running on Xenial:
ubuntu-software: git20170524. 0.ea2fe2b0- 0ubuntu0. 16.04.1 git20170524. 0.ea2fe2b0- 0ubuntu0. 16.04.1 git20170524. 0.ea2fe2b0- 0ubuntu0. 16.04.1 500 gb.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu xenial- proposed/ main amd64 Packages dpkg/status 20.1+git2017050 9.0.8292905- 0ubuntu1~ xenial1 500 gb.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 20.1+git2016042 0.1.ca63436. ubuntu- xenial- 0ubuntu2 500 gb.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Installed: 3.20.1+
Candidate: 3.20.1+
Version table:
*** 3.20.1+
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
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500 http://
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500 http://
I can confirm that the character limit is now 100.