I have verified using the French locale that version 5.0.3.1 of software-center in oneiric-proposed fixes this issue for me. Thanks!
** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/847050 Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __str__(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc8 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128) Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “software-center” source package in Oneiric: Fix Committed Bug description: trying to install from Mozilla Firefox through apt, example: apt:love Test case for Oneiric SRU: 1. Launch software-center using a local that requires unicode (e.g. French). 2. Type "love" into the search bar and navigate to the details view for the LÖVE package. 3. Verify this crash does not occur. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: software-center 4.1.22 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Sep 11 17:18:39 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center apt:love PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', 'apt:love'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __str__(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc8 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128) UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/847050/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
