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!
** Description changed: software-center crashed + + 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 5.0.1.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 12 21:56:40 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center ProcEnviron: - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __str__(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 94: ordinal not in range(128) UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare ** 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/873046 Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __str__(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 94: 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: software-center crashed 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 5.0.1.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 12 21:56:40 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __str__(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 94: 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/873046/+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

