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This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.0.2

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software-center (5.0.2) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Matthew McGowan ]
  * lp:~mmcg069/software-center/bug861778:
    - improved method, use less widgets and fix case where user
      changes sort method in a search results list (LP: #861778)
  * lp:~mmcg069/software-center/dialog-improvements:
    - improve the widget packing of the submit_review dialog
    - make the dialog-dep-warning dialog neither closable or maximisable
      as per bug LP: #844025
    - make dialog-dependency-alert dialog use a gtkgrid instead of
      gtktable to fix overly big spacing
  * lp:~mmcg069/software-center/container-frame-render-fix:
    - remove the use a clip -> provide a fix for blurry font
      rendering LP: #864855

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * test/gtk3/test_appview.py:
    - add regression test for bug #861778
  * test/gtk3/test_dialogs.py:
    - add basic test for dependency dialogs
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/dialogs/dependency_dialogs.py:
    - simplfy test setup code
  * softwarecenter/backend/channel_impl/aptchannels.py:
    - delay channel update check 10s to improve startup time
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/exhibits.py:
    - add workaround for rendering bug of the webkit offscreen window
      that leaves a 8px border around the image
  * debian/control:
    - update Vcs-Bzr to point to the 5.0 branch
    - add "lzma" to the recommends to ensure that opening opera and
      chrome debs works (LP: #868188). python-apt is expecting to
      have a helper that can be called with "lzma -d" to open these
      debs.

  [ Kiwinote ]
  * softwarecenter/db/update.py,
    softwarecenter/enums.py,
    softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/models/appstore2.py:
    - make apps from the canonical store appear in the categories (LP: #874330)
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/availablepane.py:
    - when search is cleared, don't navigate back to lobby if we're in a
      channel view (LP: #875786)
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/viewswitcher.py:
    - don't inherit state.category or state.subcategory upon channel selection
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError in _update_pkg_info_table() (LP: #868834)
      this indirectly makes banners work again in certain locales (LP: #873078)

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * Only catch button release in exhibit if button was also pressed on
    exhibit (LP: #875043)

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * softwarecenter/db/update.py:
    - fix reinstall previous purchases functionality for locales
      that require unicode (LP: #873917)
  * setup.py:
    - force 11.10 as the release as this is the target
      version of 5.0
 -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@xxxxxxxxxx>   Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:43:01 +0200

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu Oneiric)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in
  _update_pkg_info_table(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in
  position 8: ordinal not in range(128)

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “software-center” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I marked 'partner' repository and to update, then it's occurred.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 5.0.1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct  5 22:31:54 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20111005)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center /home/username/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', '/home/username/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb']
  SourcePackage: software-center
  Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _update_pkg_info_table(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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