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This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.0.4

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software-center (5.0.4) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-lp891499-for-5.0:
    - be more robust about problems reading the cataloged_times file
      as problems here can hang the UI (LP: #891499)

  [ Gabor Kelemen ]
  * lp:~kelemeng/software-center/bug869935:
    - Update help translations from Launchpad (LP: #869935)
  * lp:~kelemeng/software-center/bug880757:
    - Mark strings containing the “ character as Unicode, to fix
      their translations. LP: #880757

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * fix cache opening to improve startup time
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/icon-data-for-5.0:
    - remove the need for inline icon data from the agent, instead
      download icons directly using the provided URL (LP: #914054)
 -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@xxxxxxxxxx>   Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:52:09 +0100

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

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Title:
  Software Center not start, infinite loading

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

Bug description:
  I cant use the Software-center.. the app open but stay on loading screen forever, the cicle indicator of load never ends. So i can't see, search, install or unistall programs by software-center, im forced to use the Terminal or Synaptic.
  I just tried fix in terminal using apt-get clean, autoclean, check, update, upgrade, install -f and much more but without effect.

  Steps to reproduce for SRU:
  1. Run Oneiric
  2. Set aside the file /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p for safekeeping.
  3. Copy the attached broken cataloged_times.p file from this bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/891499/+attachment/2601868/+files/cataloged_times.p) to /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p.
  4. Launch software-center and observe that it opens but shows only a spinner and never fully starts.
  5. Quit software-center
  6. Update to software-center version 5.0.4 in oneiric-proposed.
  7. Start software-center again and verify that now it starts normally.
  8. Finally, restore your original copy of /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p that you had set aside in step 2.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 5.0.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Nov 17 04:52:54 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (34 days ago)

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