I verified this fix in software-center version 5.2.1 in precise-proposed per steps to reproduce in mvo's comment #4.
Many 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/917755 Title: modify_review_gtk3.py crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _setup_details(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 29: ordinal not in range(128) Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “software-center” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “software-center” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Bug description: After opening the Modify review window I have disconnected from the network. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.1.6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic-pae 3.2.1 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Tue Jan 17 17:54:19 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/modify_review_gtk3.py InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110827) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/software-center/modify_review_gtk3.py --parent-xid --iconname vlc --datadir /usr/share/software-center/ --review-id 35956 PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/software-center/modify_review_gtk3.py', '--parent-xid', '', '--iconname', 'vlc', '--datadir', '/usr/share/software-center/', '--review-id', '35956'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: modify_review_gtk3.py crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _setup_details(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 29: ordinal not in range(128) UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-01 (16 days ago) 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/917755/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp