crash for missing hardware "hardware::storage:cd"

Hello Michael, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-center into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/5.2.5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

I have verified that software-center version 5.2.5 in precise-proposed does not cause any regressions per the test details given in the description.

Thanks!

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.2.5

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software-center (5.2.5) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-lp1009039:
    - fix treeview selection background (LP: #1009039)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-lp1011522:
    - fix bug where clicking on "Reinstall previous purchases" twice
      shows endless spinner (LP: #1011522)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/click_url:
    - adds support for a "click_url" from the exhibits banner to
      support banners for things like the humble-bundle where we
      don't have packages but URLs (LP: #1020205)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/hopefully-fix-lp1008229:
    - fix crash that can happen if there is an error while
      opening a deb file (LP: #1008229)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1026494:
    - typo fix in the hw description code (LP: #1026494)

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/unity-launcher-integration-fixes:
    - fix bug where for-purchase items are not being added to the Unity
      launcher (LP: #925014)
    - fix bug where the Unity launcher item for an application incorrectly
      points to its app-install-data desktop file rather than its installed
      desktop file (LP: #999427)
    - fix bug where an application's icon remains in the Unity launcher after
      the corresponding application has been uninstalled (LP: #981488)
    - fix bug where the Unity launcher fails to auto-hide after installation
      of a for-purchase item (LP: #1002440)
    - fix bug where items in the "Independent" section are not being added
      to the Unity launcher (LP: #1012877)
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/tech-items-to-launcher-fix-lp1006483:
    - don't add an item to the launcher if its desktop file specifies
      NoDisplay=true (LP: #1006483)
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/launcher-integration-unit-tests:
   - additional unit tests to round out the suite for the Unity
     launcher integration feature
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-lp969907-for-5.2:
    - fix race condition in _app_activated_cb() (LP: #969907)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:38:04 +0200

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.3.7

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software-center (5.3.7) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/cleanup-in-config-code:
    - consolidate and simplify config handling for
      all configuration values
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/distro-detection-robustness:
    - tweak the distro detection to make it more robust
      against changes in the case for the plattform string
      and also makes the filenames/classnames more pythonic
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-seperator-crash:
    - remove instance of self.separator_login as we do not
      use this anymore, prevents a crash
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/improve-test-for-config:
    - additional unit tests for the config handling code
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/set-ssl-stuff-in-webkitwidget:
    - move the webkit.py file into 'widgets' and consolidate
      all of the webkit settings there
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/use-lxml:
    - use python-lxml instead of xml.etree as the former is
      quite a bit faster
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/new-pep8 :
    - use pep8 comandline instead of "import pep8" to make it work again
      on quantal where the internal API of pep8 has changed
  * merged 5.2 branch that includes fix for LP: #1026494
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/cache-for-parse-applications-menu:
    - cache the result of parse_applications menu so it is run
      only once for better startup performance
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp913966:
    - support the new gnome 3 in the "where is it" feature
      (LP: #913966)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/add-currency-property:
    - add a "currency" property to the appdetails and use
      it in the UI
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/no-piston-data-means-error:
    - if we don't get data at all from the webservice/cache in
      piston-generic-helper, emit a error signal
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/rec-small-cleanup:
    - small duplication cleanup
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/dep8:
    - enable automatic dep8 based testsuite running
      on the remote server
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-new-pep8:
    - fix all pep8 issues in quantal branch test
  * softwarecenter/db/categories.py, tests/test_categories.py:
    - do not use cached categories in tests
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lobby-testfixes:
    - fix tests when categories cache is used with multiple DBs
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-lp870847-5.2:
    - fix incorrect validation pattern in modify_review call, this
      should fix the ablity of users to modify their reviews
      (LP: #870847)

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-purchaseview-test:
   - fix the purchase view unit test to conform to the new config
     code
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/display-cached-recommendations:
   - display cached recommendations in the lobby view in the case of
     no network access
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/rec-tiny-cleanup:
    - additional bit of cleanup in the recommendations UI code
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-new-pep8-precise-fix:
    - small fix to allow trunk to continue to run on Precise
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:57:20 +0200