Software Store hides errors from the user

Bug #431100 reported by Caleb
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: software-store

When trying to install a package without an Internet connection, the package appears in the "Pending" section for a moment, then disappears. There is no error shown indicating that the package didn't install, or why it didn't install.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 16 20:48:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: software-store 0.3.3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
SourcePackage: software-store
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686

Revision history for this message
Caleb (caleb-marcus) wrote :
Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in software-store (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport, fixed in bzr and it will be part of the next upload.

Changed in software-store (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package software-store - 0.3.4

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software-store (0.3.4) karmic; urgency=low

  * softwarestore/view/appview.py:
    - fix crash in on_iter_children() LP: #427630
  * merged lp:~sil/software-store/run-uninstalled, many
    thanks to Stuart Langridge
  * merged lp:~sil/software-store/disable-install-button, many
    thanks to Stuart Langridge (this is cleaner than the previous
    way)
  * merged lp:~rugby471/software-store/software-store-andrew, many
    thanks to Andrew Higginson
  * softwarestore/db/update.py:
    - fix i18n reading from the app-install-data files
    - add X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain support
    - Don't crash if we cannot write to ./data/xapian,
      print that we cannot write to the directory.
  * softwarestore/view/appdetailsview.py
    - extend show_app() to take (appname, pkgname)
  * softwarestore/view/appview.py:
    - ensure correct icons for overlapping application names
    - fix bug in the "only installed" filter (LP: #430838)
  * softwarestore/view/widgets/imagedialog.py:
    - make the download fully threaded
  * softwarestore/db/database.py:
    - cleanup and move common code here
  * softwarestore/app.py:
    - fix crash when no pane is active (LP: #430912)
  * utils/update-software-store:
    - fix crash when setlocale() fails (LP: #431099)
  * softwarestore/view/appdetailsview.py:
    - shwo proper error message (LP: #431100)
  * softwarestore/view/dialogs.py:
    - improve dialog handling by adding optional details
  * po/POTFILES.in:
    - updated

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:21:57 +0200

Changed in software-store (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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