[Bug 1079251] [NEW] Upgrade to raring fails with UnicodeDecodeError ( 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0) when using russian locale

[Lockal]

Public bug reported:

When user with russian locale launches ubuntu-release-upgrader, it
calculates changes and prompts user to continue installation. This looks
like:

Установка обновления может занять несколько часов (trans: installation could take a few hours). После завершения 
загрузки отменить установку будет нельзя (trans: after finishing download installation can't be aborted). 

 Продолжить [дН]  Подробности [п] (trans: Continue [...], Details [...])

Notice that confirmation keys are translated too. It could be a problem
of translation, but in previous versions of ubuntu (9.10 -> 10.04) keys
д/Н/п worked without any problem.

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/raring", line 10, in 
<module> 
sys.exit(main()) 

File 
"/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", 
line 240, in main 
if app.run(): 

File 
"/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", 
line 1765, in run 
return self.fullUpgrade() 

File 
"/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", 
line 1722, in fullUpgrade 
if not self.askDistUpgrade(): 

File 
"/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", 
line 970, in askDistUpgrade 
self.cache.required_download) 

File 
"/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewText.py", 
line 166, in confirmChanges 
if res.strip().lower().startswith(_("y")): 

UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 
0: ordinal not in range(128)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: quantal

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Title:
  Upgrade to raring fails with UnicodeDecodeError ( 'ascii' codec can't
  decode byte 0xd0) when using russian locale

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When user with russian locale launches ubuntu-release-upgrader, it
  calculates changes and prompts user to continue installation. This
  looks like:

  Установка обновления может занять несколько часов (trans: installation could take a few hours). После завершения 
  загрузки отменить установку будет нельзя (trans: after finishing download installation can't be aborted). 

   Продолжить [дН]  Подробности [п] (trans: Continue [...], Details
  [...])

  Notice that confirmation keys are translated too. It could be a
  problem of translation, but in previous versions of ubuntu (9.10 ->
  10.04) keys д/Н/п worked without any problem.

  Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/raring", line 10, in 
  <module> 
  sys.exit(main()) 

  File 
  "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", 
  line 240, in main 
  if app.run(): 

  File 
  "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", 
  line 1765, in run 
  return self.fullUpgrade() 

  File 
  "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", 
  line 1722, in fullUpgrade 
  if not self.askDistUpgrade(): 

  File 
  "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", 
  line 970, in askDistUpgrade 
  self.cache.required_download) 

  File 
  "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-jt3c4s/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewText.py", 
  line 166, in confirmChanges 
  if res.strip().lower().startswith(_("y")): 

  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 
  0: ordinal not in range(128)

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