[Bug 1012602] Re: add-apt-repository crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __main__: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)

[Pooja Saxena]

Hello experts,
 I followed the following steps [1] and installed the stickynotes  on Ubuntu 14.04. However, unfortunately, it  always crashes with the error saying 'Sorry, Ubuntu 14.04 has experienced an internal error'.

The details of this error says the following problem: 
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'indicator-stinotes.py crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf-8' coded can't decode byte 0xae in position 5:invalid start byte'.


I found this useful post indicating this bug for 14.04,  I am not sure if I understand how this patch works. Regarding my python, its
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Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:56) 
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux2


I would appreciate any suggestions/comments on fixing this bug.

Thanks,
pooja

[1]
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:umang/indicator-stickynotes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-stickynotes

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Title:
  add-apt-repository crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __main__:
  'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 3: ordinal not in
  range(128)

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  add-apt-repository crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __main__:
  'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 3: ordinal not in
  range(128)

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: python-software-properties 0.83
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.2.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jun 13 11:36:34 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120606.2)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/add-apt-repository ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/add-apt-repository', 'ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: add-apt-repository crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __main__: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)
  Traceback:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 162, in <module>
       print _(" More info: %s") % ppa_info["web_link"]
   UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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