[Bug 1796840] [NEW] do-release-upgrade doesn't work with C locale

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Public bug reported:

How to repeat:

% LANG=C do-release-upgrade                                                                  ~
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 121, in <module>
    print(_("Checking for a new Ubuntu release"))
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-12: ordinal not in range(128)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Tue Oct  9 12:14:04 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-10 (1732 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-08 (0 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic dist-upgrade

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade doesn't work with C locale

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

Bug description:
  How to repeat:

  % LANG=C do-release-upgrade                                                                  ~
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 121, in <module>
      print(_("Checking for a new Ubuntu release"))
  UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-12: ordinal not in range(128)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.10.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Tue Oct  9 12:14:04 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-10 (1732 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-08 (0 days ago)

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