Clicking on "Reinstall previous purchase" twice shows endless spinner

The debug output:

2012-06-11 11:46:47,354 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - DEBUG - on_menu_file_activate
2012-06-11 11:46:50,604 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.softwarepane - DEBUG - show_appview_spinner
2012-06-11 11:46:50,605 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.availablepane - DEBUG - on_previous_purchases_activated with query: Xapian::Query(AHfor-pay-needs-reinstall)
2012-06-11 11:46:50,606 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.session.navhistory - DEBUG - appending: 'GetSof:2 None None "" None * SoftwareChannel
  name: Previous Purchases
  origin: software-center-agent
  component: None
  display_name: Previous Purchases
  iconname: unknown-channel
  query: Xapian::Query(AHfor-pay-needs-reinstall)
  sort_mode: 1
  installed_only: False'
2012-06-11 11:46:50,606 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.session.navhistory - DEBUG - A:[GetSof:0 None None "" None None, GetSof:2 None None "" None * SoftwareChannel
  name: Previous Purchases
  origin: software-center-agent
  component: None
  display_name: Previous Purchases
  iconname: unknown-channel
  query: Xapian::Query(AHfor-pay-needs-reinstall)
  sort_mode: 1
  installed_only: False, ]
2012-06-11 11:46:50,607 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.softwarepane - DEBUG - refresh_apps
2012-06-11 11:46:50,607 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.softwarepane - DEBUG - show_appview_spinner
2012-06-11 11:46:50,608 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.softwarepane - DEBUG - softwarepane query: [Xapian::Query((AHfor-pay-needs-reinstall AND <alldocuments>))]
2012-06-11 11:46:50,608 - softwarecenter.db.enquire - DEBUG - initial query: 'Xapian::Query((AHfor-pay-needs-reinstall AND <alldocuments>))'
2012-06-11 11:46:50,609 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - calculate nr_apps and nr_pkgs: : 0.000637054443359
2012-06-11 11:46:50,609 - softwarecenter.db.enquire - DEBUG - nearly completely filtered query: 'Xapian::Query((AHfor-pay-needs-reinstall AND <alldocuments>))'
2012-06-11 11:46:50,611 - softwarecenter.db.enquire - DEBUG - found ~11 matches
2012-06-11 11:46:50,611 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - append new matches to existing ones:: 0.000160217285156
2012-06-11 11:46:50,674 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.availablepane - DEBUG - applist-changed <AvailablePane object at 0x31805a0 (softwarecenter+ui+gtk3+panes+availablepane+AvailablePane at 0x3019680)> 11
2012-06-11 11:46:50,674 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.models.appstore2 - DEBUG - set_from_matches len(matches)='11'
2012-06-11 11:46:50,677 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - store.append_initial: 0.00243282318115
2012-06-11 11:46:50,678 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.softwarepane - DEBUG - hide_appview_spinner
2012-06-11 11:46:50,678 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - populate model from query: 'Xapian::Query((AHfor-pay-needs-reinstall AND <alldocuments>))' (threaded: True): 0.0704529285431
2012-06-11 11:46:50,679 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - enquirer.set_query(): 0.0707421302795

It looks like the spinner tab is simply not returning to the content page here, when running with SOFTWARE_CENTER_DEBUG_TABS=1 I can see the content just fine.

The attached branch should fix the bug.

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.3.4

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software-center (5.3.4) quantal; 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/webkit-http-debug:
    - enable full http output debugging for webkit
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-get-set-gobject-data:
    - fixes a leftover use of "GObject.{get,set}_data()" that is
      no longer supported by python-gi in quantal

  [ Natalia Bidart ]
  * lp:~nataliabidart/software-center/winged-migration:
    - merged gtk sso login code to ensure we have a consistent UI
      when ubuntu-sso-client drops its gtk version
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:27:14 +0200

Reverting the precise task to In Porogress, Fix Commited is for packages that are in the -proposed pocket, this package is still in the Unapproved queue.

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.

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I have verified that software-center version 5.2.5 in precise-proposed fixes this bug per the test case 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

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