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Merged into lp:software-center at revision 3006

Michael Vogt: Approve on 2012-05-15

Diff: 189 lines (+77/-34)

4 files modified

softwarecenter/config.py (+20/-5)
softwarecenter/log.py (+2/-6)
softwarecenter/utils.py (+37/-22)
test/test_utils.py (+18/-1)

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Bug #885726: software-center crashed with TypeError in _get_combo_children(): object of type 'NoneType' has no len()	Low	Fix Released
Bug #996333: IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error: $HOME/.config/software-center/softwarecenter.cfg.new, Software Center does not exit	Medium	Fix Released

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3006. By Gary Lasker on 2012-05-11

use stat values for setting the chmod values in the unit test

3005. By Gary Lasker on 2012-05-09

add unit test for new utils function ensure_file_writable_and_delete_if_not

3004. By Gary Lasker on 2012-05-09

change name of method to ensure_file_writable_and_delete_if_not to make it's dangerousness more clear, and also improve for log message for the same reason

3003. By Gary Lasker on 2012-05-09

pep8, oops

3002. By Gary Lasker on 2012-05-09

add a new ensure_file_writeable utility for utils and use it for both the config file and the log file

3001. By Gary Lasker on 2012-05-08

pep8 fix

3000. By Gary Lasker on 2012-05-08

don't crash if an error is encountered when writing the config file (as this also blocks shutdown), add logging information for errors in both reading and writing the config file

2999. By Gary Lasker on 2012-04-30

* lp:~mvo/software-center/whatsnew-leak-lp985389:
  - search filter fix for the case when the "installed-only"
    filter leaks into subsequent searches (LP: #985389)

2998. By Michael Vogt on 2012-04-26

debian/changelog: trunk is not used for uploads for now

2997. By Michael Vogt on 2012-04-26

merged from the 5.2 branch