[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)

[James E. King, III]

This happens in ubuntu artful as well:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nschloe/boost-nightly
...
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~nschloe/+archive/ubuntu/boost-nightly
gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmp0386_qbv/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /tmp/tmp0386_qbv/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key ECD154D280FEB8AC: public key "Launchpad PPA for Nico Schl�mer" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 229: ordinal not in range(128)

software-properties-common_0.96.24.16_all.deb

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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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