[Reportbug-maint] Bug#450674: reportbug: Problems with UTF-8 in data retrieved from BTS

[chaica]

Hi,

This problem is solved in reportbug 4.5 by #531911.

Bye,
Carl Chenet


> Hi:
> 
> It seems there are still some problems with UTF-8.
> 
> ---8<---
> $ reportbug -M xkb-data
> Detected character set: UTF-8
> Please change your locale if this is incorrect.
> 
> Using 'GSR <gsr.bugs at infernal-iceberg.com>' as your from address.
> Getting status for xkb-data...
> Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org...
> Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
> Querying Debian BTS for reports on xkeyboard-config (source)...
> 36 bug reports found:
> 
> Outstanding bugs -- Important bugs; More information needed (1 bug)
>    1) #514846  UK AT keyboard does not work on IBM compatible computers
> 
> Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Unclassified (7 bugs)
>    2) #497341  [xkb-data] README.Debian customised layouts section instructions
>    3) #498915  xkb-data: Non-breakable spaces in Russian layout
>    4) #509046  russian keyboard layout incompatible with latin layouts
>    5) #513981  xkb-data: missing key for Sun Type 6 euro usb
>    6) #517697  xkb-data: PK keyboard Layout letters dont join properly
>    7) #526702  xkb-data: error with model=macbook79 layout=us variant=mac
>    8) #530816  xkb-data: error with model=macintosh layout=fr variant=latin9
> 
> Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; More information needed (2 bugs)
>    9) #480024  xkb-data 1.2 doesn't support swedish letters
>   10) #519742  Duplicate definitions for XF86AudioMedia in xkb/symbols/inet
> 
> Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Patch Available (1 bug)
>   11) #522260  xkb-data: Support for Genius KKB-2050U keyboard
> 
> Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Unclassified (5 bugs)
>   12) #317091  gnome-keyboard-applet: only four languages allowed!
>   13) #487951  xkb-data: Please document possible layouts, variants and options
>   14) #520625  /usr/bin/kxkb: Can't add more than 4 keyboard layouts.
>   15) #521195  Please bring back the old French dvorak layout
>   16) #526004  It would be nice to have italian coder variant in xkb-data
> 
> Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; More information needed (1 bug)
>   17) #530820  xkb-data: Please add il variant to replace underscore with hebre
> 
> Outstanding bugs -- Wishlist items; Will Not Fix (1 bug)
>   18) #56173  xlibs: [xkb] pc geometry file has wrong colors for some function 
> 
> Forwarded bugs -- Important bugs (2 bugs)
>   19) #409612  xlibs-data: Modifier mappings broken
>   20) #469335  rules/base references nonexistent symbols/sun_vndr/us(sun[45])
> 
> Forwarded bugs -- Normal bugs (3 bugs)
>   21) #463373  xkb-data: grp:alts_toggle broken
>   22) #483683  xkb-data: "grp:alts_toggle" correction patch
>   23) #483687  xkb-data: "grp:alts_toggle" correction patch
> 
> Forwarded bugs -- Minor bugs (2 bugs)
>   24) #291853  xkbcomp warns about <RALT> having 2 symbols
>   25) #296616  xbase-clients: xkbcomp gives warnings
> 
> Resolved bugs -- Important bugs (4 bugs)
>   26) #513557  Patches for Crimean Tatar (Crimean Turkish) keyboard layouts
>   27) #514097  xkb-data broke pc104
>   28) #514975  xkb-data: Keyboard unuseable with version 1.5-2
>   29) #530585  hal: HAL registers too many keyboard devices
> 
> Resolved bugs -- Normal bugs (6 bugs)
>   30) #405940  combine key dosn't work anymore
>   31) #513426  xkb-data: canadian layout is misleading
>   32) #514409  xkb-data does not support cz_qwerty anymore
>   33) #515152  xserver-xorg: xkb no longer works
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1877, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 895, in main
>     return iface.user_interface()
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1436, in user_interface
>     version=pkgversion)
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/reportbug/ui/text_ui.py", line 534, in handle_bts_query
>     mirrors, http_proxy, screen, title)
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/reportbug/ui/text_ui.py", line 616, in browse_bugs
>     sys.stderr.write(line.decode('utf-8').encode(output_encoding, "replace"))
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
>     return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
> UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 78-79: invalid data
> --->8---
> 
> Guessing, "34)" would be #524390.
> 
> -- Package-specific info:
> ** /home/unnamed/.reportbugrc:
> reportbug_version "3.32"
> mode standard
> ui urwid
> realname "GSR"
> email "gsr.bugs at infernal-iceberg.com"
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
> ii  apt                           0.7.21     Advanced front-end for dpkg
> ii  python                        2.5.4-2    An interactive high-level object-o
> ii  python-reportbug              4.4        Python modules for interacting wit
> 
> reportbug recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
> ii  debconf-utils                 1.5.26     debconf utilities
> pn  debsums                       <none>     (no description available)
> pn  dlocate                       <none>     (no description available)
> ii  exim4                         4.69-11    metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) 
> ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.69-11    lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
> ii  file                          5.03-1     Determines file type using "magic"
> ii  gnupg                         1.4.9-4    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
> pn  python-gnome2-extras          <none>     (no description available)
> ii  python-gtk2                   2.14.1-3   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
> pn  python-urwid                  <none>     (no description available)
> pn  python-vte                    <none>     (no description available)
> 
> -- no debconf information
>