gpodder crashed with ValueError in format_date()

[Tim]

Binary package hint: gpodder

Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04

gpodder:
  Installed: 0.14.0-1
  Candidate: 0.14.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.14.0-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Unable to remove or copy podcasts to ipod due to crash. The gpodder UI stays up but the instead of a dialog for working with the ipod I get the crash report.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gpodder
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gpodder 0.14.0-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gpodder
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gpodder']
SourcePackage: gpodder
Title: gpodder crashed with ValueError in format_date()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-9-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Thomas Perl (thp)]

Please test with the latest version from http://gpodder.org/downloads.html

[Tim (tim-barlotta)]

Downloaded and installed 0.15.1 and the bug reported here is fixed. With 0.15.1 I can copy files to device and remove files from device as expected.

Any chance we gpodder will be upgraded to 0.15.1 in Jaunty?

[Thomas Perl (thp)]

Depends on the MOTUs, although I think it might be a bit late to get this fix into Jaunty - any MOTUs here to help?

[Thomas Perl (thp)]

Fix committed; basically also released already, but not released in Ubuntu's repositories. For now, please grab the .debs from http://gpodder.org or Debian testing/unstable. Thanks!

[Tim (tim-barlotta)]

I recently started having problems with the 0.15.1. When running gpodder from the command line this is what I am getting. (Again this happens when trying to remove or copy episodes to my ipod).

~$ gpodder
/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gpodder/libconverter.py:29: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated. Use the subprocess module.
  import popen2
/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/dbus/connection.py:242: DeprecationWarning: object.__init__() takes no parameters
  super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gpodder/gui.py", line 2358, in on_cleanup_ipod_activate
    if not device.open():
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gpodder/sync.py", line 295, in open
    self.tracks_list = self.get_all_tracks()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gpodder/sync.py", line 347, in get_all_tracks
    released = util.format_date(released)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gpodder/util.py", line 311, in format_date
    log('Warning: Cannot convert timestamp', sender=self, traceback=True)
NameError: global name 'self' is not defined

[Thomas Perl (thp)]

Tim: thanks for your additional report and traceback. I have fixed this bug in the development version.

[Tim (tim-barlotta)]

Thomas: no problem on the additional info (I'm a big fan of gpodder). Where could I get the development version with the fixes in it?

[Thomas Perl (thp)]

Yes, you can help out with testing the development version and reporting bugs, instructions are here:

http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/Running_gPodder_from_Git

Please note that bugs found in the development version should be reported at http://bugs.gpodder.org and not here. Thanks :)

[Tim (tim-barlotta)]

Just an FYI: got the latest from the git repo and I can remove/sync with my ipod once again.

[Tim (tim-barlotta)]

Just wanted to update this bug to state that 0.15.2 is able to communicate (sync/remove) with my iPod.

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

Karmic has 0.16.1-1