Unknown Error when Accessing Nonexistant User Info

Bug #808147 reported by Thomas Ward
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
StackApplet
Confirmed
Low
Nathan Osman
stackapplet (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

I noticed this when I recovered my StackApplet configs from my previous OS install. This config included a user from a closed beta of a StackExchange Site, and that user data was removed when it was shut down. The system says "Unknown Error" in place of a nonexistent user.

Is this a bug, or is this by-design? If it is a bug, could it be written to be saying "Unknown User" rather than "Unknown Error"?

Attached is a screenshot to show the issue.

OS: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty), 64bit

Revision history for this message
Thomas Ward (teward) wrote :
description: updated
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Nathan Osman (george-edison55) wrote :

Yes, the error description should be a little clearer. I will take a look at that and see if I can change it to 'unknown user'... although in your case the problem is that the site is gone so it should really say 'unknown site'.

Changed in stackapplet:
assignee: nobody → George Edison (george-edison55)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Thomas Ward (teward)
Changed in stackapplet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Thomas Ward (teward)
Changed in stackapplet (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
Changed in stackapplet (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
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