Not able to write a review (Unable to show 'none')

[Enrico]

* Impact
reviews can't be added anymore

* Test case
try to write a review for a software

* Impact
the change is in the review dialog ui, make sure it looks correct

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I can't write a new review on the Software Center. Xubuntu 15.04

When I click on "Write a new review", nothing happens. Launching software-center from the terminal, the attached error appears when I press the "Write a new review" button.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: software-center 13.10-0ubuntu6
Uname: Linux 4.0.0-040000-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Apr 18 11:27:14 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-27 (21 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150326)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[brimlar (brimlar)]

Upgrade to 15.04, using Unity as my default DE, can confirm -- clicking the "write a review" link does nothing.

I am happy to provide more information or files if someone can direct me as to what is desired.

[brimlar (brimlar)]

I resolved or worked around the issue after reading a comment on a Red Hat bug page: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164449#c4 It appears that the Glade utility uses an "n_rows" property field on GtkGrids that is no longer good and the UI for the Software Center has a line that has that defunct property in it.

Commenting out line 409 in /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/submit_review.ui so that it looks like:

<!-- <property name="n_rows">4</property> -->

allowed me to then submit a review to software in the Software Center, with no discernible defects or errors.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 13.10-0ubuntu7

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software-center (13.10-0ubuntu7) wily; urgency=medium

  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/models/appstore2.py:
    - GtkIcon has_icon doesn't work in standard directories, use lookup_icon
      instead, should fix invalid icons being displayed in the packages list
      (lp: #1464722)
  * data/ui/gtk3/submit_review.ui:
    - don't use the gtkbox n_row property, it's deprecated in the newer gtk
      version, which leads to runtime errors and a non working reviews dialog
      (lp: #1445745)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:18:05 +0200

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Enrico, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-center into vivid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/13.10-0ubuntu6.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Enrico (enricobe)]

Hello Brian. Thanks for your work.

I can't find the new software-center update in the purposed repository. I already have the version 13.10 but I didn't update it via the purposed repository because it was not enabled on my PC. How is it possible?

With the version 13.10, when I press the "Write a review" button a new window opens but it shows a non-stop "Login..." (Accesso,,, in italian)... Anyway, this could be a problem related to my PC and not a software-center bug

[Enrico (enricobe)]

I forgot to say that I'm now running 15.10 (Xubuntu development) and this could be why I already have Software Center 13.10

[Erik Zoltan (erikzoltan)]

I have tested this and ***IT WORKS****. I can click on the link and create a review.

Note to other testers. I used the instructions at the following link to enable the vivid-proposed updates.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

It's important to use vivid-proposed instead of trusty-proposed shown in the above instructions.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install software-center/vivid-proposed

I then ran Software Center and it gave me the ability to create a review. I created one, and was able to see it in Software Center.

Problem solved. This is a 64 bit Vivid system.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 13.10-0ubuntu6.1

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software-center (13.10-0ubuntu6.1) vivid; urgency=medium

  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/models/appstore2.py:
    - GtkIcon has_icon doesn't work in standard directories, use lookup_icon
      instead, should fix invalid icons being displayed in the packages list
      (lp: #1464722)
  * data/ui/gtk3/submit_review.ui:
    - don't use the gtkbox n_row property, it's deprecated in the newer gtk
      version, which leads to runtime errors and a non working reviews dialog
      (lp: #1445745)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:18:05 +0200

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for software-center has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.