This is not an easy bug to reproduce as it requires a non-Ubuntu installation to fully test the fix. However, testing for regressions in Ubuntu is straightforward, you need simply start Software Center and insure that the apt-xapian-index is updated without incident.
I have done this testing with the software-center version 5.2.1 in precise-proposed and can verify that it causes no regressions.
This is not an easy bug to reproduce as it requires a non-Ubuntu installation to fully test the fix. However, testing for regressions in Ubuntu is straightforward, you need simply start Software Center and insure that the apt-xapian-index is updated without incident.
I have done this testing with the software-center version 5.2.1 in precise-proposed and can verify that it causes no regressions.
Thanks!