software-center crashed with AttributeError in _decode_value(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decode'

[mike stein]

just launched it.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-5.11-generic 3.2.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 18 09:14:30 2011
DuplicateOf: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905605
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in _decode_value(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decode'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-18 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #905605, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.