Other Software source properties not properly set

Bug #1242719 reported by Forage
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-properties (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Since Ubuntu 13.10 (complete clean install or upgrade from 13.04), software sources aren't properly added through the GUI. Part of the URI is placed in the distribution section and the value of what should be placed in the distribution section is added to the components section. The result is errors when updating the software sources.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Open "Software & Updates"
2) Go to the "Other Software" tab
3) Add a new source like a PPA. Example: "ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging"
4) Click on "Edit..." for the new created source

Result:
URI: http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
Distribution: /ubuntu
Components: saucy main

Expected result:
URI: http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3-staging/ubuntu
Distribution: saucy
Components: main

Changing it manually will give you key errors on update afterwards.

Using "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging" in a terminal works as expected.

I'm running Ubuntu GNOME 13.10, should that makes any difference.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.92.27
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 21 16:12:11 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-19 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: This
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Forage (forage) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote :

I can confirm this bug Ubuntu saucy.

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Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) wrote :

Ok I think this bug is same as bug-1239893: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1239893. It is fixed in software-properties - 0.92.28

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