add-apt-repository crashed with ssl.SSLError in create_default_context(): unknown error (_ssl.c:3046)

[Kev Bowring]

tried to add https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/+archive/ubuntu/gnome-software

add-apt bailed on me

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: software-properties-common 0.96.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 10 23:15:10 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-10 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160204)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/gnome-software
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/add-apt-repository', 'ppa:ubuntu-desktop/gnome-software']
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: add-apt-repository crashed with ssl.SSLError in create_default_context(): unknown error (_ssl.c:3046)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Was this a transient issue? I tested a fresh update and it worked okay for me.

Thanks

[Kev Bowring (flocculant)]

entirely possible - was trying to confirm (or not) bug 1544325 and then this crashed :) Would like to be able to Invalid that one - will respond tomorrow - with hopefully 2 invalids

[Kev Bowring (flocculant)]

I did obviously wait a while prior to reporting - been running 'dev' versions for some time. jfyi