python2.6 crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in save()

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Binary package hint: python2.6

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when I edit a medibuntu source description containing french accented characters python crashes upon saving the modification

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 2 17:25:13 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/python2.6
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: python2.6-minimal 2.6.4-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-kde --attach 62914585
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
PythonArgs: []
SourcePackage: python2.6
Title: python2.6 crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in save()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
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[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Should be fixed in Kubuntu 10.04, a lot of attention to special-character crashes has been given to software-properties this cycle.