add-apt-repository crashed with HTTPError in http_error_default(): HTTP Error 404: Not Found

[Mathieu Marquer]

Crashes when adding a non-existent PPA.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: python-software-properties 0.81.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 26 21:23:59 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/stable
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/add-apt-repository', 'ppa:transmissionbt/stable']
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: add-apt-repository crashed with HTTPError in http_error_default(): HTTP Error 404: Not Found
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #852031, 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.

[Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun)]

Any chance we can have bug #852031 visibility changed to public then?