The problem is that the setup.py tries to parse the version number from the first line of the debian/changelog file, however the first three lines contain a reminder for the developers, and thus it fails while parsing the version number. This will get fixed when the reminder is removed.
" BRANCH INSTEAD until "quantal" gets the first upload ALSO DO NOT MERGE TRUNK BACK INTO 5.2, ONLY 5.2 INTO TRUNK" Assigning mvo to remove the note from the debian changelog as soon as the first upload to quantal happens. ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo) ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003996 Title: Can't build Software Center by hand Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm trying to build the Software Center by hand now for a weeks and I can't get it to build. Everytime I try it throws me an error. I tried multiple times on clean boxes. It throws me the following error: vistausss@vistausss-p6580nl:~/fromsvngit/software-center$ sudo python setup.py install Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 67, in <module> VERSION = m.group(1) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group' vistausss@vistausss-p6580nl:~/fromsvngit/software-center$ It did work a month ago but the last three weeks it's a no-go. OS: Ubuntu 12.04 arch: 64-bit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1003996/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp