Sources manager error

[Maclone]

Hi.
I always install ubuntu's sources manager so i can search for the fastest repo for me. This was not a problem with earlier Mints but with Mint 6 is not working anymore. This is what it says:

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'/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk' 
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py:18: FutureWarning: apt API not stable yet
  warnings.warn("apt API not stable yet", FutureWarning)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 101, in <module>
    app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=data_dir, options=options, file=file)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 75, in __init__
    SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 78, in __init__
    self.reload_sourceslist()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 516, in reload_sourceslist
    self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)    
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 85, in get_sources
    "Error: could not find a distribution template")
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException

Tryed with both GTK and KDE versions but was the same problem with Python. When it happens renders my synaptic almost useless until i reboot.
Any idea how to fix this? i really need it.

[Husse]

Is there a version for Felicia/Intrepid?
I have difficulties finding this application.

[Maclone]

Yes, you can find it via synaptic in felicia as: "software-properties-gtk" or "software-properties-kde" This repo manager is installed always in ubuntu

[Husse]

It just silently dies on me - have to investigate

[Husse]

After I give the password nothing happens that I see
How is it supposed to behave?
(I just installed something else in the partition with Hardy in it)

[Maclone]

It works exactly as in ubuntu, you choose it and it opens a window where you can choose manually any world repo or let it ping them all (201 mirrors) so you can pick the fastest. It has been part of obuntu since don't know when but for some reason its always excluded from mint.

[Husse]

I just run it from the terminal and got some errors, one of which was
"Error: could not find a distribution template"
It will not work on Mint, but I'll make a note of it for future releases. This is also a matter of getting "main" onto one CD

[Husse]

I don't know how I missed that but it is in the release notes that it does not work
http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_felicia.php
Too much hard coded