Bug#917812: gnome-software: update broke gnome software

[rohit]

Package: gnome-software
Version: 3.30.6-1
Severity: important
Tags: newcomer

Dear Maintainer,

A recent update to gnome-software completely bricked it.
I can start the application but it is permanently stuck
at the "software catalog is being loaded" phase.
No other errors show up when run from the terminal



-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_IN:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-software depends on:
ii  appstream                                    0.12.4-2
ii  apt-config-icons                             0.12.4-2
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.30.1-2
ii  gnome-software-common                        3.30.6-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.28.1-1
ii  libappstream-glib8                           0.7.14-1
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.30.0-2
ii  libc6                                        2.28-2
ii  libcairo2                                    1.16.0-2
ii  libfwupd2                                    1.1.4-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.38.0+dfsg-7
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.58.1-2
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-17                        3.30.2-4
ii  libgspell-1-1                                1.6.1-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.24.2-3
ii  libgtk3-perl                                 0.034-2
ii  libgudev-1.0-0                               232-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           1.4.4-2
ii  libpackagekit-glib2-18                       1.1.12-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.105-23
ii  libsecret-1-0                                0.18.6-3
ii  libsoup2.4-1                                 2.64.1-3
ii  packagekit                                   1.1.12-1
ii  software-properties-gtk                      0.96.20.2-1

gnome-software recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-software suggests:
pn  apt-config-icons-hidpi         <none>
ii  fwupd                          1.1.4-1
ii  gnome-software-plugin-flatpak  3.30.6-1
ii  gnome-software-plugin-snap     3.30.6-1

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