Fix text byte decoding to not use strict error handling

OATFWGUI/anon_usage_data.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 from platform_check import get_platform, PlatformEnum
 from gui_state import LogicState
+from misc_utils import decode_bytes
 
 log = logging.getLogger('')
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ def get_uuid_windows() -> str:
         capture_output=True)
     if sub_proc.returncode != 0:
         return 'unknown-windows'
-    windows_uuid = sub_proc.stdout.decode('UTF-8')
+    windows_uuid = decode_bytes(sub_proc.stdout)
     return windows_uuid
 
 
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ def to_nearest_half(num: float) -> float:
 def get_approx_location() -> Tuple[float, float]:
     geo_ip_url = 'https://ipinfo.io/loc'
     response = requests.get(geo_ip_url, timeout=2.0)
-    resp_str = response.content.decode().strip()
+    resp_str = decode_bytes(response.content).strip()
     lat_str, lon_str = resp_str.split(',')
     lat_approx = to_nearest_half(float(lat_str))
     lon_approx = to_nearest_half(float(lon_str))

OATFWGUI/external_processes.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 from PySide6.QtCore import Slot, QProcess, QStandardPaths, QProcessEnvironment
 
+from misc_utils import decode_bytes
+
 log = logging.getLogger('')
 
 
@@ -62,14 +64,14 @@ def cleanup(self):
     @Slot()
     def handle_stderr(self):
         data = self.qproc.readAllStandardError()
-        stderr = bytes(data).decode("utf8")
+        stderr = decode_bytes(bytes(data))
         self.stderr_text += stderr
         log.error(stderr)
 
     @Slot()
     def handle_stdout(self):
         data = self.qproc.readAllStandardOutput()
-        stdout = bytes(data).decode("utf8")
+        stdout = decode_bytes(bytes(data))
         self.stdout_text += stdout
         log.info(stdout)
 

OATFWGUI/misc_utils.py

@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ def remove_readonly(func: Callable, path, excinfo):
         func(path)
 
     shutil.rmtree(dir_to_delete, onerror=remove_readonly)
+
+
+def decode_bytes(byte_string: bytes) -> str:
+    # Just to consolidate all text decoding and make sure they're all the same
+    return byte_string.decode('utf-8', errors='backslashreplace')