[Bugs] #2488 UNSP: Cannot connect to adhoc network with name less than 8 characters

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#2488: Cannot connect to adhoc network with name less than 8 characters
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    Reporter:  carrott                    |          Owner:                             
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  untriaged                  |        Version:  0.88.x                     
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:  dextrose                   
Status_field:  Unconfirmed                |   Distribution:  Unspecified                
   Seeta_dev:                             |  
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 meshbox.py and network.py attempt to recover an adhoc network's colours
 from the network's name but this code fails if the name is too short. Such
 networks just don't show up in the neighbourhood view.

 See attached adhoc-name.patch for a fix. Even with this fix, it is likely
 that a pathological network name can still cause problems. I didn't
 perform any significant testing after I got my adhoc network to work.


   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/jarabe/desktop/meshbox.py", line
 1077, in _ap_props_changed_cb
     self._add_ap_to_network(ap)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/jarabe/desktop/meshbox.py", line
 1054, in _add_ap_to_network
     icon = WirelessNetworkView(ap)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/jarabe/desktop/meshbox.py", line
 93, in __init__
     and self._name_encodes_colors():
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/jarabe/desktop/meshbox.py", line
 151, in _name_encodes_colors
     return self._name[-7] == '#' and self._name[-8] == ',' \
 IndexError: string index out of range

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2488>
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