add-apt-repository Exception: NoDistroTemplate

[effenberg0x0]

[08:43:34] ahsl@AL-DESK01:[~]: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nijel/gammu-testing
[sudo] password for ahsl: 
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
 This repository contains latest testing versions of Gammu - <http://wammu.eu/gammu/>.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~nijel/+archive/gammu-testing
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 160, in <module>
    sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 96, in __init__
    self.reload_sourceslist()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 584, in reload_sourceslist
    self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)    
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 87, in get_sources
    raise NoDistroTemplateException("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template

I'm assuming this is because we are theoretically running QQ and the PPA goes up to Precise, right?

Regards,
Effenberg