python manage.py fake_data fails

Installed following your instructions on openSUSE LEAP 42.2 with no issues. I really, really like what you are doing.

However, populating the demo data fails for me:

linux@linux:~/Downloads/softhub-site-master-fa1d1baea785f0df8ab184646070f85375ac057a> python manage.py fake_data
WARNING:Google not created.
WARNING:Mozilla not created.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/linux/Downloads/softhub-site-master-fa1d1baea785f0df8ab184646070f85375ac057a/ENV/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 367, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/linux/Downloads/softhub-site-master-fa1d1baea785f0df8ab184646070f85375ac057a/ENV/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 359, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/linux/Downloads/softhub-site-master-fa1d1baea785f0df8ab184646070f85375ac057a/ENV/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 294, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/home/linux/Downloads/softhub-site-master-fa1d1baea785f0df8ab184646070f85375ac057a/ENV/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 345, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/home/linux/Downloads/softhub-site-master-fa1d1baea785f0df8ab184646070f85375ac057a/softhub/management/commands/fake_data.py", line 32, in handle
    create_applications(self.FAKE_ICONS_PATH)
  File "/home/linux/Downloads/softhub-site-master-fa1d1baea785f0df8ab184646070f85375ac057a/softhub/management/commands/populate_lib/applications.py", line 16, in create_applications
    icons = os.listdir(path)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: './assets/icons/'

This happens because fake_data searches for icons in ./assets/icons/. This folder exists only on my PC at the moment.

The first thing that can be done is add a try/except block to handle the error and return a useful message.

As a workaround, before running the fake_data command, one can manually create a folder containing some icons in this way:

mkdir assets
mkdir assets/icons

cp /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/* ./assets/icons/

UPDATE: fixed path of the last copy command

Improved fake_data error output: e5e70f4b1c507386eafa902a6fb4ce37442800d5

Here it is an example:

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