Gslapt 0.3.16 review

This is a GTK version of slapt-get

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 115K Developer: Jason Woodward

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This is a GTK version of slapt-get. Gslapt project requires slapt-get.

To build from source, you must have these packages installed:

autoconf
automake
libtool
m4
gettext
gettext-tools
pkgconfig
glibc
atk
glib2
gtk+2
pango
x11
zlib
openssl
curl
slapt-get

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.

Here are some key features of "Gslapt":
added FAQs to the FAQ
set package listing columns to be resizeable
removed beta warning dialog
the clear button only rebuilds the view when it has to, as it's so expensive
added "not enough free space" notification
updated translations
added more notification for errors during source updates and transaction messages for missing deps and conflicts via new error api
formatting updates
added pt translation by Pedro Pinto
updated to compile against current slapt-get cvs
fixed bug that allowed installing multiple versions of a package
added accelerators, ctrl [i,u] for (re-)install/upgrade, ctrl [r] for remove, and ctrl [x] for exclude
fixed crash when enabling the remove button on certain packages
requires slapt-get >= 0.9.9k
fixed upgrade problem
updated transaction code to follow new transaction_t struct use of queue
borrowed Ubuntu's add/remove applications icon for new gslapt icon
fixed issue with reinstall request not completing
statusbar now gives notification when there are pending things to execute

Requirements:
slapt-get
atk
glib2
gtk+2
pango
x11

What's New in This Release:
bugfix for reverse dependency resolution
mark obsolete package bugfix
package listing now shows installed size
download speed is displayed
simplified search interface
updated configuration dialog
translation updates.