Import Debian version 0.5.2+linuxmint13

apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint13) vanessa; urgency=medium
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  * bump - rebuild using XZ compression
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint12) vanessa; urgency=medium
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  * Depend on mint-common
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint11) ulyana; urgency=medium
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  * UI: Fix underlined label
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint10) ulyana; urgency=medium
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  [ gogogogi ]
  * Update hr.po (#5)
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  [ Michael Webster ]
  * Fix dep resolution, improve initial query dialog (#4)
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint9) ulyana; urgency=medium
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  * Switch from synaptic to mintcommon-aptdaemon backend
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint8) ulyana; urgency=medium
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  * Fix refreshing cache
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint7) tara; urgency=medium
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  * Fix xapp dependency
  * Set dialog title
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint6) tara; urgency=medium
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  * UI: don't skip taskbar, set icon properly
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint5) sylvia; urgency=medium
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  [ monsta ]
  * drop aptdaemon deps - not needed anymore (#2)
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint4) serena; urgency=medium
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  [ gogogogi ]
  * Fix po.hr
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint3) sarah; urgency=medium
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  * Updated translations
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint2) sarah; urgency=medium
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  * Remove channel/section support and dependencies on Ubuntu components and webkit
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apturl (0.5.2+linuxmint1) sarah; urgency=medium
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  * Removed QT interface
  * Remove backends (will be reimplemented without dependencies on Ubuntu components)
  * Specify Gtk version in gi
  * Implemented synaptics installations
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu11) xenial; urgency=medium
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  * Drop webkit1 support, we're switching to pure webkit2 now
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu10) xenial; urgency=medium
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  * debian/apturl.install:
    - don't install the gconf schemas, it's probably useful to no one
      nowadays (would only work for applications using the GNOME2 libgnome)
      and creates a depends on gconf which we want to drop from the iso
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu9) wily; urgency=medium
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  * data/apturl-gtk.ui: set the dimension on the scrolledwindow rather
    than the textview so the description is showing with a non zero height
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu8) wily; urgency=medium
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  * Use webkit2 in addition to webkit1. (LP: #1469221)
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu7) wily; urgency=medium
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  * Don't include Debian version in the python module version (LP: #1465549)
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu6) vivid; urgency=medium
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  [ Tim Lunn ]
  * Don't use legacy icon names, these are no longer available in
    adwaita-icon-theme. (LP: #1437150)
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  [ Iain Lane ]
  * For dialog-question, go back to using the stock icon name as Humanity
    doesn't yet have an icon with the new name.
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu5) vivid; urgency=medium
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  * Switch gnome-icon-theme to adwaita-icon-theme, which is its
    successor. (LP: #1414613)
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu4) trusty; urgency=medium
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  * Drop libgtk2-perl Recommends to Suggests.
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu3) trusty; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/AptUrl.py: don't use decode on a str (lp: #1050826)
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu2) saucy; urgency=low
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  * adjust backend to reuse the bits from update-manager (LP: #1200775)
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apturl (0.5.2ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/gtk/backend/__init__.py: Drop "action-done" signal definition;
    update-manager's GTK backend already defines it with different arguments,
    so this is ineffective and confusing.
  * AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py, _on_backend_done(): Add additional error signal
    arguments, as defined by update-manager's backend.
  * AptUrl/gtk/backend/InstallBackend{Aptdaemon,Synaptic}.py: Call action-done
    signal with error arguments. (LP: #1103024)
  * data/apturl-gtk.ui: Drop obsolete "has_separator" property. Fixes a
    warning.
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apturl (0.5.1ubuntu6) quantal; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/gtk/backend/InstallBackendAptdaemon.py: Work around
    incompatible Update Manager API change (as described in Launchpad
    bug #1026257).  LP: #1020980
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apturl (0.5.1ubuntu5) quantal; urgency=low
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  * debian/control: Move python3-aptdaemon dependency to apturl binary
    package (from apturl-common) since only the gtk backend needs it.
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apturl (0.5.1ubuntu4) quantal; urgency=low
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  [ Brian Murray ]
  * Port to Python 3:
    - Use Python 3 style print functions
  * AptUrl/Parser.py:
    - ensure MAX_URL_LEN/10 returns an int
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  [ Colin Watson ]
  * AptUrl/gtk/backend/InstallBackendSynaptic.py:
    - Keep a reference to the data tuple passed to GObject.child_watch_add
      to avoid attempts to destroy it without a thread context.
    - Open temporary synaptic selections file in text mode.
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  [ Barry Warsaw ]
  * Additional Python 3 fixes:
    + Port setup.py to Python 3.
    + Use the new python-apt API since the legacy API is not available in
      Python 3.
    + ki18n() takes bytes.
    + Fix relative imports so the code can be run from source.
    + Fixed some additional packaging paths.
    + Change #! lines to use python3.
    + Changed debian/control and debian/rules to use python3.
    + Change debian/compat == 9
    + apturl now must require python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets (i.e. not |
      synaptic) due to the Python 3 port of update-manager.
  * Other changes:
    + Remove the need for threads in the KDE front-end.
    + Enable running the test suite via `python3 -m unittest discover`
    + i18n updates.
    + Various and sundry pyflakes, whitespace, style, line length, and
      spelling fixes.
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apturl (0.5.1ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low
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  * Take the unicode representation of the parser error message instead
    of the string representation, so that we get clean i18n handling.
    LP: #911144.
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apturl (0.5.1ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low
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  * debian/control: Fix dependencies: python-gobject → python-gi.
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apturl (0.5.1ubuntu1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low
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  * add support for multiarch package names (LP: #872146)
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apturl (0.5ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low
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  * port to gtk3, update dependencies
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apturl (0.4.3ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low
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  * improve exception handling and shorten overly long strings
  * add aptdaemon backend
  * add dependencies to python-aptdaemon-gtk
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apturl (0.4.2ubuntu5) natty; urgency=low
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  * debian/apturl-common.install:
    - fix install file by removing no longer relevant
      usr/share/omf (this fixes a FTBFS)
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apturl (0.4.2ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low
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  * data/apturl.desktop:
    - Add a desktop file to register mime type.  LP: #698181
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apturl (0.4.2ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low
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  * Don't hardcode python2.6 in the packaging.
  * Build using dh_python2 instead of dh_pycentral.
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apturl (0.4.2ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low
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  [ Harald Sitter ]
  * Make apturl-kde explicity depend on python-qt4 and python-kde4
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  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Make apturl recommend libgtk2-perl (>= 1:1.130) rather than
    libgnome2-perl, matching debconf 1.5.36ubuntu3.
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apturl (0.4.2ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low
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  * Switch from glade to GtkBuilder (LP: #403533)
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apturl (0.4.1ubuntu7) maverick; urgency=low
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  * Fix KDE protocol files to enlist in the local protocol class
    + This makes KRunner in KDE SC 4.5 pick up apt:foo as call to apturl again
  * Bump standards version to 3.9.1
  * Switch to dpkg-source 3
  * Switch all packages to arch:any rather than all
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apturl (0.4.1ubuntu6) maverick; urgency=low
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  * Port apturl-kde to qapt-batch (LP: #497803)
  * Replace the dependency on install-package with one on qapt-batch
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apturl (0.4.1ubuntu5) maverick; urgency=low
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  * Fix LP: #576944 - Move the Firefox preferences to /etc/firefox
    - update setup.py
    - add debian/apturl-common.postinst
    - add debian/apturl-common.preinst
  * Don't install apturl.js in /usr/share/firerox - Firefox doesn't see this
    - update debian/apturl-common.install
    - update setup.py
  * Add a couple of extra preferences for Firefox
    - update data/apturl.js
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apturl (0.4.1ubuntu4) lucid; urgency=low
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  * Drop python-gtkhtml2 recommends (moved to webkit).
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apturl (0.4.1ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low
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  * apturl.8:
    - add example for the "channel" parameter
  * AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py:
    - use webkit instead of gtkhtml (ucid-duplicated-packages spec)
  * debian/control:
    - add python-webkit depend on debian/control
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apturl (0.4.1ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low
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  * Reupload merged 0.4.0ubuntu5 and 0.4.1ubuntu1, forgot to bzr push -.-
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apturl (0.4.1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
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  [ Harald Sitter ]
  * Borrow encoding wrappers from GDebi to fix encodings in KDE UI
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  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py:
    - Use software-properites to enable componenents
  * debian/control:
    - Remove dependency on gnome-app-install
    - Add software-properties-gtk
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apturl (0.4.0ubuntu5) karmic; urgency=low
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  * Borrow encoding wrappers from GDebi to fix encodings in KDE UI (implemented
    via Helpers). These new wrappers utf8, _ and _n are used throughout the
    whole application.
  * Fix minor formatting error in KDE UI's _get_dialog
  * link apturl's manpage to the apturl-gtk and apturl-kde manpages since
    they share the same argument parser anyway
  * Bump standards version to 3.8.3
  * Port package build system to dh 7
    + Build-depend on debhelper 7
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apturl (0.4.0ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low
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  * build without "DH_PYCENTRAL=include-links" for now,
    to work around breakage when upgrading from the previous
    version that was build without the include-links option
    (LP: #422825)
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apturl (0.4.0ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low
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  * Make KDE frontend use a Qt UI file (should make it easier to maintain)
  * Enable KDE frontend to few HTML when about to enable a software channel
  * Clean-up setup.py
  * Make apturl script fall back to KDE frontend when -gtk is not installed even
    if KDE_FULL_SESSION is not set
  * Resolve self-relations of apturl binary package
  * fix crash on ctrl-c (in KDE frontend)
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apturl (0.4.0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low
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  * fix FTBFS
  * fix crash on ctrl-c
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apturl (0.4.0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
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  [ Harald Sitter ]
  * Add KDE frontend (LP: #293533)
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  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * build with DH_PYCENTRAL=include-links
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apturl (0.3.6ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/AptUrl.py, AptUrl/UI.py, AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py:
    - show channel info when enabling channels
  * debian/control:
    - recommend python-gthtml2 (for the channel info UI)
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apturl (0.3.5ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/AptUrl.py:
    - when enabling sections, do not skip that if the requested
      package is already known to the package cache
  * AptUrl/Parser.py:
    - support proper url synatax with "&" (thanks to asac)
  * AptUrl/AptUrl.py:
    - reopen the cache properly after a refresh=yes
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apturl (0.3.3ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/AptUrl.py:
    - fix crash on "refresh=yes" (LP: #327075)
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apturl (0.3.2ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py:
    - fix gettext domain (LP: #304950)
  * data/apturl.glade:
    - fix missing translatable property (LP: #304925)
  Thanks to Gabor Kelemen
  * AptUrl/Helpers.py:
    - fix crash for packages with no long description
      (LP: #288576)
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apturl (0.3.1ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/AptUrl.py:
    - add additional sanitizing into the channel code
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apturl (0.3.0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
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  * add README
  * add basic string substituion for the variables
    "$kernel" (uname -r) and "$distro" (lsb_release -s)
    this allows stuff like:
    "apt:linux-backports-module-$kernel"
  * add new field "channel" that looks into
    /usr/share/app-install/channels for known repositories that
    the user might want to add
  * refactored the UI code so that its easy to add a Qt
    frontend, see AptUrl/UI.py and AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py
    (volunteers welcome :)
  * improved whitelist checking
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apturl (0.2.7ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
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  [ Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals ]
  * apturl:
     - Show a different error message if the requested package is virtual; this
       is the first step to fix Launchpad bug #230760.
     - Show an error dialog if the /etc/apt/sources.list is invalid instead of
       just crashing (LP: #206640).
     - Catch KeyboardInterrupt's so that they don't show a traceback.
     - Add a new exit code (RESULT_BADARGS, 4) for when the problem is with
       the arguments with which apturl was called.
     - Only ask once when enabling new components, and only list those
       which aren't already enabled.
     - Fix a crash which happened after enabling the requested component(s).
     - Don't show an error message if the user didn't want to enable a
       component; just silently skip the package.
     - Improve the description:
        + Don't show the summary twice.
        + Remove single line breaks, like packages.ubuntu.com does.
        + Parse the Homepage field out of the description.
     - Do not ask if you want to keep a software channel if it wasn't added.
     - Use a constant to determine wheter new software channels can be added
       or not (disabled by default, but that's better than having the code
       commented out).
  * AptUrl/Helpers.py:
     - Add it.
  * data/apturl.glade:
     - Add a missing "can_default" property to fix an assertion error.
     - Change the labels of the buttons on the installation confirmation dialog
       so that they conform to the HIG. Thanks to Bruce Cowan (LP: #140472).
     - Make the description field bigger and more visually appealing.
  * AptUrl/Parser.py:
     - Raise an Exception if one of the given package names contains characters
       which are not allowed by the Debian Policy.
     - Raise an Exception if one of the ?... values contains a space.
  * apturl.8:
     - Document all possible exit codes.
     - Add a new example, and improve the comment of an existing one.
     - Change the URL in "Bugs" from /apturl to /ubuntu/+source/apturl, as
       that's where most bugs are.
  * debian/control:
     - Add Vcs-Browser field.
     - Write all dependendency and build dependencies each on a line.
     - Add python-gobject to the build dependencies (needed for the timer).
  * debian/rules:
     - Fix the clean rule so that it removes build/ and AptUrl/Version.py.
     - Move the stuff from binary-arch to binary-indep, and remove the
       binary-indep target to please lintian.
  * debian/copyright:
     - Update copyright years and author names.
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  [ Артём Попов ]
  * data/apturl.protocol, setup.py:
     - Register apturl in KDE as a protocol (LP: #227622).
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apturl (0.2.6ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
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  * apturl:
    - add new ?refresh=1 option that allows forcing a apt-get update
      before the package gets installed (thanks to Vadim Peretokin,
      LP: #258173)
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apturl (0.2.5ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
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  * apturl:
     - Hide python-apt's "API not stable yet" warning.
     - If a package is already installed, show an informational box, not
       an error message (LP: #237012).
     - Give error dialogs the same icon as question dialogs have.
  * apturl.8, debian/rules:
     - Add a manpage (LP: #159422).
  * debian/control:
     - Bump the minimum debhelper version to 5.0.51~, as required for dh_icons.
     - Improve the description.
  * debian/copyright:
     - Include the full GPL header.
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apturl (0.2.4ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
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  * make dialog less greedy to not cover up Synaptic (LP: #252028)
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apturl (0.2.3ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
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  * set always on top to prevent window from being hidden (LP: #234992)
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apturl (0.2.2ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
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  * apturl:
    - only add/ask about component enabling if the
      component is actually not yet available (#163049)
    - return correct error code when enabling
      a component failed/got cancelt
    - fix missing destroy in question() helper
    - ensure that component is fully availabe (LP: #208722)
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apturl (0.2.1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
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  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * apturl:
    - fix broken enable of components
  * debian/control:
    - add missing python-apt dependency
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  [ Fabien Tassin ]
  * setup.py:
    - add support for firefox-3.0 (LP: #207281)
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apturl (0.2.0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
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  * apturl:
    - run gtk.init_check() (LP: #197062)
    - make the description better (split into summary/long descr)
    - fix filename creation (LP: #138315)
    - typo (LP: #200504)
    - return proper exit codes on success/cancel/failure (LP: #132276)
    - only run if the apt cache is not broken
  * data/apturl.glade:
    - default button is 'no'
    - make it resizable
  * po/POTFILES.in:
    - add missing files (LP: #173846)
  * date/apturl.schemas.in, setup.py:
    - register apturl in gnome as a protocol
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apturl (0.1.2ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
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  * support --http-proxy for better integration with the
    proxy settings of firefox (LP: #162609)
  * merged patch from Andy Owen to display a description
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apturl (0.1.1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
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  * AptUrl/Parser.py:
    - Implemented multipackage installation (LP: #154593)
  * tests/apturlparse.py:
    - add test for the new multipackage feature
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apturl (0.1ubuntu2) gutsy-proposed; urgency=low
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  * support --http-proxy for better integration with the
    proxy settings of firefox (LP: #162609)
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apturl (0.1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low
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  * debian/control:
    - fix typo in description (LP: #131828)
    - add missing synaptic dependency (LP: #132067)
  * apturl:
    - check for already installed or unavailable packages
      earlier (LP: #137053, LP: #137055)
    - fix incorrect reference to GDebi (LP: #137065)
    - disable adding repositories for now (LP: #139227)
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apturl (0.0+bzr20070816) gutsy; urgency=low
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  * added i18n support
  * added support for "minver"
  * added support to add repositories and sections
  * added suppor for removing sources again
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apturl (0.0+bzr20070709) gutsy; urgency=low
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  * properly integrate with firefox
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apturl (0.0+bzr20070702) gutsy; urgency=low
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  * Initial Release.
  * Implements subset of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AptFirefoxFileHandler
    (to unblock firefox-distro-addon-support spec)

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diff --git a/AptUrl/AptUrl.py b/AptUrl/AptUrl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e712e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AptUrl/AptUrl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Canonical
+#
+# AUTHOR:
+# Michael Vogt <mvo@ubuntu.com>
+# With contributions by Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>
+#
+# This file is part of AptUrl
+#
+# AptUrl 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 (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# AptUrl 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
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with AptUrl; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+import apt
+import apt_pkg
+
+from . import Parser
+from . import Helpers
+from .Helpers import _
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+import os
+import os.path
+
+# adding new repositories is currently disabled because some people have
+# security concerns about this feature
+allow_new_repositories = False
+
+# return codes
+(RESULT_OK,
+ RESULT_CANCELT,
+ RESULT_ERROR,
+ RESULT_BADARGS) = list(range(4))
+
+class AptUrlController(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, ui):
+        self.ui = ui
+
+    def openCache(self):
+        try:
+            self.cache = apt.Cache()
+        except SystemError as strerr:
+            if not '/etc/apt/sources.list' in str(strerr):
+                raise
+            self.ui.error(_("Invalid /etc/apt/sources.list file"), strerr)
+            return False
+        if self.cache._depcache.broken_count > 0:
+            err_header = _("Software index is broken")
+            err_body = _("This is a major failure of your software "
+                         "management system. Please check for broken packages "
+                         "with synaptic, check the file permissions and "
+                         "correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and "
+                         "reload the software information with: "
+                         "'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'."
+                         )
+            self.ui.error(err_header, err_body)
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    def parseArgs(self):
+        parser = OptionParser()
+        parser.add_option("-p", "--http-proxy", dest="http_proxy",
+                          default=None, help="use http proxy")
+        (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+        # eval and add proxy
+        if options.http_proxy is not None:
+            proxy = options.http_proxy
+            if not ":" in proxy:
+                proxy += ":3128"
+            os.environ["http_proxy"] = "http://%s" % proxy
+
+        # parse
+        try:
+            apturl_list = Parser.parse(args[0])
+        except IndexError as e:
+            self.ui.error(_("Need a url to continue, exiting"))
+            return []
+        except Parser.InvalidUrlException as e:
+            self.ui.error(_("Invalid url: '%s' given, exiting") % e.url,
+                          str(e))
+            return []
+        return (apturl_list)
+
+    def verifyInstall(self, apturl):
+        " verify that the install package actually is installed "
+        # check if the package got actually installed
+        self.openCache()
+        pkg = self.cache[apturl.package]
+        if (not pkg.is_installed or
+            pkg._pkg.current_state != apt_pkg.CURSTATE_INSTALLED or
+            self.cache._depcache.broken_count > 0):
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    def main(self):
+        # global return code
+        ret = RESULT_OK
+        ui = self.ui
+
+        # parse arguments
+        apturl_list = self.parseArgs()
+        if not apturl_list:
+            return RESULT_BADARGS
+
+        # open cache
+        if not self.openCache():
+            return RESULT_ERROR
+
+        # now go over the url list
+        for apturl in apturl_list:
+            # FIXME: move this code block into a func like
+            #        evalAptUrl()
+
+            if not apturl.schema in ("apt", "apt+http"):
+                self.ui.error(_("Can not deal with protocol '%s' ")
+                              % apturl.schema)
+                continue
+
+            if apturl.refresh is not None:
+                ui.doUpdate()
+                if not self.openCache():
+                    return RESULT_ERROR
+
+            # now check the package
+            if apturl.package not in self.cache:
+                try:
+                    package_in_cache = bool(self.cache._cache[apturl.package])
+                except KeyError:
+                    package_in_cache = False
+                if package_in_cache:
+                    ui.error(_("Package '%s' is virtual.") % apturl.package)
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    ui.error(_("Could not find package '%s'.")
+                             % apturl.package)
+                    continue
+
+            if (self.cache[apturl.package].is_installed and
+                apturl.minver is None):
+                ui.message(_("Package '%s' is already installed")
+                           % apturl.package)
+                continue
+
+            # ask the user
+            pkg = self.cache[apturl.package]
+            (sum, desc, homepage) = Helpers.parse_pkg(pkg)
+            if not ui.askInstallPackage(apturl.package, sum, desc, homepage):
+                ret = RESULT_CANCELT
+                continue
+
+            # try to install it
+            try:
+                self.cache[apturl.package].mark_install()
+            except SystemError as e:
+                ui.error(_("Can not install '%s' (%s) ") % (apturl.package, e))
+                continue
+            if apturl.minver is not None:
+                verStr = self.cache[apturl.package].candidate.version
+                if apt_pkg.version_compare(verStr, apturl.minver) < 1:
+                    ui.error(_(
+                        "Package '%s' requests minimal version '%s', but "
+                        "only '%s' is available") % (apturl.package,
+                                                     apturl.minver,
+                                                     verStr))
+                    continue
+
+            changes = self.cache.get_changes()
+            additional_pkgs = []
+
+            for pkg in changes:
+                if pkg.marked_install:
+                    additional_pkgs.append(pkg.name)
+
+            # install it
+            ui.doInstall(apturl, extra_pkg_names=additional_pkgs)
+
+            if not self.verifyInstall(apturl):
+                ret = RESULT_ERROR
+
+        # return values
+        return ret
diff --git a/AptUrl/Helpers.py b/AptUrl/Helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d00b862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AptUrl/Helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Canonical
+#
+# AUTHOR:
+# Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>
+#
+# This file is part of AptUrl
+#
+# AptUrl 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 (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# AptUrl 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
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with AptUrl; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+import gettext
+import subprocess
+
+def _(str):
+    return utf8(gettext.gettext(str))
+
+def _n(singular, plural, n):
+    return utf8(gettext.ngettext(singular, plural, n))
+
+def utf8(str):
+    if str is bytes:
+        try:
+            return str.decode('UTF-8')
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            # assume latin1 as fallback
+            return str.decode('latin1')
+    else:
+        return str
+
+def get_dist():
+    return subprocess.check_output(
+        'lsb_release -c -s'.split(),
+        universal_newlines=True).strip()
+
+
+def parse_pkg(pkgobj):
+    summary = ""
+    description = ""
+    pkg_description = pkgobj.candidate.description
+    if pkg_description.count("\n") > 0:
+        summary, description = pkg_description.split('\n', 1)
+    else:
+        summary = pkg_description
+    lines = description.rstrip('\n').split('\n')
+    if len(lines) > 1 and lines[-1].startswith('Homepage: '):
+        homepage = lines[-1].split(' ', 1)[1]
+        description = '\n'.join(lines[:-1])
+    else:
+        homepage = pkgobj.candidate.homepage
+    return (summary, description, homepage)
+
+def format_description(description):
+    const = 'APTURL_DOUBLE_EMPTY_LINE_PLACEHOLDER'
+    return description.replace('\n\n', const).replace('\n', ' ').replace(
+        const, '\n\n')
diff --git a/AptUrl/Parser.py b/AptUrl/Parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0543d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AptUrl/Parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Canonical
+#
+# AUTHOR:
+# Michael Vogt <mvo@ubuntu.com>
+# With contributions by Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>
+#
+# This file is part of AptUrl
+#
+# AptUrl 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 (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# AptUrl 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
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with AptUrl; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+import os
+import string
+from string import Template
+from .Helpers import get_dist
+from .Helpers import _
+
+class InvalidUrlException(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, url, msg=""):
+        self.url = url
+        self.message = msg
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.message
+
+MAX_URL_LEN=255
+
+# substituion mapping
+apturl_substitution_mapping = {
+    "distro" : get_dist(),
+    "kernel" : os.uname()[2] 
+}
+
+# whitelist for the uri
+whitelist = []
+whitelist.extend(string.ascii_letters)
+whitelist.extend(string.digits)
+whitelist.extend(['_',':','?','/','+','.','~','=','<','>','-',',','$','&'])
+
+
+class AptUrl(object):
+    " a class that contains the parsed data from an apt url "
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.package = None
+        self.schema = None
+        self.minver = None
+        self.refresh = None
+        # for added repos
+        self.keyfile = None
+        self.repo_url = None
+        self.dist = '/'     
+        # for known sections 
+        self.section = []
+        # for known channels
+        self.channel = None
+
+def is_format_package_name(string):
+    " return True if string would be an acceptable name for a Debian package "
+    
+    return (string.replace("+", "").replace("-", "").replace(".", "").replace(":", "").isalnum() 
+        and string.islower() and string[0].isalnum() and len(string) > 1)
+
+def do_apt_url_substitution(apt_url, mapping):
+    " substitute known templates against the field package and channel "
+    for field in ["package","channel"]:
+        if getattr(apt_url, field):
+            s=Template(getattr(apt_url, field))
+            setattr(apt_url, field, s.substitute(mapping))
+
+def match_against_whitelist(raw_url):
+    " test if the url matches the internal whitelist "
+    for char in raw_url:
+        if not char in whitelist:
+            raise InvalidUrlException(
+                raw_url, _("Non whitelist char in the uri"))
+    return True
+
+def set_value(apt_url, s):
+    " set a key,value pair from string s to AptUrl object "
+    (key, value) = s.split("=")
+    try:
+        if ' ' in value:
+            raise InvalidUrlException(apt_url, _("Whitespace in key=value"))
+        if type(getattr(apt_url, key)) == type([]):
+            getattr(apt_url, key).append(value)
+        else:
+            setattr(apt_url, key, value)
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise InvalidUrlException(apt_url, _("Exception '%s'") % e)
+
+
+def parse(full_url, mapping=apturl_substitution_mapping):
+    " parse an apt url and return a list of AptUrl objects "
+    # apt:pkg1?k11=v11?k12=v12,pkg2?k21=v21?k22=v22,...
+    res = []
+    
+    if len(full_url) > MAX_URL_LEN:
+        url = "%s ..." % full_url[0:(MAX_URL_LEN // 10)]
+        raise InvalidUrlException(url, _("Url string '%s' too long") % url)
+
+    # check against whitelist
+    match_against_whitelist(full_url)
+    for url in full_url.split(";"):
+        if not ":" in url:
+            raise InvalidUrlException(url, _("No ':' in the uri"))
+
+        # now parse it
+
+        (schema, packages) = url.split(":", 1)
+        packages = packages.split(",")
+
+        for package in packages:
+            apt_url = AptUrl()
+            apt_url.schema = schema
+            # check for schemas of the form: apt+http://
+            if schema.startswith("apt+"):
+                apt_url.repo_url = schema[len("apt+"):] + ":" + package.split("?",1)[0]
+            else:
+                if "?" in package:
+                    apt_url.package = package.split("?")[0].lstrip("/")
+                else:
+                    apt_url.package = package.lstrip("/")
+
+            # now parse the ?... bits
+            if "?" in package:
+                key_value_pairs = package.split("?")[1:]
+                for s in key_value_pairs:
+                    if "&" in s:
+                        and_key_value_pairs = s.split("&")
+                        for s in and_key_value_pairs:
+                            set_value(apt_url, s)
+                    else:
+                        set_value(apt_url, s)
+
+            # do substitution (if needed) 
+            do_apt_url_substitution(apt_url, mapping)
+            
+            # check if the package name is valid
+            if not is_format_package_name(apt_url.package):
+                raise InvalidUrlException(url, "Invalid package name '%s'" % apt_url.package)
+            
+            res.append(apt_url)
+    return res    
diff --git a/AptUrl/UI.py b/AptUrl/UI.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fd502c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AptUrl/UI.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+from .Helpers import _, _n
+
+class AbstractUI(object):
+    # generic dialogs
+    def error(self, summary, msg):
+        return False
+    def yesNoQuestion(self, summary, msg, title, default='no'):
+        pass
+    def message(self, summary, msg):
+        return True
+
+    def askInstallPackage(self):
+        pass
+
+    # install/update progress 
+    def doUpdate(self):
+        pass
+    def doInstall(self, apturl, extra_pkg_names=None):
+        pass
+
+    # UI specific actions for enabling stuff
+
diff --git a/AptUrl/Version.py b/AptUrl/Version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AptUrl/Version.py
diff --git a/AptUrl/__init__.py b/AptUrl/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AptUrl/__init__.py
diff --git a/AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py b/AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc905f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import gi
+gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
+gi.require_version('XApp', '1.0')
+from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gdk
+from gi.repository import GObject
+from gi.repository import XApp
+GObject.threads_init()
+
+import os
+import sys
+import apt_pkg
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+
+from AptUrl.UI import AbstractUI
+from AptUrl import Helpers
+from AptUrl.Helpers import _
+
+import mintcommon.aptdaemon
+
+APTURL_UI_FILE = os.environ.get(
+    # Set this envar to use a test .ui file.
+    'APTURL_UI_FILE',
+    # System file to use if the envar is not set.
+    '/usr/share/apturl/apturl-gtk.ui'
+    )
+
+
+class GtkUI(AbstractUI):
+    def __init__(self):
+        Gtk.init_check(sys.argv)
+        # create empty dialog
+        self.dia_xml = Gtk.Builder()
+        self.dia_xml.set_translation_domain("apturl")
+        self.dia_xml.add_from_file(APTURL_UI_FILE)
+        self.dia = self.dia_xml.get_object('confirmation_dialog')
+        self.dia.start_available = lambda: Gtk.main_quit()
+        self.dia.start_error = lambda: Gtk.main_quit()
+        self.dia.exit = lambda: Gtk.main_quit()
+        self.dia.realize()
+        self.require_update = False
+
+    # generic dialogs
+    def _get_dialog(self, dialog_type, summary, msg="",
+                    buttons=Gtk.ButtonsType.CLOSE):
+        " internal helper for dialog construction "
+        d = Gtk.MessageDialog(parent=self.dia,
+                              flags=Gtk.DialogFlags.MODAL,
+                              type=dialog_type,
+                              buttons=buttons)
+        d.set_title("")
+        d.set_markup("<big><b>%s</b></big>\n\n%s" % (summary, msg))
+        XApp.set_window_icon_name(d, "package-x-generic")
+        d.set_keep_above(True)
+        d.realize()
+        d.get_window().set_functions(Gdk.WMFunction.MOVE)
+        return d
+
+    def error(self, summary, msg=""):
+        d = self._get_dialog(Gtk.MessageType.ERROR, summary, msg)
+        d.run()
+        d.destroy()
+        return False
+
+    def message(self, summary, msg="", title=""):
+        d = self._get_dialog(Gtk.MessageType.INFO, summary, msg)
+        d.set_title(title)
+        d.run()
+        d.destroy()
+        return True
+
+    def yesNoQuestion(self, summary, msg, title="", default='no'):
+        d = self._get_dialog(Gtk.MessageType.QUESTION, summary, msg,
+                             buttons=Gtk.ButtonsType.YES_NO)
+        d.set_title(title)
+        res = d.run()
+        d.destroy()
+        if res != Gtk.ResponseType.YES:
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    def askInstallPackage(self, package, summary, description, homepage):
+        # populate the dialog
+        dia = self.dia
+        dia_xml = self.dia_xml
+        header = _("Install additional software?")
+        body = _("Do you want to install package '%s'?") % package
+        dia.set_title(package)
+        header_label = dia_xml.get_object('header_label')
+        header_label.set_markup("<b><big>%s</big></b>" % header)
+        body_label = dia_xml.get_object('body_label')
+        body_label.set_label(body)
+        description_text_view = dia_xml.get_object('description_text_view')
+        tbuf = Gtk.TextBuffer()
+        desc = "%s\n\n%s" % (summary, Helpers.format_description(description))
+        tbuf.set_text(desc)
+        description_text_view.set_buffer(tbuf)
+        XApp.set_window_icon_name(dia, "package-x-generic")
+
+        # check if another package manager is already running
+        # FIXME: just checking for the existance of the file is
+        #        not sufficient, it need to be tested if it can
+        #        be locked via apt_pkg.get_lock()
+        #        - but that needs to run as root
+        #        - a dbus helper might be the best answer here
+        #args = (update_button_status, dia_xml.get_object("yes_button"),
+        #    dia_xml.get_object("infolabel"))
+        #args[0](*args[1:])
+        #timer_id = GObject.timeout_add(750, *args )
+
+        # show the dialog
+        res = dia.run()
+        #GObject.source_remove(timer_id)
+        if res != Gtk.ResponseType.YES:
+            dia.hide()
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    # progress etc
+    def doUpdate(self):
+        self.require_update = True
+
+    def doInstall(self, apturl, extra_pkg_names=[]):
+        self.dia.hide()
+        packages = []
+        packages.append(apturl.package)
+        packages += extra_pkg_names
+        self.install_packages(packages)
+
+    def install_packages(self, package_names):
+        self.apt = mintcommon.aptdaemon.APT(None)
+        self.package_names = package_names
+        self.busy = True
+        if self.require_update:
+            self.apt.set_finished_callback(self.on_update_before_install_finished)
+            self.apt.update_cache()
+        else:
+            self.on_update_before_install_finished()
+        while self.busy:
+            while Gtk.events_pending():
+                Gtk.main_iteration()
+
+    def on_update_before_install_finished(self, transaction=None, exit_state=None):
+        self.apt.set_finished_callback(self.on_install_finished)
+        self.apt.set_cancelled_callback(self.on_install_finished)
+        self.apt.install_packages(self.package_names)
+
+    def on_install_finished(self, transaction=None, exit_state=None):
+        del self.package_names
+        del self.apt
+        self.busy = False
+        self.dia.exit()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ui = GtkUI()
+    ui.error("foo","bar")
diff --git a/AptUrl/gtk/__init__.py b/AptUrl/gtk/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AptUrl/gtk/__init__.py