Public bug reported: When marking a large number of packages for installation, the GUI freezes for minutes during the caculation of dependencies. This task should be done outside of the GUI thread and a modal dialog with a button to abort the task should popup instead.
experienced with version 0.81.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1336528 Title: make "mark for installation" task cancelable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1336528/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs