The "finding packages to upgrade" section takes a terribly long time. Some progress indicator is definitely needed here. On machines with plenty RAM but a slow CPU it could easily appear that the installer had hung.
agreed, but this requires extensive modifications in RPM. It will have to wait until a bit later.
Deferred to future release.
Fixing bug status- sorry for the email.
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.