When installing/upgrading, some of the processes (analyzing the current
installed RPMs, dependencies, etc) take a very long time,
even on fast boxes. 

The problem is not that it takes a lot of time, but that it's impossible
to tell if the thing is actually doing anything or has crashed. It would
be nice with a progress bar (if the extend/progress of the jobs are known)
or at least a (pointer) spinner of some sort that's associated with
progress made (i.e., don't just add a interrupt driven spinner that
keeps spinning even if the process has tanked).

Thanks,
Jesper