On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 10:52:52 -0800, Tim Rowledge <tim at sumeru.stanford.edu>  
wrote:

> One could certainly make update loading occur in another thread (easily)
> but how would we make it safe? Can't think of a quick answer right now.
>
Stephen's transaction code (Kats, wasn't it?)? Or at least we might want  
to split up the loading and installing parts; load in the background, then  
pop up a window "click here to install" that freezes the UI for safety's  
sake.