Index: Makefile
==================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 VERSION := $(shell version get:plugin st2.py || echo 2.1dev)
 DEST    := /usr/share/streamtuner2
 INST    := install -m 644
 PACK    := xpm
 DEPS    := -n $(NAME) -d python -d python-pyquery -d python-gtk2 -d python-requests -d python-keybinder
-DEPS_A  := -n $(NAME) -d pygtk -d python2 -d python2-cssselect -d python2-keybinder2 -d python2-lxml -d python2-pillow -d python2-pyquery -d python2-xdg -d python2-requests
-OPTS    := -s src -u packfile,man,fixperms -f --prefix=$(DEST) --deb-compression xz --rpm-compression xz --exe-autoextract
+DEPS_A  := -n $(NAME) -d pygtk -d python2 -d python2-cssselect -d python2-keybinder2 -d python2-lxml -d python2-pillow -d python2-pyquery -d python2-xdg -d python2-requests --provides streamtuner-python
+OPTS    := -s src -u packfile,man,fixperms -f --prefix=$(DEST) --deb-compression=xz --rpm-compression=xz --exe-autoextract
 
 # targets
 .PHONY:	bin
 all:	gtk3 #(most used)
 pack:	all ver docs xpm src
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@
 	rm -r __pycache__ */__pycache__
 
 #-- bundles
 xpm: deb pyz tar rpm exe
 deb:
-	$(PACK) $(OPTS) $(DEPS) -t $@ -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.deb" st2.py
+	$(PACK) -t $@ $(OPTS) $(DEPS) -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.deb" st2.py
 rpm:
-	$(PACK) $(OPTS) $(DEPS) -t $@ -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.rpm" st2.py
+	$(PACK) -t $@ $(OPTS) $(DEPS) -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.rpm" st2.py
 tar:
-	$(PACK) $(OPTS) $(DEPS) -t $@ -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.bin.txz" st2.py
+	$(PACK) -t $@ $(OPTS) $(DEPS) -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.bin.txz" st2.py
 exe:
-	$(PACK) $(OPTS) $(DEPS) -t $@ -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.exe" st2.py
+	$(PACK) -t $@ $(OPTS) $(DEPS) -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.exe" st2.py
 arch:
-	$(PACK) $(OPTS) $(DEPS_A) -t $@ -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.arch.txz" st2.py
+	$(PACK) -t $@ $(OPTS) $(DEPS_A) -p "$(NAME)-VERSION.arch.txz" st2.py
 pyz:
         #@BUG: relative package references leave a /tmp/doc/ folder
 	$(PACK) -u packfile -s src -t zip --zip-shebang "/usr/bin/env python"	\
 		-f -p "$(NAME)-$(VERSION).pyz" --prefix=./  .zip.py st2.py
 src:

Index: PKG-INFO
==================================================================
--- PKG-INFO
+++ PKG-INFO
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Metadata-Version: 1.0
 Name: streamtuner2
-Version: 2.1.7
+Version: 2.1.7-dev
 Summary: Streamtuner2 is an internet radio browser
 Home-page: http://fossil.include-once.org/streamtuner2/
 Author: Mario Salzer
 Author-email: xmilky+st2@gmail....
 License: Public Domain
 Description: Streamtuner2 lists radio directory services like Shoutcast, Xiph, Live365, MyOggRadio, Jamendo. It allows listening via any audio player, and recording of streams via streamripper.
 Platform: ALL
 Keywords: internet-radio, python, streaming, audio
 

Index: channels/internet_radio.py
==================================================================
--- channels/internet_radio.py
+++ channels/internet_radio.py
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@
             )
 
             # Is there a next page?
             if str(page+1) not in rx_pages.findall(html[-1]):
                 break
-            self.parent.status(float(page)/float(max_pages+1))
+            self.parent.status(float(page)/float(max_pages+1), timeout=1)
 
         # Alternatively try regex or pyquery parsing
         #log.HTTP(html)
         for use_rx in [not conf.pyquery, conf.pyquery]:
             try:

Index: st2.py
==================================================================
--- st2.py
+++ st2.py
@@ -356,42 +356,38 @@
         
 
 
 
 
-    # Shortcut to statusbar and progressbar.
-    # Either pass a string "" or a float 0.5, the message and pulse will be automatically
-    # removed after 5 seconds now.
+    # Shortcut to statusbar and progressbar (receives either a string, or a float).
     def status(self, text=None, timeout=3):
-        t = time.time() + timeout
-
+        self.status_last = time.time() + timeout
+        gobject.timeout_add(int(timeout*1000), self.status_clear)
         # progressbar
         if isinstance(text, (int, float)):
             if (text <= 0):  # unknown state
                 uikit.do(self.progress.pulse, immediate=1)
             elif text >= 0.999 or text < 0.0:  # completed
                 uikit.do(self.progress.hide)
             else:  # show percentage
                 uikit.do(self.progress.show, immediate=1)
                 uikit.do(self.progress.set_fraction, text, immediate=1)
-            self.status_last = t
-            
         # add text
         elif isinstance(text, (str)):
             uikit.do(self.statusbar.set_text, text)
-            self.status_last = t
+        # clean up
+        else:
+            self.status_clear(anyway=True)
 
-        # timeout
-        if not text or time.time() >= self.status_last:
+    # Clean up after 3 seconds
+    def status_clear(self, anyway=False):
+        if anyway or time.time() >= self.status_last:
             self.statusbar.set_text("")
             self.progress.hide()
             return False
-        # add timer
         else:
-            gobject.timeout_add(int(timeout*1000), self.status)
-        return True
-    status_last = 0
+            return True
 
 
     # load plugins from /usr/share/streamtuner2/channels/
     def load_plugin_channels(self):