Merge branch '0.14'

* 0.14:
  Make some useless info messages being debug statements
  Improve the C modules
  Small modifications made to the French translation (typos, grammar).
  Fixed the unicode support and stuff ... and also made eix faster :)
  Disable debug messages by default
  Better eix error inheritance and handling

8 files changed, 163 insertions, 156 deletions

diff --git a/etc/portato.cfg b/etc/portato.cfg
index 10f5445..47335ea 100644
--- a/etc/portato.cfg
+++ b/etc/portato.cfg
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 system = portage
 
 ; controls debug output - boolean value
-debug = True
+debug = False
 
 ; the command used for syncing portage - string value
 synccommand = emerge --sync
diff --git a/i18n/fr.po b/i18n/fr.po
index 8116646..ee1aef7 100644
--- a/i18n/fr.po
+++ b/i18n/fr.po
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Portato\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-04-11 17:29+0200\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2010-04-12 23:00+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-04-14 05:04+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2010-04-14 05:22+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Clément Bourgeois <moonpyk@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ msgstr "Greffons"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PluginWindow.ui:53
 msgid "_Install dependencies"
-msgstr "_Installer les dépendences"
+msgstr "_Installer les dépendances"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PluginWindow.ui:83
 msgid "Needed dependencies"
-msgstr "Dépendances nécéssaires"
+msgstr "Dépendances nécessaires"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PluginWindow.ui:97
 #: portato/gui/templates/PluginWindow.ui:122
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ msgstr "Dépendances nécéssaires"
 #: portato/gui/templates/MainWindow.ui:432
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:182
 msgid "label"
-msgstr "etiquette"
+msgstr "étiquette"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PluginWindow.ui:108
 msgid "<b>Author:</b>"
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ msgid "Queue"
 msgstr "File d'attente"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/MainWindow.ui:806
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1253
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1255
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1263
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1265
 msgid "Console"
 msgstr "Console"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/MainWindow.ui:840
 msgid "Log"
-msgstr "Log"
+msgstr "Journal"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:12
 msgid "Preferences"
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ msgstr "Type de base de données utilisée"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:192
 msgid "<b>Description</b>"
-msgstr "<b>Déscription</b>"
+msgstr "<b>Description</b>"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:208
 msgid "<b>Database Options</b>"
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ msgstr "<u><i>Keywords Masquants</i></u>"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:607
 msgid "<b>Use Flag and Keyword Options</b>"
-msgstr "<b>Options des flags Use et des Keywords</b>"
+msgstr "<b>Options des Flags Use et des Keywords</b>"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:663
 msgid "Enable systray"
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ msgstr "Onglets Paquetages"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:793
 msgid "System Tabs"
-msgstr "Onglets système"
+msgstr "Onglets Système"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:821
 msgid "<b>Tab Options</b>"
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ msgstr "Réduire les catégories avec le même préfixe"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:884
 msgid "<b>Package Options</b>"
-msgstr "<b>Options de paquetage</b>"
+msgstr "<b>Options des Paquetages</b>"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PreferenceWindow.ui:921
 msgid "Console Font"
@@ -365,11 +365,11 @@ msgstr "Sélectionner _Tout"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PkgListWindow.ui:80
 msgid "_Install Selected"
-msgstr "_Installer selectionnés"
+msgstr "_Installer sélectionnés"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/PkgListWindow.ui:96
 msgid "_Uninstall Selected"
-msgstr "_Desinstaller selectionnés"
+msgstr "_Desinstaller sélectionnés"
 
 #: portato/gui/templates/MailInfoWindow.ui:6
 msgid "Send Bug Mail ..."
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ msgid ""
 "\n"
 "(all optional)"
 msgstr ""
-"<b><u>Informations additionnelles</u></b>\n"
+"<b><u>Informations Additionnelles</u></b>\n"
 "\n"
 "(toutes optionnelles)"
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ msgstr "Impossible de démarrer etc-proposals. Vous n'êtes pas root !"
 
 #: plugins/package_details.py:73
 msgid "Shows the Changelog of a package"
-msgstr "Affiche le changelog du paquetage"
+msgstr "Affiche le Journal des changements apportés au paquetage"
 
 #: plugins/package_details.py:75
 msgid "Changelog"
@@ -571,58 +571,58 @@ msgstr "Tous les suivants"
 msgid "Can't display dependencies: This package has an unsupported dependency string."
 msgstr "Impossible d'afficher les dépendances : ce paquetage comporte une chaîne de dépendance non supportée."
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:446
-#: portato/plugin.py:449
-#: portato/plugin.py:459
+#: portato/plugin.py:444
+#: portato/plugin.py:447
+#: portato/plugin.py:457
 #, python-format
 msgid "Loading plugin '%(plugin)s' failed: %(error)s"
 msgstr "Enregistrement du greffon '%(plugin)s' échoué : %(error)s"
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:462
+#: portato/plugin.py:460
 #, python-format
 msgid "Loading widgets of plugin '%(plugin)s' failed: %(error)s"
 msgstr "Chargement des widgets du greffon '%(plugin)s' impossible : %(error)s"
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:466
+#: portato/plugin.py:464
 #, python-format
 msgid "Widgets of plugin '%s' loaded."
 msgstr "Widgets du greffon '%s' chargés."
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:497
+#: portato/plugin.py:495
 msgid "Plugin is disabled!"
 msgstr "Le greffon est désactivé !"
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:499
+#: portato/plugin.py:497
 msgid "Plugin has unresolved dependencies - disabled!"
 msgstr "Le greffon a des dépendances non résolues - désactivé !"
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:503
+#: portato/plugin.py:501
 #, python-format
 msgid "Plugin '%s' loaded."
 msgstr "Greffon '%s' chargé."
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:543
+#: portato/plugin.py:541
 #, python-format
 msgid "Overriding hook '%(hook)s' with plugin '%(plugin)s'."
 msgstr "Surcharge du hook '%(hook)s' avec le greffon '%(plugin)s'."
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:601
+#: portato/plugin.py:599
 #, python-format
 msgid "For hook '%(hook)s' an override is already defined by plugin '%(plugin)s'!"
 msgstr "Une surcharge est déjà définie pour le hook '%(hook)s'  par le greffon '%(plugin)s'!"
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:602
+#: portato/plugin.py:600
 #, python-format
 msgid "It is now replaced by the one from plugin '%s'!"
 msgstr "Il est maintenant remplacé par celui du greffon '%s' !"
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:635
+#: portato/plugin.py:633
 #, python-format
 msgid "Dependant '%(dep)s' for '%(hook)s' in plugin '%(plugin)s' not found! Adding nevertheless."
 msgstr "Le dépendant '%(dep)s' pour le hook '%(hook)s' du greffon '%(plugin)s'  trouvé ! Ajouté quand même."
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:704
-#: portato/plugin.py:707
+#: portato/plugin.py:702
+#: portato/plugin.py:705
 #, python-format
 msgid "Registrating plugin '%(plugin)s' failed: %(error)s"
 msgstr "Enregistrement du greffon '%(plugin)s' échoué : %(error)s"
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ msgstr "Fin de fichier atteinte de façon inattendue : '%s'"
 msgid "Version '%s' is not supported."
 msgstr "La version '%s' n'est pas supportée."
 
-#: portato/config_parser.py:266
+#: portato/config_parser.py:268
 #, python-format
 msgid "Unrecognized line in configuration: %s"
 msgstr "Ligne non reconnue dans la configuration : %s"
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ msgstr "Bogue détecté"
 
 #: portato/gui/exception_handling.py:32
 msgid "It probably isn't fatal, but should be reported to the developers nonetheless."
-msgstr "Cette erreur n'est probablement pas fatale, mais devrait être reportée au développeurs quand même."
+msgstr "Cette erreur n'est probablement pas fatale, mais devrait être reportée aux développeurs quand même."
 
 #: portato/gui/exception_handling.py:34
 msgid "Show Details"
@@ -699,45 +699,45 @@ msgstr "Envoyer..."
 msgid "Save traceback..."
 msgstr "Sauvegarder la trace..."
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:189
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:187
 msgid "oneshot"
 msgstr "oneshot"
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:194
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:192
 #, python-format
 msgid "updating from version %s"
 msgstr "mise-à-jour depuis la version %s."
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:196
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:194
 msgid "updating"
 msgstr "mise à jour"
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:201
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:199
 #, python-format
 msgid "downgrading from version %s"
 msgstr "rétrogradation depuis la version %s"
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:203
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:201
 msgid "downgrading"
 msgstr "rétrogradation"
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:207
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:205
 msgid "IUSE changes:"
 msgstr "Changements IUSE :"
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:225
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:223
 msgid "(In Progress)"
 msgstr "(En cours)"
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:250
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:248
 msgid "Install"
 msgstr "Installer"
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:261
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:259
 msgid "Uninstall"
 msgstr "Désinstaller"
 
-#: portato/gui/utils.py:273
+#: portato/gui/utils.py:271
 msgid "Update"
 msgstr "Mettre à jour"
 
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ msgstr "Aucun ancien fichier de langage %(old)s installé. Desactivation de la c
 
 #: portato/gui/session.py:21
 msgid "Version mismatch."
-msgstr "Version en discordance"
+msgstr "Version en discordance."
 
 #: portato/gui/session.py:27
 #, python-format
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: portato/gui/dialogs.py:31
 msgid "Do you really want to quit?"
-msgstr "Êtes vous sur(e) de vouloir quitter ?"
+msgstr "Êtes vous sûr(e) de vouloir quitter ?"
 
 #: portato/gui/dialogs.py:32
 msgid "There are some packages in the emerge queue and/or an emerge process is running."
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Veuillez exécuter <i>emerge --sync &amp;&amp; layman -S</i>."
 
 #: portato/gui/dialogs.py:141
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1302
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1312
 #, python-format
 msgid "No versions of package '%s' found!"
 msgstr "Aucune version du paquetage '%s' trouvée !"
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ msgstr "La première partie de la page d'accueil ne commence ni par 'http' ou 'f
 
 #: portato/gui/windows/main.py:172
 msgid "Blank inside homepage."
-msgstr "Aucune page précisée."
+msgstr "Aucun site-web précisé."
 
 #: portato/gui/windows/main.py:211
 #, python-format
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ msgstr "Chargement de la configuration"
 
 #: portato/gui/windows/main.py:476
 msgid "Creating Database"
-msgstr "Création de la base de donnée"
+msgstr "Création de la base de données"
 
 #: portato/gui/windows/main.py:480
 msgid "Loading Plugins"
@@ -1058,19 +1058,19 @@ msgstr "Traduction de la session de la version %d vers %d."
 msgid "Cannot translate session from version %d to %d."
 msgstr "Impossible de traduire la session de la version %d vers %d."
 
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1438
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1448
 msgid "use flags"
 msgstr "flags use"
 
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1450
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1460
 msgid "masking keywords"
 msgstr "keywords masquants"
 
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1858
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1869
 msgid "The portage tree is not existing."
 msgstr "L'arbre portage n'existe pas."
 
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1862
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1873
 msgid "The portage tree seems to be empty."
 msgstr "L'arbre portage semble être vide."
 
@@ -1092,24 +1092,24 @@ msgstr "KeyError détectée => %s ne semble pas être une catégorie disponible.
 msgid "Error while compiling search expression: '%s'."
 msgstr "Erreur pendant la compilation de l'expression de recherche : '%s'."
 
-#: portato/db/sql.py:82
+#: portato/db/sql.py:80
 msgid "Cleaning database..."
 msgstr "Nettoyage de la base de données..."
 
-#: portato/db/sql.py:84
+#: portato/db/sql.py:82
 msgid "Populating database..."
 msgstr "Remplissage de la base de données..."
 
 #: portato/db/eix_sql.py:35
 #, python-format
 msgid "Cache file '%s' does not exist. Using default instead."
-msgstr "Le fichier de cache '%s' n'existe pas. Utilisation du fichier par défaut."
+msgstr "Le fichier de cache '%s' n'existe pas. Utilisation du cache par défaut."
 
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:21
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:19
 msgid "SQLite"
 msgstr "SQLite"
 
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:21
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:19
 msgid ""
 "Uses an SQLite-database to store package information.\n"
 "May take longer to generate at the first time, but has advantages if portato is re-started with an unchanged portage tree. Additionally it allows to use fast SQL expressions for fetching the data."
@@ -1117,11 +1117,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "Utilise une base de données SQLite pour enregistrer les informations sur les paquetages.\n"
 "Ce système peut prendre plus de temps pour la première utilisation mais dispose d'avantages si portato est redémarré sans changements apportés à l'arbre portage. De plus, il permet l'utilisation d'expression SQL rapides pour récupérer les données."
 
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:22
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:20
 msgid "Hashmap"
 msgstr "Hashmap"
 
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:22
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:20
 msgid ""
 "Uses an in-memory hashmap to store package information.\n"
 "Has been used since at least version 0.3.3, but all information has to be regenerated on each startup."
@@ -1129,11 +1129,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "Utilise une table de hashage gardée en mémoire pour stocker les informations des paquetages.\n"
 "Ce procédé existe depuis la version 0.3.3, mais la table doit être régénérée à chaque démarrage."
 
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:23
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:21
 msgid "eix + SQLite"
 msgstr "eix + SQLite"
 
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:23
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:21
 msgid ""
 "Similar to SQLite, but now uses the eix database to get the package information.\n"
 "This should be much faster on startup, but requires that your eix database is always up-to-date.\n"
@@ -1143,13 +1143,13 @@ msgstr ""
 "Ce mode est normalement plus rapide au démarrage, mais nécessite que votre base de données eix soit toujours à jour.\n"
 "De plus, ce système est le seul à permettre de faire des recherches dans les descriptions des paquets."
 
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:51
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:66
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:49
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:64
 #, python-format
 msgid "Cannot load %s."
 msgstr "Impossible de charger %s."
 
-#: portato/db/__init__.py:72
+#: portato/db/__init__.py:70
 #, python-format
 msgid "Unknown database type: %s"
 msgstr "Type de base de données inconnue : %s"
@@ -1176,32 +1176,32 @@ msgstr "Démarrage de Portato"
 msgid "No valid su command detected. Aborting."
 msgstr "Aucune commande su valide détectée. Annulation."
 
-#: portato/backend/flags.py:527
+#: portato/backend/flags.py:525
 #, python-format
 msgid "Conflicting values for masking status: %s"
 msgstr "Valeurs entrant en conflit pour le statuts de masquage : %s"
 
-#: portato/backend/flags.py:690
+#: portato/backend/flags.py:686
 #, python-format
 msgid "Line %(line)s in file %(file)s misses a keyword (e.g. '~x86')."
 msgstr "La ligne %(line)s dans le fichier %(file)s n'a pas de keyword (par exemple '~x86')."
 
-#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:280
+#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:270
 #, python-format
 msgid "No best match for %s. It seems not to be in the tree anymore."
 msgstr "Pas de meilleure correspondance pour %s trouvée. Il semble qu'elle n'existe plus dans l'arbre à présent."
 
-#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:338
+#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:328
 #, python-format
 msgid "Found a not installed dependency: %s."
 msgstr "Dépendance non installée trouvée : %s."
 
-#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:380
+#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:370
 #, python-format
 msgid "Bug? No best match could be found for '%(package)s'. Needed by: '%(cpv)s'."
 msgstr "Bogue ? Aucune meilleure solution trouvée pour '%(package)s', qui est nécessaire à : '%(cpv)s'."
 
-#: portato/backend/portage/package.py:129
+#: portato/backend/portage/package.py:127
 #, python-format
 msgid "BUG in flags.new_masking_status. It returns '%s'"
 msgstr "Bogue dans flags.new_masking_status. Renvoie '%s'"
diff --git a/i18n/messages.pot b/i18n/messages.pot
index 3181d12..62e9bef 100644
--- a/i18n/messages.pot
+++ b/i18n/messages.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-04-11 15:59+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-04-14 22:21+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Queue"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/gui/templates/MainWindow.ui:806 portato/gui/windows/main.py:1253
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1255
+#: portato/gui/templates/MainWindow.ui:806 portato/gui/windows/main.py:1262
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1264
 msgid "Console"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ msgid ""
 "Please run <i>emerge --sync &amp;&amp; layman -S</i>."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/gui/dialogs.py:141 portato/gui/windows/main.py:1302
+#: portato/gui/dialogs.py:141 portato/gui/windows/main.py:1311
 #, python-format
 msgid "No versions of package '%s' found!"
 msgstr ""
@@ -794,19 +794,19 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Cannot translate session from version %d to %d."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1438
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1447
 msgid "use flags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1450
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1459
 msgid "masking keywords"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1858
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1868
 msgid "The portage tree is not existing."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1862
+#: portato/gui/windows/main.py:1872
 msgid "The portage tree seems to be empty."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -869,16 +869,16 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Update"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/eix/exceptions.py:26
+#: portato/eix/exceptions.py:27
 msgid "Unknown error."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/eix/exceptions.py:37
+#: portato/eix/exceptions.py:44
 #, python-format
 msgid "End of file reached though it was not expected: '%s'"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/eix/exceptions.py:45
+#: portato/eix/exceptions.py:52
 #, python-format
 msgid "Version '%s' is not supported."
 msgstr ""
@@ -893,17 +893,17 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Line %(line)s in file %(file)s misses a keyword (e.g. '~x86')."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:280
+#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:281
 #, python-format
 msgid "No best match for %s. It seems not to be in the tree anymore."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:338
+#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:339
 #, python-format
 msgid "Found a not installed dependency: %s."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:380
+#: portato/backend/portage/system.py:381
 #, python-format
 msgid ""
 "Bug? No best match could be found for '%(package)s'. Needed by: '%(cpv)s'."
@@ -1053,11 +1053,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Loading widgets of plugin '%(plugin)s' failed: %(error)s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:466
-#, python-format
-msgid "Widgets of plugin '%s' loaded."
-msgstr ""
-
 #: portato/plugin.py:497
 msgid "Plugin is disabled!"
 msgstr ""
@@ -1071,11 +1066,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Plugin '%s' loaded."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:543
-#, python-format
-msgid "Overriding hook '%(hook)s' with plugin '%(plugin)s'."
-msgstr ""
-
 #: portato/plugin.py:601
 #, python-format
 msgid ""
@@ -1087,13 +1077,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "It is now replaced by the one from plugin '%s'!"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: portato/plugin.py:635
-#, python-format
-msgid ""
-"Dependant '%(dep)s' for '%(hook)s' in plugin '%(plugin)s' not found! Adding "
-"nevertheless."
-msgstr ""
-
 #: portato/plugin.py:704 portato/plugin.py:707
 #, python-format
 msgid "Registrating plugin '%(plugin)s' failed: %(error)s"
diff --git a/portato/eix/exceptions.py b/portato/eix/exceptions.py
index 95283ac..955da42 100644
--- a/portato/eix/exceptions.py
+++ b/portato/eix/exceptions.py
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ class EixError (Exception):
 
     :ivar message: The error message
     """
+
     message = _("Unknown error.")
+    
+    def __init__ (self, msg = None):
+        Exception.__init__(self)
+        
+        if msg:
+            self.message = msg
 
     def __str__ (self):
         return self.message
@@ -34,7 +41,7 @@ class EndOfFileException (EixError):
     """
 
     def __init__ (self, filename):
-        self.message = _("End of file reached though it was not expected: '%s'") % filename
+        EixError.__init__(self,  _("End of file reached though it was not expected: '%s'") % filename)
 
 class UnsupportedVersionError (EixError):
     """
@@ -42,4 +49,4 @@ class UnsupportedVersionError (EixError):
     """
 
     def __init__ (self, version):
-        self.message = _("Version '%s' is not supported.") % version
+        EixError.__init__(self, _("Version '%s' is not supported.") % version)
diff --git a/portato/eix/parser.pyx b/portato/eix/parser.pyx
index 6363b37..a6bcc96 100644
--- a/portato/eix/parser.pyx
+++ b/portato/eix/parser.pyx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# File: portato/eix/_parser.pyx
+# File: portato/eix/parser.pyx
 # This file is part of the Portato-Project, a graphical portage-frontend.
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2010 René 'Necoro' Neumann
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ For the exact way all the functions work, have a look at the eix format descript
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext"
 
 cdef extern from "stdio.h":
-    ctypedef struct FILE:
-        pass
+    ctypedef struct FILE
 
     int fgetc(FILE* stream)
     long ftell(FILE* stream)
     int fseek(FILE* stream, long offset, int whence)
+    int fread(void* ptr, int size, int n, FILE* stream)
     
     int EOF
     int SEEK_CUR
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ cdef extern from "Python.h":
 ctypedef unsigned char UChar
 ctypedef long long LLong
 
+from python_unicode cimport PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8
+from python_mem cimport PyMem_Malloc, PyMem_Free
+from python_exc cimport PyErr_NoMemory
+from python_string cimport PyString_FromStringAndSize
+
 from portato.eix.exceptions import EndOfFileException
 
 #
@@ -54,7 +59,15 @@ cdef int _get_byte (FILE* file) except -1:
 # Base Types
 #
 
-cdef LLong _number (object pfile):
+cpdef LLong number (object pfile):
+    """
+    Returns a number.
+
+    :param file: The file to read from
+    :type file: file
+    :rtype: int
+    """
+    
     cdef UChar n
     cdef LLong value
     cdef int i
@@ -84,18 +97,7 @@ cdef LLong _number (object pfile):
         
     return value
 
-def number (file):
-    """
-    Returns a number.
-
-    :param file: The file to read from
-    :type file: file
-    :rtype: int
-    """
-
-    return _number(file)
-
-def vector (file, get_type, nelems = None):
+cpdef object vector (object file, object get_type, object nelems = None):
     """
     Returns a vector of elements.
 
@@ -118,28 +120,44 @@ def vector (file, get_type, nelems = None):
     cdef LLong i
 
     if nelems is None:
-        n = _number(file)
+        n = number(file)
     else:
         n = nelems
     
     return [get_type(file) for i in range(n)]
 
-def string (file):
+cpdef object string (object pfile, bint unicode = False):
     """
     Returns a string.
 
-    :param file: The file to read from
-    :type file: file
-    :rtype: str
+    :param pfile: The file to read from
+    :type pfile: file
+    :param unicode: Return unicode
+    :type unicode: bool
+    :rtype: str or unicode
     """
-    nelems = _number(file)
+    cdef LLong nelems = number(pfile)
+    cdef FILE* file = PyFile_AsFile(pfile)
+    cdef char* s
+
+    s = <char*>PyMem_Malloc((nelems + 1) * sizeof(char))
+
+    if s is NULL:
+        PyErr_NoMemory()
+
+    try:
+        if fread(s, sizeof(char), nelems, file) < nelems:
+            raise EndOfFileException, pfile.name
 
-    s = file.read(nelems)
+        s[nelems] = '\0'
 
-    if len(s) != nelems:
-        raise EndOfFileException, file.name
+        if unicode:
+            return PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(s, nelems, 'replace')
+        else: # simple string, implicitly copied
+            return PyString_FromStringAndSize(s, nelems)
 
-    return s
+    finally:
+        PyMem_Free(s)
 
 #
 # Complex Types
@@ -220,8 +238,8 @@ cdef class header:
         :param file: The file to read from
         :type file: file
         """
-        self.version = _number(file)
-        self.ncats = _number(file)
+        self.version = number(file)
+        self.ncats = number(file)
         self.overlays = vector(file, overlay)
         self.provide = vector(file, string)
         self.licenses = vector(file, string)
@@ -274,12 +292,12 @@ cdef class package:
         cdef FILE* cfile = PyFile_AsFile(file)
         cdef long after_offset
         
-        self._offset = _number(file)
+        self._offset = number(file)
         
         after_offset = ftell(cfile)
         
         self.name = string(file)
-        self.description = unicode(string(file))
+        self.description = string(file, True)
 
         # skip the rest, as it is currently unneeded
         #self.provide = vector(file, number)
diff --git a/portato/ipc.pxd b/portato/ipc.pxd
index 38e6d30..5bcddd1 100644
--- a/portato/ipc.pxd
+++ b/portato/ipc.pxd
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 # Written by René 'Necoro' Neumann <necoro@necoro.net>
 
 from python_string cimport *
-from python_mem cimport *
+from python_mem cimport PyMem_Malloc, PyMem_Free
+from python_exc cimport PyErr_NoMemory
 
 cdef extern from "errno.h":
     int errno
diff --git a/portato/ipc.pyx b/portato/ipc.pyx
index abb26fe..7dcf949 100644
--- a/portato/ipc.pyx
+++ b/portato/ipc.pyx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ cdef class MessageQueue (object):
             elif errno == ENOENT:
                 raise MessageQueueError("Queue does not exist and 'create' is not set.")
             elif errno == ENOMEM or errno == ENOSPC:
-                raise MemoryError("Insufficient ressources.")
+                PyErr_NoMemory()
             else:
                 raise OSError(errno, strerror(errno))
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ cdef class MessageQueue (object):
         msg = <msg_data*>PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(msg_data) + size)
 
         if msg is NULL:
-            raise MemoryError("Out of memory")
+            PyErr_NoMemory()
 
         memcpy(msg.mtext, <char*>message, size)
         msg.mtype = type
@@ -119,18 +119,17 @@ cdef class MessageQueue (object):
         with nogil:
             ret = msgsnd(self.msgid, msg, size, 0)
 
-        try:
-            if ret == -1:
-                if errno == EIDRM or errno == EINVAL:
-                    raise MessageQueueRemovedError("Queue was removed.")
-                elif errno == EINTR:
-                    raise MessageQueueError("Signaled while waiting.")
-                elif errno == EACCES:
-                    raise MessageQueueError("Permission denied.")
-                else:
-                    raise OSError(errno, strerror(errno))
-        finally:
-            PyMem_Free(msg)
+        PyMem_Free(msg)
+        
+        if ret == -1:
+            if errno == EIDRM or errno == EINVAL:
+                raise MessageQueueRemovedError("Queue was removed.")
+            elif errno == EINTR:
+                raise MessageQueueError("Signaled while waiting.")
+            elif errno == EACCES:
+                raise MessageQueueError("Permission denied.")
+            else:
+                raise OSError(errno, strerror(errno))
 
     def receive (self):
         """
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ cdef class MessageQueue (object):
         msg = <msg_data*>PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(msg_data) + MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE)
 
         if msg is NULL:
-            raise MemoryError("Out of memory")
+            PyErr_NoMemory()
 
         msg.mtype = 0
 
@@ -162,12 +161,11 @@ cdef class MessageQueue (object):
                     raise MessageQueueError("Permission denied.")
                 else:
                     raise OSError(errno, strerror(errno))
-
-            retTuple = (PyString_FromStringAndSize(msg.mtext, ret), msg.mtype)
+            else:
+                return (PyString_FromStringAndSize(msg.mtext, ret), msg.mtype)
+        
         finally:
             PyMem_Free(msg)
 
-        return retTuple
-
     cdef inline key_t random_key (self):
         return <int>(<double>rand() / (<double>RAND_MAX + 1) * INT_MAX)
diff --git a/portato/plugin.py b/portato/plugin.py
index cfe3d93..f510540 100644
--- a/portato/plugin.py
+++ b/portato/plugin.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ class PluginQueue (object):
                 else:
                     for w in p.widgets:
                         WidgetSlot.slots[w.slot].add_widget(w)
-                    info(_("Widgets of plugin '%s' loaded."), p.name)
+                    debug("Widgets of plugin '%s' loaded.", p.name)
 
     def add (self, plugin, disable = False):
         """
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class PluginQueue (object):
                     call.call(*hargs, **hkwargs)
                 
                 if active.override: # override
-                    info(_("Overriding hook '%(hook)s' with plugin '%(plugin)s'."), {"hook": hook, "plugin": active.override.plugin.name})
+                    debug("Overriding hook '%(hook)s' with plugin '%(plugin)s'.", {"hook": hook, "plugin": active.override.plugin.name})
                     ret = active.override.call(*hargs, **hkwargs)
                 else: # normal
                     ret = func(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class PluginQueue (object):
 
             for l in list:
                 callList.append(l)
-                info(_("Dependant '%(dep)s' for '%(hook)s' in plugin '%(plugin)s' not found! Adding nevertheless."), {"hook": hook, "plugin": l.plugin.name, "dep": l.dep})
+                debug("Dependant '%(dep)s' for '%(hook)s' in plugin '%(plugin)s' not found! Adding nevertheless.", {"hook": hook, "plugin": l.plugin.name, "dep": l.dep})
 
         for hook in before:
             resolve(hook, before[hook], "before", 0)