Comment 5 for bug 926104

A comment! The CLI basically outputs dots when it's waiting for something. We can potentially change it to something that stays in place (like a "twirler". Sequentially print a backspace (to erase previous twirler) and one of these characters:

|/-\

This will look somewhat bad when the user is typing, but will give a progress indication while not filling the screen with unsightly gunk.