libsoup uses the Glib main loop and is designed to work well with GTK+
 applications. This enables GNOME applications to access HTTP servers
 on the network in a completely asynchronous fashion, very similar to
 the GTK+ programming model (a synchronous operation mode is also
 supported for those who want it).
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 This package contains automated tests, mostly for use via autopkgtest.
 They can most easily be invoked via the gnome-desktop-testing-runner
 tool in the gnome-desktop-testing package.