Add news reporting capability to meet GLEP 42 requirement.

3 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/layman.cfg b/etc/layman.cfg
index 1b74f96..7f7baab 100644
--- a/etc/layman.cfg
+++ b/etc/layman.cfg
@@ -81,6 +81,32 @@ nocheck  : yes
 #umask  : 0022
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
+# News reporting settings
+#
+# This is for when layman is adding/syncing overlays.
+# It is required  for GLEP 42.
+# Currently there are 3 possible values:
+#   portage, pkgcore, custom
+#
+# portage:  uses portage to report news only from overlay(s) in
+#           versions >=2.2.0_alpha72 or >=2.1.10.32
+#           or all repositories (including gentoo) for older portage versions.
+# pkgcore:  does not yet support glep 42, no news is reported
+# custom:   requires that you provide a suitable python function
+#           to 'custom_news_func' using the api's config.set_option()
+#           or define the python package to import it from in custom_news_pkg
+
+news_reporter: portage
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------
+# News reporting custom function setting
+#
+# the pkg name that contains the layman_news_function()
+# for it to import and use.  It must be found in PYTHONPATH
+
+#custom_news_pkg :
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------
 # Command overrides
 #
 # You can have commands point to either a binary at a different
diff --git a/layman/api.py b/layman/api.py
index 4ff62dd..3f33a42 100755
--- a/layman/api.py
+++ b/layman/api.py
@@ -562,9 +562,17 @@ class LaymanAPI(object):
                     settings, trees, mtimedb = load_emerge_config()
                     display_news_notification(
                         trees[settings["ROOT"]]["root_config"], {})
+
             elif self.config['news_reporter'] == 'custom':
+                if self.config['custom_news_func'] is None:
+                    _temp = __import__(
+                        'custom_news_pkg', globals(), locals(),
+                        ['layman_news_func'], -1)
+                    self.config['custom_news_func'] = _temp.custom_news_func
                 self.config['custom_news_func'](repos)
+
             elif self.config['news_reporter'] == 'pkgcore':
+                # pkgcore is not yet capable
                 return
         except Exception as err:
             msg = "update_news() failed running %s news reporter function\n" +\
diff --git a/layman/config.py b/layman/config.py
index c245853..0541d92 100644
--- a/layman/config.py
+++ b/layman/config.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class BareConfig(object):
                     'proxy'     : '',
                     'umask'     : '0022',
                     'news_reporter': 'portage',
+                    'custom_news_pkg': '',
                     'overlays'  :
                     'http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/repositories.xml',
                     'overlay_defs': '%(configdir)s/overlays',