diff --git a/plugins/__init__.py b/plugins/__init__.py
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+###
+# Copyright (c) 2002-2004, Jeremiah Fincher
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+#   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+#     this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
+#   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+#     this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the
+#     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#   * Neither the name of the author of this software nor the name of
+#     contributors to this software may be used to endorse or promote products
+#     derived from this software without specific prior written consent.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+# ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+# CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+###
+
+__revision__ = "$Id: __init__.py,v 1.44 2005/01/08 07:22:46 jamessan Exp $"
+
+import supybot.fix as fix
+
+import gc
+import os
+import re
+import csv
+import sys
+import math
+import sets
+import time
+import random
+import fnmatch
+import os.path
+import UserDict
+import threading
+
+import supybot.log as log
+import supybot.dbi as dbi
+import supybot.conf as conf
+import supybot.ircdb as ircdb
+import supybot.utils as utils
+import supybot.world as world
+from supybot.commands import *
+import supybot.ircutils as ircutils
+import supybot.webutils as webutils
+import supybot.callbacks as callbacks
+
+try:
+    # We need to sweep away all that mx.* crap because our code doesn't account
+    # for PySQLite's arbitrary use of it.  Whoever decided to change sqlite's
+    # behavior based on whether or not that module is installed was a *CRACK*
+    # **FIEND**, plain and simple.
+    mxCrap = {}
+    for (name, module) in sys.modules.items():
+        if name.startswith('mx'):
+            mxCrap[name] = module
+            sys.modules.pop(name)
+    # Now that the mx crap is gone, we can import sqlite.
+    import sqlite
+    # And now we'll put it back, even though it sucks.
+    sys.modules.update(mxCrap)
+    # Just in case, we'll do this as well.  It doesn't seem to work fine by
+    # itself, though, or else we'd just do this in the first place.
+    sqlite.have_datetime = False
+    Connection = sqlite.Connection
+    class MyConnection(sqlite.Connection):
+        def commit(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            if self.autocommit:
+                return
+            else:
+                Connection.commit(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        def __del__(self):
+            try:
+                Connection.__del__(self)
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+            except Exception, e:
+                try:
+                    log.exception('Uncaught exception in __del__:')
+                except:
+                    pass
+    sqlite.Connection = MyConnection
+    #del Connection.__del__
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
+class NoSuitableDatabase(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, suitable):
+        self.suitable = suitable
+        self.suitable.sort()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return 'No suitable databases were found.  Suitable databases ' \
+               'include %s.  If you have one of these databases installed, ' \
+               'make sure it is listed in the supybot.databases ' \
+               'configuration variable.' % utils.commaAndify(self.suitable)
+
+def DB(filename, types):
+    filename = conf.supybot.directories.data.dirize(filename)
+    def MakeDB(*args, **kwargs):
+        for type in conf.supybot.databases():
+            # Can't do this because Python sucks.  Go ahead, try it!
+            # filename = '.'.join([filename, type, 'db'])
+            fn = '.'.join([filename, type, 'db'])
+            try:
+                return types[type](fn, *args, **kwargs)
+            except KeyError:
+                continue
+        raise NoSuitableDatabase, types.keys()
+    return MakeDB
+
+class DBHandler(object):
+    def __init__(self, name=None, suffix='.db'):
+        if name is None:
+            self.name = self.__class__.__name__
+        else:
+            self.name = name
+        if suffix and suffix[0] != '.':
+            suffix = '.' + suffix
+        self.suffix = suffix
+        self.cachedDb = None
+
+    def makeFilename(self):
+        if self.name.endswith(self.suffix):
+            return self.name
+        else:
+            return self.name + self.suffix
+
+    def makeDb(self, filename):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def getDb(self):
+        if self.cachedDb is None or \
+           threading.currentThread() is not world.mainThread:
+            db = self.makeDb(self.makeFilename())
+        else:
+            db = self.cachedDb
+        db.autocommit = 1
+        return db
+
+    def die(self):
+        if self.cachedDb is not None:
+            self.cachedDb.die()
+            del self.cachedDb
+
+
+def makeChannelFilename(filename, channel=None, dirname=None):
+    assert channel is not None, 'Death to those who use None for their channel'
+    filename = os.path.basename(filename)
+    channelSpecific = conf.supybot.databases.plugins.channelSpecific
+    channel = channelSpecific.getChannelLink(channel)
+    channel = ircutils.toLower(channel)
+    if dirname is None:
+        dirname = conf.supybot.directories.data.dirize(channel)
+    if not os.path.exists(dirname):
+            os.makedirs(dirname)
+    return os.path.join(dirname, filename)
+
+def getChannel(channel):
+    assert channel is not None, 'Death to those who use None for their channel'
+    channelSpecific = conf.supybot.databases.plugins.channelSpecific
+    return channelSpecific.getChannelLink(channel)
+
+# XXX This shouldn't be a mixin.  This should be contained by classes that
+#     want such behavior.  But at this point, it wouldn't gain much for us
+#     to refactor it.
+# XXX We need to get rid of this, it's ugly and opposed to
+#     database-independence.
+class ChannelDBHandler(object):
+    """A class to handle database stuff for individual channels transparently.
+    """
+    suffix = '.db'
+    def __init__(self, suffix='.db'):
+        self.dbCache = ircutils.IrcDict()
+        suffix = self.suffix
+        if self.suffix and self.suffix[0] != '.':
+            suffix = '.' + suffix
+        self.suffix = suffix
+
+    def makeFilename(self, channel):
+        """Override this to specialize the filenames of your databases."""
+        channel = ircutils.toLower(channel)
+        className = self.__class__.__name__
+        return makeChannelFilename(className + self.suffix, channel)
+
+    def makeDb(self, filename):
+        """Override this to create your databases."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def getDb(self, channel):
+        """Use this to get a database for a specific channel."""
+        currentThread = threading.currentThread()
+        if channel not in self.dbCache and currentThread == world.mainThread:
+            self.dbCache[channel] = self.makeDb(self.makeFilename(channel))
+        if currentThread != world.mainThread:
+            db = self.makeDb(self.makeFilename(channel))
+        else:
+            db = self.dbCache[channel]
+        db.autocommit = 1
+        return db
+
+    def die(self):
+        for db in self.dbCache.itervalues():
+            try:
+                db.commit()
+            except AttributeError: # In case it's not an SQLite database.
+                pass
+            try:
+                db.close()
+            except AttributeError: # In case it doesn't have a close method.
+                pass
+            del db
+        gc.collect()
+
+
+class DbiChannelDB(object):
+    """This just handles some of the general stuff for Channel DBI databases.
+    Check out plugins/Dunno.py for an example of how to use this."""
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.dbs = ircutils.IrcDict()
+
+    def _getDb(self, channel):
+        filename = makeChannelFilename(self.filename, channel)
+        try:
+            db = self.dbs[channel]
+        except KeyError:
+            db = self.DB(filename)
+            self.dbs[channel] = db
+        return db
+
+    def close(self):
+        for db in self.dbs.itervalues():
+            db.close()
+
+    def flush(self):
+        for db in self.dbs.itervalues():
+            db.flush()
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        def _getDbAndDispatcher(channel, *args, **kwargs):
+            db = self._getDb(channel)
+            return getattr(db, attr)(*args, **kwargs)
+        return _getDbAndDispatcher
+
+
+# XXX This should eventually be gotten rid of in favor of some dbi thing.  At
+# the very least, it ought to get an interface much closer to dbi.DB.
+class ChannelUserDictionary(UserDict.DictMixin):
+    IdDict = dict
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.channels = ircutils.IrcDict()
+
+    def __getitem__(self, (channel, id)):
+        return self.channels[channel][id]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, (channel, id), v):
+        if channel not in self.channels:
+            self.channels[channel] = self.IdDict()
+        self.channels[channel][id] = v
+
+    def __delitem__(self, (channel, id)):
+        del self.channels[channel][id]
+
+    def iteritems(self):
+        for (channel, ids) in self.channels.iteritems():
+            for (id, v) in ids.iteritems():
+                yield ((channel, id), v)
+
+    def keys(self):
+        L = []
+        for (k, _) in self.iteritems():
+            L.append(k)
+        return L
+
+
+# XXX The interface to this needs to be made *much* more like the dbi.DB
+#     interface.  This is just too odd and not extensible; any extension
+#     would very much feel like an extension, rather than part of the db
+#     itself.
+class ChannelUserDB(ChannelUserDictionary):
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        ChannelUserDictionary.__init__(self)
+        self.filename = filename
+        try:
+            fd = file(self.filename)
+        except EnvironmentError, e:
+            log.warning('Couldn\'t open %s: %s.', self.filename, e)
+            return
+        reader = csv.reader(fd)
+        try:
+            lineno = 0
+            for t in reader:
+                lineno += 1
+                try:
+                    channel = t.pop(0)
+                    id = t.pop(0)
+                    try:
+                        id = int(id)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        # We'll skip over this so, say, nicks can be kept here.
+                        pass
+                    v = self.deserialize(channel, id, t)
+                    self[channel, id] = v
+                except Exception, e:
+                    log.warning('Invalid line #%s in %s.',
+                                lineno, self.__class__.__name__)
+                    log.debug('Exception: %s', utils.exnToString(e))
+        except Exception, e: # This catches exceptions from csv.reader.
+            log.warning('Invalid line #%s in %s.',
+                        lineno, self.__class__.__name__)
+            log.debug('Exception: %s', utils.exnToString(e))
+
+    def flush(self):
+        fd = utils.transactionalFile(self.filename, makeBackupIfSmaller=False)
+        writer = csv.writer(fd)
+        items = self.items()
+        if not items:
+            log.debug('%s: Refusing to write blank file.',
+                      self.__class__.__name__)
+            fd.rollback()
+            return
+        items.sort()
+        for ((channel, id), v) in items:
+            L = self.serialize(v)
+            L.insert(0, id)
+            L.insert(0, channel)
+            writer.writerow(L)
+        fd.close()
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.flush()
+        self.clear()
+
+    def deserialize(self, channel, id, L):
+        """Should take a list of strings and return an object to be accessed
+        via self.get(channel, id)."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def serialize(self, x):
+        """Should take an object (as returned by self.get(channel, id)) and
+        return a list (of any type serializable to csv)."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+def getUserName(id):
+    if isinstance(id, int):
+        try:
+            return ircdb.users.getUser(id).name
+        except KeyError:
+            return 'a user that is no longer registered'
+    else:
+        return id
+
+class ChannelIdDatabasePlugin(callbacks.Privmsg):
+    class DB(DbiChannelDB):
+        class DB(dbi.DB):
+            class Record(dbi.Record):
+                __fields__ = [
+                    'at',
+                    'by',
+                    'text'
+                    ]
+            def add(self, at, by, text, **kwargs):
+                record = self.Record(at=at, by=by, text=text, **kwargs)
+                return super(self.__class__, self).add(record)
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.__parent = super(ChannelIdDatabasePlugin, self)
+        self.__parent.__init__()
+        self.db = DB(self.name(), {'flat': self.DB})()
+
+    def die(self):
+        self.db.close()
+        self.__parent.die()
+
+    def getCommandHelp(self, name):
+        help = self.__parent.getCommandHelp(name)
+        help = help.replace('$Types', utils.pluralize(self.name()))
+        help = help.replace('$Type', self.name())
+        help = help.replace('$types', utils.pluralize(self.name().lower()))
+        help = help.replace('$type', self.name().lower())
+        return help
+
+    def noSuchRecord(self, irc, channel, id):
+        irc.error('There is no %s with id #%s in my database for %s.' %
+                  (self.name(), id, channel))
+
+    def checkChangeAllowed(self, irc, msg, channel, user, record):
+        if user.id == record.by:
+            return True
+        cap = ircdb.makeChannelCapability(channel, 'op')
+        if ircdb.checkCapability(msg.prefix, cap):
+            return True
+        irc.errorNoCapability(cap)
+
+    def addValidator(self, irc, text):
+        """This should irc.error or raise an exception if text is invalid."""
+        pass
+
+    def add(self, irc, msg, args, user, channel, text):
+        """[<channel>] <text>
+
+        Adds <text> to the $type database for <channel>.
+        <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel
+        itself.
+        """
+        at = time.time()
+        self.addValidator(irc, text)
+        if text is not None:
+            id = self.db.add(channel, at, user.id, text)
+            irc.replySuccess('%s #%s added.' % (self.name(), id))
+    add = wrap(add, ['user', 'channeldb', 'text'])
+
+    def remove(self, irc, msg, args, user, channel, id):
+        """[<channel>] <id>
+
+        Removes the $type with id <id> from the $type database for <channel>.
+        <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel
+        itself.
+        """
+        try:
+            record = self.db.get(channel, id)
+            self.checkChangeAllowed(irc, msg, channel, user, record)
+            self.db.remove(channel, id)
+            irc.replySuccess()
+        except KeyError:
+            self.noSuchRecord(irc, channel, id)
+    remove = wrap(remove, ['user', 'channeldb', 'id'])
+
+    def searchSerializeRecord(self, record):
+        text = utils.quoted(utils.ellipsisify(record.text, 50))
+        return '#%s: %s' % (record.id, text)
+
+    def search(self, irc, msg, args, channel, optlist, glob):
+        """[<channel>] [--{regexp,by} <value>] [<glob>]
+
+        Searches for $types matching the criteria given.
+        """
+        predicates = []
+        def p(record):
+            for predicate in predicates:
+                if not predicate(record):
+                    return False
+            return True
+
+        for (opt, arg) in optlist:
+            if opt == 'by':
+                predicates.append(lambda r, arg=arg: r.by == arg.id)
+            elif opt == 'regexp':
+                predicates.append(lambda r, arg=arg: arg.search(r.text))
+        if glob:
+            def globP(r, glob=glob.lower()):
+                return fnmatch.fnmatch(r.text.lower(), glob)
+            predicates.append(globP)
+        L = []
+        for record in self.db.select(channel, p):
+            L.append(self.searchSerializeRecord(record))
+        if L:
+            L.sort()
+            irc.reply('%s found: %s' % (len(L), utils.commaAndify(L)))
+        else:
+            irc.reply('No matching %s were found.' %
+                      utils.pluralize(self.name().lower()))
+    search = wrap(search, ['channeldb',
+                           getopts({'by': 'otherUser',
+                                    'regexp': 'regexpMatcher'}),
+                           additional(rest('glob'))])
+
+    def showRecord(self, record):
+        name = getUserName(record.by)
+        at = time.localtime(record.at)
+        timeS = time.strftime(conf.supybot.reply.format.time(), at)
+        return '%s #%s: %s (added by %s at %s)' % \
+               (self.name(), record.id, utils.quoted(record.text), name, timeS)
+
+    def get(self, irc, msg, args, channel, id):
+        """[<channel>] <id>
+
+        Gets the $type with id <id> from the $type database for <channel>.
+        <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel
+        itself.
+        """
+        try:
+            record = self.db.get(channel, id)
+            irc.reply(self.showRecord(record))
+        except KeyError:
+            self.noSuchRecord(irc, channel, id)
+    get = wrap(get, ['channeldb', 'id'])
+
+    def change(self, irc, msg, args, user, channel, id, replacer):
+        """[<channel>] <id> <regexp>
+
+        Changes the $type with id <id> according to the regular expression
+        <regexp>.  <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the
+        channel itself.
+        """
+        try:
+            record = self.db.get(channel, id)
+            self.checkChangeAllowed(irc, msg, channel, user, record)
+            record.text = replacer(record.text)
+            self.db.set(channel, id, record)
+            irc.replySuccess()
+        except KeyError:
+            self.noSuchRecord(irc, channel, id)
+    change = wrap(change, ['user', 'channeldb', 'id', 'regexpReplacer'])
+
+    def stats(self, irc, msg, args, channel):
+        """[<channel>]
+
+        Returns the number of $types in the database for <channel>.
+        <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel
+        itself.
+        """
+        n = self.db.size(channel)
+        irc.reply('There %s %s in my database.' %
+                  (utils.be(n), utils.nItems(self.name().lower(), n)))
+    stats = wrap(stats, ['channeldb'])
+
+
+class PeriodicFileDownloader(object):
+    """A class to periodically download a file/files.
+
+    A class-level dictionary 'periodicFiles' maps names of files to
+    three-tuples of
+    (url, seconds between downloads, function to run with downloaded file).
+
+    'url' should be in some form that urllib2.urlopen can handle (do note that
+    urllib2.urlopen handles file:// links perfectly well.)
+
+    'seconds between downloads' is the number of seconds between downloads,
+    obviously.  An important point to remember, however, is that it is only
+    engaged when a command is run.  I.e., if you say you want the file
+    downloaded every day, but no commands that use it are run in a week, the
+    next time such a command is run, it'll be using a week-old file.  If you
+    don't want such behavior, you'll have to give an error mess age to the user
+    and tell him to call you back in the morning.
+
+    'function to run with downloaded file' is a function that will be passed
+    a string *filename* of the downloaded file.  This will be some random
+    filename probably generated via some mktemp-type-thing.  You can do what
+    you want with this; you may want to build a database, take some stats,
+    or simply rename the file.  You can pass None as your function and the
+    file with automatically be renamed to match the filename you have it listed
+    under.  It'll be in conf.supybot.directories.data, of course.
+
+    Aside from that dictionary, simply use self.getFile(filename) in any method
+    that makes use of a periodically downloaded file, and you'll be set.
+    """
+    periodicFiles = None
+    def __init__(self):
+        if self.periodicFiles is None:
+            raise ValueError, 'You must provide files to download'
+        self.lastDownloaded = {}
+        self.downloadedCounter = {}
+        for filename in self.periodicFiles:
+            if self.periodicFiles[filename][-1] is None:
+                fullname = os.path.join(conf.supybot.directories.data(),
+                                        filename)
+                if os.path.exists(fullname):
+                    self.lastDownloaded[filename] = os.stat(fullname).st_ctime
+                else:
+                    self.lastDownloaded[filename] = 0
+            else:
+                self.lastDownloaded[filename] = 0
+            self.currentlyDownloading = sets.Set()
+            self.downloadedCounter[filename] = 0
+            self.getFile(filename)
+
+    def _downloadFile(self, filename, url, f):
+        self.currentlyDownloading.add(filename)
+        try:
+            try:
+                infd = webutils.getUrlFd(url)
+            except IOError, e:
+                self.log.warning('Error downloading %s: %s', url, e)
+                return
+            except webutils.WebError, e:
+                self.log.warning('Error downloading %s: %s', url, e)
+                return
+            confDir = conf.supybot.directories.data()
+            newFilename = os.path.join(confDir, utils.mktemp())
+            outfd = file(newFilename, 'wb')
+            start = time.time()
+            s = infd.read(4096)
+            while s:
+                outfd.write(s)
+                s = infd.read(4096)
+            infd.close()
+            outfd.close()
+            self.log.info('Downloaded %s in %s seconds',
+                          filename, time.time()-start)
+            self.downloadedCounter[filename] += 1
+            self.lastDownloaded[filename] = time.time()
+            if f is None:
+                toFilename = os.path.join(confDir, filename)
+                if os.name == 'nt':
+                    # Windows, grrr...
+                    if os.path.exists(toFilename):
+                        os.remove(toFilename)
+                os.rename(newFilename, toFilename)
+            else:
+                start = time.time()
+                f(newFilename)
+                total = time.time() - start
+                self.log.info('Function ran on %s in %s seconds',
+                              filename, total)
+        finally:
+            self.currentlyDownloading.remove(filename)
+
+    def getFile(self, filename):
+        if world.documenting:
+            return
+        (url, timeLimit, f) = self.periodicFiles[filename]
+        if time.time() - self.lastDownloaded[filename] > timeLimit and \
+           filename not in self.currentlyDownloading:
+            self.log.info('Beginning download of %s', url)
+            args = (filename, url, f)
+            name = '%s #%s' % (filename, self.downloadedCounter[filename])
+            t = threading.Thread(target=self._downloadFile, name=name,
+                                 args=(filename, url, f))
+            t.setDaemon(True)
+            t.start()
+            world.threadsSpawned += 1
+
+
+
+
+# vim:set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 expandtab textwidth=78:
diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d6bb9850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+###
+# Copyright (c) 2002, Jeremiah Fincher
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+#   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+#     this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
+#   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+#     this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the
+#     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#   * Neither the name of the author of this software nor the name of
+#     contributors to this software may be used to endorse or promote products
+#     derived from this software without specific prior written consent.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+# ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+# CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+###
+
+__revision__ = "$Id: __init__.py,v 1.8 2004/10/01 04:12:30 jemfinch Exp $"
+
+import sys
+import os.path
+
+installDir = os.path.dirname(sys.modules[__name__].__file__)
+
+othersDir = os.path.join(installDir, 'others')
+
+sys.path.insert(0, othersDir)
+
+class Author(object):
+    def __init__(self, name=None, nick=None, email=None, **kwargs):
+        self.__dict__.update(kwargs)
+        self.name = name
+        self.nick = nick
+        self.email = email
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return '%s (%s) <%s>' % (self.name, self.nick, self.email)
+    
+class authors(object): # This is basically a bag.
+    jemfinch = Author('Jeremy Fincher', 'jemfinch', 'jemfinch@users.sf.net')
+    jamessan = Author('James Vega', 'jamessan', 'jamessan@users.sf.net')
+    strike = Author('Daniel DiPaolo', 'Strike', 'ddipaolo@users.sf.net')
+    baggins = Author('William Robinson', 'baggins', 'airbaggins@users.sf.net')
+    skorobeus = Author('Kevin Murphy', 'Skorobeus', 'skoro@skoroworld.com')
+    inkedmn = Author('Brett Kelly', 'inkedmn', 'inkedmn@users.sf.net')
+    bwp = Author('Brett Phipps', 'bwp', 'phippsb@gmail.com')
+    bear = Author('Mike Taylor', 'bear', 'bear@code-bear.com')
+    grantbow = Author('Grant Bowman', 'Grantbow', 'grantbow@grantbow.com')
+    unknown = Author('Unknown author', 'unknown', 'unknown@supybot.org')
+
+    # Let's be somewhat safe about this.
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        try:
+            return getattr(super(authors, self), attr.lower())
+        except AttributeError:
+            return self.unknown
+
+# vim:set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 expandtab textwidth=78: