added twitting support (e.g. for twitter/identi.ca)

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diff --git a/minidinstall/tweet.py b/minidinstall/tweet.py
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+# mail -*- mode: python; coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""Simple tweet support for mini-dinstall."""
+
+# Copyright © 2010 Christopher R. Gabriel <cgabriel@truelite.it>
+
+# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+
+import logging
+import urllib2
+import base64
+
+def send(tweet_body, tweet_server, tweet_user, tweet_password):
+    """Send tweet; on error, log and continue."""
+    logger = logging.getLogger("mini-dinstall")
+    post_url = None
+    auth_realm = None
+    if tweet_server == 'identica':
+        post_url = 'http://identi.ca/api/statuses/update.json'
+        auth_realm = 'Identi.ca API'
+    if tweet_server == 'twitter':
+        post_url = 'http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json'
+        auth_realm = 'Twitter API'
+
+    if not post_url:
+        logger.exception("Unknown tweet site")
+    if not tweet_user or not tweet_password:
+        logger.exception("Missing username or password for twitting")
+
+    auth_handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler()
+    auth_handler.add_password(realm=auth_realm,
+                              uri=post_url,
+                              user=tweet_user,
+                              passwd=tweet_password)
+    m_http_opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth_handler)
+
+    req = urllib2.Request(post_url)
+    req.add_data("status=%s" % tweet_body)
+    handle = None
+    try:
+        handle = m_http_opener.open(req)
+        a = handle.read()
+        logger.info("Tweet sent to %s (%s)" % (tweet_server, tweet_user))
+    except Exception, e:
+        logger.exception("Error sending tweet to %s ('%s') via %s: %s: %s", tweet_server, tweet_body, tweet_user, type(e), e.args)