# from django.views.generic.list_detail import object_list

from django.views.generic import ListView

from django.views.generic.dates import YearArchiveView, MonthArchiveView, DayArchiveView, DateDetailView

from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger

from conservancy.apps.news.models import ExternalArticle

from conservancy.apps.news.models import PressRelease

from conservancy.apps.events.models import Event

from datetime import datetime

# for debugging...

from django.http import HttpResponse

class NewsListView(ListView):

    extra_context = {}

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):

        context = super(NewsListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)

        # context['key'] = 'value'

        context.update(self.extra_context)

        return context

def listing(request, *args, **kwargs):

    news_queryset = PressRelease.objects.all()

#    if (not kwargs.has_key('allow_future')) or not kwargs['allow_future']:

    news_queryset = news_queryset.filter(**{'%s__lte' % kwargs['date_field']:

                          datetime.now()})