Move alert module from salt project to this project

salt/modules/alert.py

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+'''
+Module for issuing alerts.
+Examples:
+    alert.notice  sys.everython 'things are going great'
+    alert.warning disk.hardware 'the VAX drive ${value} is wobbling'
+    alert.error   turboencabular.wanshaft '${key} is {value:.1f} mm from failure'
+'''
+
+__opts__ = {}
+
+def _alert(level, category, msg):
+    '''
+    Send the alert to the alert service.
+    '''
+    return [level, category, msg]
+
+def notice(category, msg):
+    '''
+    Send a 'notice' alert.
+    category = arbitrary alert category string, e.g. 'disk.sata.error'.
+    msg = the alert message string, e.g. '/dev/sdb23 spindle is on fire'
+    '''
+    return _alert("NOTICE", category, msg)
+
+def warning(category, msg):
+    '''
+    Send a 'warning' alert.
+    category = arbitrary alert category string, e.g. 'disk.sata.error'.
+    msg = the alert message string, e.g. '/dev/sdb23 spindle is on fire'
+    '''
+    return _alert("WARNING", category, msg)
+
+def error(category, msg):
+    '''
+    Send an 'error' alert.
+    category = arbitrary alert category string, e.g. 'disk.sata.error'.
+    msg = the alert message string, e.g. '/dev/sdb23 spindle is on fire'
+    '''
+    return _alert("ERROR", category, msg)
+
+def critical(category, msg):
+    '''
+    Send a 'critical' alert.
+    category = arbitrary alert category string, e.g. 'disk.sata.error'.
+    msg = the alert message string, e.g. '/dev/sdb23 spindle is on fire'
+    '''
+    return _alert("FATAL", category, msg)
+
+def fatal(category, msg):
+    '''
+    Send a 'fatal' alert.
+    category = arbitrary alert category string, e.g. 'disk.sata.error'.
+    msg = the alert message string, e.g. '/dev/sdb23 spindle is on fire'
+    '''
+    return _alert("FATAL", category, msg)

setup.py

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def _run_test(self, path):
                 'salt.ext.monitor.collectors',
                 'salt.ext.monitor.parsers',
                 ],
+      py_modules=['salt.modules.alert'],
       scripts=['scripts/salt-monitor'],
       data_files=[(os.path.join(etc_path, 'salt'),
                     ['conf/monitor']),