From d6ab6ed9ac12ce5370bae5d02d285cce81dbe463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: morganamilo <morganamilo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 20:09:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Use native build date when printing news

Use the build date of the newest native package instead of the install
date of any package.
---
 print.go | 12 ++++++------
 query.go | 12 +++++-------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/print.go b/print.go
index 405b3754..a74e3d64 100644
--- a/print.go
+++ b/print.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ type Item struct {
 	Creator     string `xml:"dc:creator"`
 }
 
-func (item Item) Print(installTime time.Time) {
+func (item Item) Print(buildTime time.Time) {
 	var fd string
 	date, err := time.Parse(time.RFC1123Z, item.PubDate)
 
@@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ func (item Item) Print(installTime time.Time) {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 	} else {
 		fd = formatTime(int(date.Unix()))
-		if _, double, _ := cmdArgs.getArg("news", "w"); !double && !installTime.IsZero() {
-			if installTime.After(date) {
+		if _, double, _ := cmdArgs.getArg("news", "w"); !double && !buildTime.IsZero() {
+			if buildTime.After(date) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -484,18 +484,18 @@ func printNewsFeed() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	installTime, err := lastInstallTime()
+	buildTime, err := lastBuildTime()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if config.SortMode == BottomUp {
 		for i := len(rss.Channel.Items) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-			rss.Channel.Items[i].Print(installTime)
+			rss.Channel.Items[i].Print(buildTime)
 		}
 	} else {
 		for i := 0; i < len(rss.Channel.Items); i++ {
-			rss.Channel.Items[i].Print(installTime)
+			rss.Channel.Items[i].Print(buildTime)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
index 94ec1994..d244acd9 100644
--- a/query.go
+++ b/query.go
@@ -408,22 +408,20 @@ func hangingPackages(removeOptional bool) (hanging []string, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func lastInstallTime() (time.Time, error) {
+func lastBuildTime() (time.Time, error) {
 	var time time.Time
 
-	localDb, err := alpmHandle.LocalDb()
+	pkgs, _, _, _, err := filterPackages()
 	if err != nil {
 		return time, err
 	}
 
-	localDb.PkgCache().ForEach(func(pkg alpm.Package) error {
-		thisTime := pkg.InstallDate()
+	for _, pkg := range pkgs {
+		thisTime := pkg.BuildDate()
 		if thisTime.After(time) {
 			time = thisTime
 		}
-
-		return nil
-	})
+	}
 
 	return time, nil
 }

From 84810a61af7db4d08a42169b27d28994068f4daa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: morganamilo <morganamilo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 19:47:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Document news

---
 doc/yay.8 | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/yay.8 b/doc/yay.8
index da608bb0..74bc218c 100644
--- a/doc/yay.8
+++ b/doc/yay.8
@@ -119,6 +119,19 @@ be displayed\&.
 .RS 4
 Print Names of packages that need to be updated\&. Note this does not perform
 a database refresh\&. Run \fByay -Sy\fR Before this for an up to date result\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-w --news\fR
+.RS 4
+Print new news from the Archlinux homepage\&. News is considered new if it is
+newer than the build date of all native packages\&. Pass this twice to show all
+avaliable news\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-q --quiet\fR
+.RS 4
+Only show titles when printing news\&.
+.RE
 .PP
 .SH "PERMANENT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS"
 .PP