--- a/autobot/projects/__init__.py	Mon Jan 10 15:38:09 2011 -0800
+++ b/autobot/projects/__init__.py	Mon Jan 10 22:40:18 2011 -0800
@@ -10,19 +10,33 @@
 * autobot        [TODO]
 """
 
+import imp
 import os
-
+from buildbot.process.factory import BuildFactory
 from logparser import TestLogParserFactory
 from mozmill import TestMozmillFactory
-# TODO: import these automagically:
-# requires non-zipped eggs
+
+# available factories::
+# import these automagically: requires non-zipped eggs
+factories = {}
+descriptions = {}
 here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 packages = [os.path.join(here, path)
             for path in os.listdir(here)
             if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(here, path))]
-packages = [package for package in packages
+packages = [os.path.basename(package) for package in packages
             if os.path.exists(os.path.join(package, '__init__.py'))]
+for package in packages:
+    try:
+        module = imp.load_package('autobot.projects.'+package, imp.find_module(package, [here])[1])
+    except:
+        continue
+    for attr in dir(module):
+        try:
+            _obj = getattr(module, attr)
+            if issubclass(_obj, BuildFactory) and _obj.__module__.startswith('autobot.projects.'):
+                factories[package] = _obj
+                descriptions[package] = (getattr(_obj, '__doc__', attr) or attr).strip()
+        except TypeError:
+            continue
 
-# available factories
-factories = {'logparser': TestLogParserFactory,
-             'mozmill':   TestMozmillFactory }