--- a/smartopen/handlers.py	Thu Apr 04 17:13:18 2013 -0700
+++ b/smartopen/handlers.py	Wed May 01 06:56:12 2013 -0700
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import string
 import urllib
 import urllib2
+from subprocess import call
 
 class Location(object):
     """
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 
     def __init__(self, baseurl=""):
         self.baseurl = baseurl
+        # should/could strip here?
 
     def url(self, query):
         return self.baseurl + self.process(query)
@@ -80,17 +82,17 @@
 
     def test(self, query):
         return bool(self.process(query))
-        
+
 
 class Wikipedia(Location):
     """try to open the query in wikipedia"""
-    def __init__(self):        
+    def __init__(self):
         wikiurl = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'
         Location.__init__(self, wikiurl)
 
     def process(self, query):
         return urllib.quote_plus('_'.join(query.split()))
-        
+
     def test(self, query):
         'test to see if the article exists'
 
@@ -118,12 +120,12 @@
                 return False
         if self.exists(self.url(query)):
             return True
-        
+
 class Bugzilla(Location):
     def __init__(self):
         baseurl = 'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id='
         Location.__init__(self, baseurl)
-    
+
     def test(self, query):
         try:
             int(query)
@@ -132,10 +134,10 @@
             return False
 
 class Google(Location):
-    def __init__(self):        
+    def __init__(self):
         googleurl = 'http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q='
         Location.__init__(self, googleurl)
-        
+
     def process(self, query):
         return urllib.quote_plus(query)
 
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@
 
     def process(self, query):
         if query.count(' ') == 2:
-            query = ''.join(query.split(' '))        
+            query = ''.join(query.split(' '))
         return query
 
     def test(self, query):
@@ -170,5 +172,45 @@
             return True
         return False
 
+class UbuntuPackage(Location):
+    def __init__(self):
+        baseurl = 'http://packages.ubuntu.com/'
+        Location.__init__(self, baseurl)
+
+    def test(self, query):
+        if len(self.baseurl.strip().split()) > 1:
+            return False # no spaces in packages
+
+        # use `apt-cache show` for the package name
+        # the output could be captured:, e.g.
+        #         ...
+        # Filename: pool/main/h/hello/hello_2.8-2_amd64.deb
+        # Size: 28124
+        # MD5sum: 73ad59a7920e2adcff9b84c00e38418a
+        # SHA1: 70ef927cfa40b8e367f9ca7821e0064a946726c5
+        # SHA256: f8341711f6b803e032be9aff2206dfdb4045a0c6c296b0ea0d310d415f10ff4d
+        # Description-en: The classic greeting, and a good example
+        #  The GNU hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting.  It
+        #  allows non-programmers to use a classic computer science tool which
+        #  would otherwise be unavailable to them.
+        #  .
+        #  Seriously, though: this is an example of how to do a Debian package.
+        #  It is the Debian version of the GNU Project's `hello world' program
+        #  (which is itself an example for the GNU Project).
+        # Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/
+        # Description-md5: b7df6fe7ffb325083a3a60819a7df548
+        # Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
+        # Origin: Ubuntu
+        # Supported: 18m
+
+        # in theory both the home page and the ubuntu page could be interesting
+        # (different handlers?)
+
+        returncode = call(['apt-cache', 'show', self.baseurl])
+        if returncode:
+            return False
+
 # TODO:
+# - https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/jhammel/ handler
 # - https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/williamr/ handler
+# ... but no 404???