- source_config2 = source_config.copy()
- hook_name = 'frontpage_updates_' + source_config2.pop('__type__')
- source_config2.update(global_config)
-
- # Hooks should return a list of FrontPageUpdate objects, making this
- # return value a list of lists
- updates_lol = run_hooks(hook_name, **source_config2)
+ hook_name = 'frontpage_updates_' + source_config['__type__']
+
+ # Merge with the global config
+ merged_config = source_config.copy()
+ del merged_config['__type__']
+
+ merged_config['limit'] = min(
+ merged_config.get('limit', global_limit),
+ global_limit,
+ )
+
+ try:
+ local_max_age = now - datetime.timedelta(
+ seconds=merged_config['max_age'])
+ except KeyError:
+ local_max_age = None
+
+ if global_max_age and local_max_age:
+ merged_config['max_age'] = max(global_max_age, local_max_age)
+ else:
+ merged_config['max_age'] = global_max_age or local_max_age
+
+ # Hooks should return a list of FrontPageUpdate-like objects,
+ # making this return value a list of lists
+ updates_lol = run_hooks(hook_name, **merged_config)