declare xdist-related hooks directly here (requires a recent py-trunk)

xdist/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #
-__version__ = "1.1"
+__version__ = "1.2"
 

xdist/newhooks.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+def pytest_gwmanage_newgateway(gateway, platinfo):
+    """ called on new raw gateway creation. """ 
+
+def pytest_gwmanage_rsyncstart(source, gateways):
+    """ called before rsyncing a directory to remote gateways takes place. """
+
+def pytest_gwmanage_rsyncfinish(source, gateways):
+    """ called after rsyncing a directory to remote gateways takes place. """
+
+def pytest_testnodeready(node):
+    """ Test Node is ready to operate. """
+
+def pytest_testnodedown(node, error):
+    """ Test Node is down. """
+
+def pytest_rescheduleitems(items):
+    """ reschedule Items from a node that went down. """
+
+def pytest_looponfailinfo(failreports, rootdirs):
+    """ info for repeating failing tests. """

xdist/plugin.py

@@ -173,6 +173,16 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
     group.addoption('--rsyncdir', action="append", default=[], metavar="dir1", 
            help="add directory for rsyncing to remote tx nodes.")
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# distributed testing hooks
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def pytest_registerhooks(pluginmanager):
+    from xdist import newhooks
+    pluginmanager.registerhooks(newhooks)
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# distributed testing initialization
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def pytest_configure(config):
     if config.option.numprocesses:
         config.option.dist = "load"