[FEATURE] Distro news (multi-distro)
- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
**Summary:** Add a compact in-app news view for EndeavourOS, Manjaro, Garuda, and CachyOS, with filtering and a clear split between critical system updates (kernel/systemd/core) and general package news. Related planning: `dev/IMPROVEMENTS/FEATURE_PRIORITY.md`, `dev/IMPROVEMENTS/news_feed_implementation.md`, `dev/WORKFLOWS/news_fetching_workflow.md`.
## Problem / motivation
Arch-based derivatives publish important announcements; users want them inside Pacsea with filtering and severity hints.
## Goals
- Detect or let user select **distro flavor**; fetch appropriate feed(s) (RSS/Atom/JSON per distro).
- Present headlines + body in a reader panel; optional open-in-browser keybind.
- **Classification:** tag items affecting kernel/systemd/core as “system critical” when detectable from title/category/package lists; fallback heuristic with manual override not required in v1.
## Recommended implementation
### 1) Reuse existing news plumbing
- Audit current news modules and HTTP/caching; extend with multi-source registry keyed by `DistroId`.
### 2) Sources
- Maintain a small table: `EndeavourOS → URL`, `Manjaro → URL`, etc., with versioned defaults; allow user override URLs in config for resilience.
### 3) Classification pipeline
- **Rules:** keyword lists (kernel, systemd, glibc, openssl, etc.) + optional RSS categories.
- **Package correlation (stretch):** if news references CVE or package name, cross-link to installed version if data available.
### 4) UX
- Filter chips: All | Critical | Pacman | AUR; search within cached items.
- Background refresh with TTL; show last updated timestamp.
## Acceptance criteria
- Works offline with last cached fetch; shows stale indicator.
- Failing feed: per-source error, others still load.
- Respects `--dry-run` for any write (if caching to disk is considered mutating, document behavior consistent with app norms).
## Testing
- Unit tests with recorded HTTP fixtures; no live network in CI.
- Parser tests for each feed shape you support.
## Risks
- Feed format drift; keep parser tolerant and log parse failures.
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Tracking: `dev/ROADMAP/OTHER_distro_news.md`
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