on_create() will propagate "actor" in the Create activity to "attributedTo" in the newborn object

if it doesn't already have an "attributedTo".

kepi/bowler_pub/create.py

@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ def on_create(fields, address):
                 address)
         return None
 
+    if 'attributedTo' not in newborn_fields:
+        newborn_fields['attributedTo'] = fields['actor']
+
     logger.debug('%s:  -- recurse',
             address)
 
@@ -240,12 +243,18 @@ def on_note(fields, address):
 
         return newbie
 
-    except Exception as ke:
-        logger.debug('%s: failed to create status: %s',
+    except KeyError as ke:
+        logger.debug('%s: missing field: %s',
             address,
             ke)
         return None
 
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.debug('%s: failed to create status: %s',
+            address,
+            e)
+        return None
+
 def on_announce(fields, address):
 
     logger.debug('%s: on_announce %s', address, fields)