[OGDev] Summary field in atom/rss index

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:08:22PM +0100, Kake L Pugh wrote:
> Hello.  At the moment, when you ask for an atom feed of the entire
> site, it looks something like this:
> 
>   <entry>
>     <title>Adam And Eve, SW1H 9EX</title>
> [...]
>     <summary>Add Category Real Ale to GBG pubs. [AutoKake]</summary>
>     <updated>2007-05-04T17:46:28+01:00</updated>
>     <author><name>AutoKake</name></author>
> [...]
>   </entry>
> 
> Since we now have a proper summary field, should we putting its value in
> here instead of the latest change comment?

I think there is continuing confusion about what the RSS feeds are feeds
of -- the content, or the changes?

If they are feeds of changes, then the summary is not correct -- that's
a summary of the node, not of the change.

Boston has always treated them as feeds of nodes, ordered by most recent
update. Hence our (my) full-node-text output by default.

So, I'm in favor, but it does mean changing the meaning of these RSS
feeds, in my eyes, and I think that should be a consideration in the
decision.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer