bug#81529: 31.0.91; [ELPA] Atom feed entries only specify a self-link

Daniel Mendler via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email protected]> Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:16:50 +0200

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ELPA provides Atom feeds:

https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/.aggregated-feed.xml
https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/tmr.xml

The Atom feed entries specify only a self link into the package feed,
for example:

  <entry>
    <title>GNU ELPA: Release of &quot;tmr&quot;, Version 1.4.0</title>
    <updated>2026-07-31T17:05:22Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>elpa-admin</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
    </author>
    <id>tag:elpa.gnu.org,2026-07-31:packages/tmr.xml#v1.4.0</id>
    <link href="https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/tmr.xml#v1.4.0" rel="self"/>
  </entry>

It would be useful to also specify an additional rel="alternate" link
for each feed entry pointing to the package website, e.g.,
https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/tmr.html. This way feed readers like
Elfeed can point users to the package website.

Thanks!

Daniel