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

Philip Kaludercic <[email protected]> writes:

>> 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.
>
> As we don't have any structure within the HTML changelog (and we don't
> reproduce the entire changelog, but both cap it ourselves and only
> generate what the maintainers include in their news source), we would
> have to use the same "alternate" link in every entry.

Yes, I am aware of this problem. My suggestion is to add ids to the
headlines in the html file - this will be useful in any case. Then the
feed link could also point to the changelog for example:

https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/consult.html#news

> Do you know if we can just set the alternate link for the entire feed,
> or will news readers not make use of this?

I don't know if the spec allows this. The entire feed link is always a
rel="self" afaict. At least Elfeed only supports only rel="alternate"
links per entry.

>> Daniel