Re: RSS Revision - IssueMinimumOneItem
James Aylett <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 12:57:22PM -0400, Bill Kearney wrote:
> I do see your point about wanting a feed where 'no news is good news'.
> Having no items as a way of saying there was nothing to be said. This
> raises a different issue, however, concerning how to state the range of time
> your feed is covering.
Yeah - this would have to be an extension. I suppose you could
formalise a DC time range for the feed or something, but nothing now
is going to understand that.
> > You're saying if we have a
> > warning ("Foo is on fire"), then it's resolved ("Foo has been put
> > out"), you get the following behaviour:
>
> Which got mangled due to mail/font inconsistencies.
Gah. text/plain emails should be displayed in monospaced fonts! :-)
> > I can build something that isn't a hammer, but if they already have
> > hammers, they might treat my screw like a nail anyway :-)
>
> Oh most certainly true. And bitch about how shitty your screws are
> at being nails.
So I guess I'm trying to make my screws more like nails for people who
insist on using hammers. :)
> > Again: perhaps this isn't RSS 1.0 territory. If it isn't, I have to
> > use another RSS breed,
> They're all going to be the same in this aspect.
They all require >=1 items? (I haven't checked, to be honest.)
> > or roll my own client for everyone to use (and
> > believe me, just because I only have a few thousand users doesn't mean
> > I can roll out a custom client easily :-).
>
> If it provides compelling enough functionality then they'll want to put
> forth the effort.
Some won't. There are people who refuse to take free training that
would save them time within days. Some people are just contrary, or
convinced that they don't have time for time-saving measures. (There
are those who would take a custom client from us immediately, and love
it, of course.)
James
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