Re: Sharing discussion area info

[Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com>]

Dan Lyke <danlyke@flutterby.com> wrote:

> The only place the Perl XML::RSS module documents multiple entries is
> at the "item" level, so I decided that the right way to handle this
> (once my CMS expands to know about mulitple "primary" links in an
> entry) is with multiple "item" entries.

Yeah, the XML::RSS module is pretty broken right now... you may want to talk
to Ken McLeod about using Orchard/RSS/Perl.

> Hmmm... Seems like I should just ditch the whole XML::RSS module then,
> and just whip up something designed the way I'd do it that avoids the
> whole legacy of the RSS stuff, 'cause it seems to be doing nothing for
> me. 

Can't Perl just do the text output by itself? I think you'll get quite a bit
of value out of RSS, so it may be worth sticking to.

> Is anybody actually playing with and testing stuff?

Yeah, actually... 

> I've avoided the whole standards discussion thing because I'm subscribed to
> way too many standards mailing lists where lots of "this would be a good
> feature to have" gets bandied about but nobody ever actually gets anything
> done.

Well, I for one, am working hard to make sure there's code on both sides of
this, but I can't speak for anyone else. I hope, however, our track record
of support stands behind us: Slash, Blogger, O'Reilly, etc.

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