Thread: Planet: some problems with changing feed url
I decided to write a entry to my english postgres blog that streams to planet.postgresql.org. Since my last entry feed's url have been changed (it is still available on the old url, but now it is a copy that may cease to exist any time. my current RSS feed https://nataraj.dreamwidth.org/data/rss?tag=postgres_en is empty now. Since my last entry was more than a year ago, and blog engine does not show it. I think it is wise to change feed url from old to new on planet.postgresql.org before posting new entry, in order not to get two entries in the planet feed. But planet refuses my feed URL, saying "No entries found in blog. You cannot submit a blog until it contains entries." And that is actually what I really need: add a feed _before_ it has entries. Now I think I will first create entry, and then change feed url. With luck I would manage to do it before the old feed would be processed and do not get double entry in planet's feed. But I still want to draw a community attention to this problem. I think it is better to allow to add empty feeds to planet. This will not harm but might be helpful in some cases. Thanks. -- Do code for fun.
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On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Nikolay Shaplov <dhyan@nataraj.su> wrote:
I decided to write a entry to my english postgres blog that streams to
planet.postgresql.org.
Since my last entry feed's url have been changed (it is still available on the
old url, but now it is a copy that may cease to exist any time.
my current RSS feed
https://nataraj.dreamwidth.org/data/rss?tag=postgres_en
is empty now. Since my last entry was more than a year ago, and blog engine
does not show it.
I think it is wise to change feed url from old to new on planet.postgresql.org
before posting new entry, in order not to get two entries in the planet feed.
But planet refuses my feed URL, saying "No entries found in blog. You cannot
submit a blog until it contains entries."
And that is actually what I really need: add a feed _before_ it has entries.
Even if we removed that limitation it still would not be approved by moderators until there were entries on it. So that wouldn't help you.
Now I think I will first create entry, and then change feed url. With luck I
would manage to do it before the old feed would be processed and do not get
double entry in planet's feed. But I still want to draw a community attention
to this problem.
I think it is better to allow to add empty feeds to planet. This will not harm
but might be helpful in some cases.
Go into the planet interface using /register/, and hide the current entry/entries. That way there won't be duplicates when you submit the new feed. If they have already been syndicated.
В письме от 30 января 2018 15:21:11 пользователь Magnus Hagander написал: > > But planet refuses my feed URL, saying "No entries found in blog. You > > cannot > > submit a blog until it contains entries." > > And that is actually what I really need: add a feed _before_ it has > > entries. > > Even if we removed that limitation it still would not be approved by > moderators until there were entries on it. So that wouldn't help you. Actually this will remove all my difficulties, as it remove a possible conflict between old and new feeds. And I do not really care how fast it will be approved. Approving after I post the entry is quite ok. > Go into the planet interface using /register/, and hide the current > entry/entries. That way there won't be duplicates when you submit the new > feed. If they have already been syndicated. I do not quite understand what are you talking about. I see no list of the blog entries at https://planet.postgresql.org/register/ when I am logged in. Only list of my feeds (My one feed to be exact) But this is not important, as I was faster that planet feed bot. I've changed feed url before it imported an old one. :-)