Hi Thomas,

> When an episode is inserted, it has to have a newer pubDate than the
> other episodes in the feed. From what I see in the feed, this is the
> case (episodes have a pubDate, so I can rely on the pubDate to be in
> currect order).

Maybe you cannot rely on pubDate in this case. The dates seem older than
the new items in the feed. Perhaps pubDate is the date when an article
is published on the site and this date is also kept when updating the
feed (monthly charts in this case).

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/com/tmp$ grep pubDate month_starfrosch_200805011119.xml
 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:26:40 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:26:40 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:54:13 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:45:45 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:04:29 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:11:27 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:45:45 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:54:13 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:29:35 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:27:58 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:21:25 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:07:56 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:54:54 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:50:11 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:43:17 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:08:21 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:35:47 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:22:26 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:52:41 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:08:55 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:58:06 +0200</pubDate>
 <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:08:11 +0200</pubDate>


> Maybe the feed is buggy? When does the list change, and where are items
> inserted and what is the pubDate value for them if not the datetime
> value of the time that the episode was added to the feed?

I don't think so. The feed changes daily. I'll collect some samples for
you.

Regards,

Holger

-- 
Handle stets so, daß die Anzahl der Wahlmöglichkeiten größer wird.
(Heinz von Foerster, Kybernetiker, 1911-2002)




-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to