#19904: Rework syndications contrib to use generic CBV's
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Reporter: dokterbob | Owner: dokterbob
Type: | Status: closed
Cleanup/optimization | Version: master
Component: contrib.syndication | Resolution: wontfix
Severity: Normal | Triage Stage: Design
Keywords: django-sprint cbv | decision needed
syndication | Needs documentation: 0
Has patch: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Needs tests: 0 | UI/UX: 0
Easy pickings: 0 |
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Comment (by lukeplant):
I think you should open a new ticket for this.
There are good reasons for the original API for feeds. There is the low
level feed generator API in django.utils.feedgenerator -
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/utils/#module-
django.utils.feedgenerator for generating the XML of a specific feed
format. It is entirely possible to use this in projects without ever using
the high level API. This code is not "only used by the feeds contrib" - it
is a publicly documented API in its own right. So I would be -1 on merging
that into the high level API.
I don't know in what ways you find the API hard to extend, but I think
they should be the subject of another ticket, or perhaps several tickets.
Also, I think your terminology is a bit confusing - usually you "refactor"
an implementation i.e. leave the API alone, and change the internals. Or,
you change an API (by introducing a new one, and deprecating the old one,
in the case of Django). I'm not sure which you are suggesting.
If you are proposing a new feed API, it will require significant
justification. If you have very custom needs that the current high level
API is ill-suited for, it is entirely possible to write your own high
level API. The argument "it's not DRY" can be used to include everything
possible in Django, which we will always resist. It has to be something
that is demonstrated to be a common need, and where having external,
possibly competing, solutions is something which is either impossible or
bad for Django users.
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