It's hard to tell from your wording if you're planning to give people
advance notice before disabling their feeds. If you weren't already
planning on it, I'd suggest that you do. Technically it's not very
different, but psychologically, being consulted before an action is taken
feels much better than having to ask for an action to be reversed.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Asa Dotzler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 12/15/14, 5:15 AM, Axel Hecht wrote:
>
>> On 12/15/14 9:22 AM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Robert Accettura <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Dec 14, 2014, at 9:58 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <[email protected]
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How will you decide which feeds are dead? Are we talking dead as in the
>>>>>
>>>> RSS
>>>>
>>>>> feed errors or dead as in no recent content (inactive blog?)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are quite a few that 4xx 5xx or just don't resolve.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Will peers attempt to reach out to those that are just erroring versus
>>> not
>>> resolving?
>>>
>>>
>> I think it's fine for that onus to be on the people that want to be on
>> planet.
>>
>> Axel
>>
>
> We have a bug on file for every addition to planet since many years ago.
> This means we can easily note in the original addition request bug if and
> when we disable a feed for being "dead" (pick your definition) and the
> owner of the feed can simply reply in the bug asking for reconsideration.
> Alternatively, we can file a new bug for the removal and cc the feed owner
> (get bugmail from original bug if needed) so the owner can, again, simply
> ask for reconsideration. Re-adding a feed is, IMO, not a serious cost so we
> shouldn't be too worried about disabling feeds that seem dead.
>
> - A
>
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