On 2006-02-11 10:11:09 +1100, Peter Flodin wrote:
> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:11:09 +1100
> From: Peter Flodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [opensuse-wiki] RSS news feed - a technical investigation
> To: [email protected]
>
> This thread is about the technical solutions of creating an RSS feed
> of openSUSE news. Nothing else, please don't hijack this thread, if
> you want to discuss whether we should have an RSS feed, please start a
> new thread.
>
> Some observations, and possible avenues.
> 1. The recent changes page and newpages on the wiki already has RSS.
> http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss
> http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Special:Newpages&feed=rss
>
> We could have a News: namespace and the Recentchanges page allows
> filtering on Namespace so for example
> http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Special%3ARecentchanges&namespace=100
> is all recent changes in our current SDB: namespace.
> It would have been nicer to use the Newpages page, but this doesn't
> allow filtering by namespace.
> http://en.opensuse.org/Special:Newpages&feed=rss
>
> 2. There are things called wiki bots, scripts which automatically
> contribute and edit wikis. a.) Is there an existing RSS bot that reads
> wiki pages and creates an RSS feed? Or b) alternatively puts an RSS
> feed into a wiki page. This last option would still require us to have
> our news hosted somewhere that creates an RSS feed.
>
> Let's see if we pool our expertise and knowledge whether we can come
> up with a suitable solution.
>
> Peter 'Pflodo' Flodin.
martin lasarsch is already investigating this issue. there is even a bug
in the bugzilla for it.
stay tuned.
darix
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