Re: Planet: some problems with changing feed url

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Nikolay Shaplov <dhyan(at)nataraj(dot)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.

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