> Hi! > > On 2022-12-23T10:50:13+0100, "Jose E. Marchesi via Gcc-patches" > <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: >> This patch adds an Atom feed for GCC news, which can then be easily >> aggregated in other sites, such as the GNU planet >> (https://planet.gnu.org). >> >> The feed lives in a file news.xml, and this patch initializes it with >> the latest entry in News as an example. > > I absolutely agree that providing such an RSS feed is a good thing > (..., and that we generally should make better use of our News section, > and other "PR"...) -- but I'm less convinced by the prospect of manually > editing the RSS 'news.xml' file, duplicating in a (potentially) different > format what we've got in the HTML News section. :-| > > Ideally, there'd be some simple files for News items (Markdown, or > similar), which are then converted into HTML News as well as RSS feed. > Obviously, there needs to be some consensus on what to use, and somebody > needs to set up the corresponding machinery... > > Or do others think that manual 'news.xml' maintenance is not so bad (for > now)?
I would like to point out that I have maintained these kind of feeds for my own sites for years, and that in my humble personal experience unless there are a lot of updates, like more than a couple of new entries per month, any automated schema would be overkill, prone to rot, and not really worth the effort. I strongly suggest to not overengineer here [and nowhere else :)] > > Grüße > Thomas > > >> --- >> htdocs/index.html | 9 ++++++++- >> htdocs/news.xml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> create mode 100644 htdocs/news.xml >> >> diff --git a/htdocs/index.html b/htdocs/index.html >> index e91fadf1..2ddee6f6 100644 >> --- a/htdocs/index.html >> +++ b/htdocs/index.html >> @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ >> <meta name="google-site-verification" >> content="FUv_3eEIkimd6LAoWned4TPMqmKKQmw3aA2_PBJ5SAY"> >> <title>GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection</title> >> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc.css";> >> +<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" >> + title="News about the GNU Compiler Collection" >> + href="news.xml"/> >> </head> >> >> <set-var navigation> >> @@ -48,7 +51,11 @@ mission statement</a>.</p> >> >> <!-- Note: We usually want to rotate news to the "old news" page when >> it's more than 12 months old or the News pane on this page has >> - become longer than the parallel one, whatever happens first. >> + become longer than the parallel one, whatever happens first. >> + >> + Note: There is an Atom feed in news.xml, which is aggregated by >> + some news aggregators and "planets". It is likely you want to >> + add a new item there with the good news. >> --> >> >> <td class="news border0"> >> diff --git a/htdocs/news.xml b/htdocs/news.xml >> new file mode 100644 >> index 00000000..bebcaa66 >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/htdocs/news.xml >> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ >> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> + >> +<rss version="2.0"> >> + <channel> >> + <title>News about the GNU Compiler Collection</title> >> + <link>https://gcc.gnu.org</link> >> + <description> >> + The GNU Compiler Collection includes front ends for C, C++, >> + Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, Go, and D, as well as libraries for >> + these languages (libstdc++,...). GCC was originally written as >> + the compiler for the GNU operating system. The GNU system was >> + developed to be 100% free software, free in the sense that it >> + respects the user's freedom. >> + </description> >> + >> + <item> >> + <title>GCC BPF in Compiler Explorer</title> >> + <link>https://godbolt.org</link> >> + <description> >> + Support for a nightly build of the bpf-unknown-none-gcc >> + compiler has been contributed to Compiler Explorer (aka >> + godbolt.org) by Marc Poulhiès >> + </description> >> + <pubDate>Fri, 23 December 2022 11:00:00 CET</pubDate> >> + </item> >> + >> + </channel> >> +</rss> >> -- >> 2.30.2 > ----------------- > Siemens Electronic Design Automation GmbH; Anschrift: Arnulfstraße > 201, 80634 München; Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; > Geschäftsführer: Thomas Heurung, Frank Thürauf; Sitz der Gesellschaft: > München; Registergericht München, HRB 106955
