Bug#749534: qa.debian.org: rss feeds get updated on every pull due to pubdate set to "now"

[Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>]

Package: qa.debian.org
Severity: minor
User: qa.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: udd

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Thanks for supporting feeds for the TODO list on https://udd.debian.org/dmd/.
However, I constantly get "new" feeds because on every pull the
pubdate of items is updated and my feed reader (icedove) displays new
items.

Furthermore, my feed checker (integrated in icedove) reports the following
issues on https://udd.debian.org/dmd/feed/?email=elbrus%40debian.org:

This feed does not validate.

    line 38, column 12: link must be a full and valid URL: (4 occurrences) [help]

              <link></link>
                    ^

In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations.

    line 16, column 6: An item should not include both pubDate and dc:date (8 occurrences) [help]

              <dc:date>2014-05-27T19:43:22+00:00</dc:date>
              ^

    line 17, column 4: item should contain a guid element (8 occurrences) [help]

            </item>
            ^

    line 60, column 4: A channel should not include both pubDate and dc:date [help]

            <dc:date>2014-05-27T19:43:22+00:00</dc:date>
            ^

    line 61, column 2: Missing atom:link with rel="self" [help]

          </channel>

Thanks.
Paul


- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (99, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

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