Re: RSS for Debian
Peter Karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se> writes:
> Nic Ferrier:
>
>> I could easily construct a good news system by parsing the home page
>> if you formatted the news lists a little differently, say with span
>> tags surrounding each news item or with each news item part of a UL
>> list with the list bullet set to nothing.
>
> You shouldn't be parsing the generated HTML anyway, the script should
> be integrated with the website build process and use the source code.
> Have a look at http://www.debian.org/devel/website/ for how you can
> access the source code and build data from it.
>
> We already generate RSS feeds from the security advisories, the source
> code for doing this is available along the rest.
I wasn't aware of that because it isn't linked from the home page.
You don't need my help then.
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Nic Ferrier
http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk
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