[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4547: Convert WP from magpie to Simplepie

[WordPress Trac]

#4547: Convert WP from magpie to Simplepie
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 Reporter:  technosailor          |        Owner:  technosailor
     Type:  defect                |       Status:  new         
 Priority:  normal                |    Milestone:  2.3 (trunk) 
Component:  General               |      Version:  2.3         
 Severity:  normal                |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  simplepie magpie rss  |  
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Comment (by matt):

 I worry about the complexity and weight of including arbitrary feed
 parsing in WP.

 Perhaps we should think about scaling back our parsing, right now we use
 RSS as a lightweight title/link content API for news and links. Even
 Magpie is a tad heavy for this.

 In theory I see the appeal of being able to consume any type of feed on
 the planet, including handling malformed feeds and following Postel's law,
 but does it really facilitate WP's core mission of making it easier to
 publish on the web? Or is it plugin territory?

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