[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #6905: Feeds always display full text

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#6905: Feeds always display full text
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 Reporter:  gnot     |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  closed   
 Priority:  normal   |    Milestone:           
Component:  General  |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal   |   Resolution:  invalid  
 Keywords:           |  
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Changes (by Otto42):

  * status:  new => closed
  * version:  2.5.1 =>
  * resolution:  => invalid
  * milestone:  2.7 =>

Comment:

 This is not a bug, this is by design, and I really wish people would
 search first, as this has been explained a thousand times before.

 The <description> contains the summary, always. What the "full text" does
 is to control whether or not the feed also contains a <content:encoded>
 with the full text. We do it this way because all feed readers understand
 it correctly and use the two fields for different things.

 Yes, Firefox displays the description field and so it looks abbreviated.
 But Firefox is not a feed reader and not our target for feeds.

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