[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9689: SimplePie doesn't like rss 0.91?

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#9689: SimplePie doesn't like rss 0.91?
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy      |        Type:  defect (bug)
   Status:  new                    |    Priority:  normal      
Milestone:  2.8                    |   Component:  Feeds       
  Version:  2.8                    |    Severity:  major       
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |  
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Comment(by hakre):

 Replying to [comment:5 rmccue]:
 > [...] As far as I can see, there's no point in adding an upstream patch
 to SP. I'm fairly sure that the RSS specification, somewhere, mentions
 that a correct MIME type must be used, though I can't find this.

 Well SP actually handles the Feed. What happens here is that when the URL
 is requested for the first time and (only) some mimetypes are not found,
 SP assumes that it must be a website and tries to autodiscover. In this
 case it fails because it is actually a feed.

 for a real improvement SP should make the autodiscover that clever if
 checking a document for further links to feeds to actually think about to
 check if the whole document already is a feed.

 a workaround for a user might be to not pass the feed url but the website
 that links the feed. unfourtionatly with the feed URL provided i cannot
 test.

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