[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11438: Make relative links absolute in feed

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#11438: Make relative links absolute in feed
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 Reporter:  caesarsgrunt  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General       |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |
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Changes (by solarissmoke):

 * keywords:  needs-patch gsoc => close


Comment:

 Few points:

 - I can't believe that anyone uses relative links containing `../` in
 their posts (in any case we should not be encouraging it). Posts can be
 displayed in several contexts (single, monthly archive, yearly archive,
 category archive, etc), and in each case the `../` will point to something
 different. Breaking the link in a feed reader would be the least of your
 problems.

 - Root-relative links are a different matter, but there are other ways to
 deal with this. One is the [http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlbase-20010627
 xml:base] attribute, which is used to specify the base for relative URLs.
 This can easily be done by a plugin using the `rss2_ns` action.

 - Most feed readers have got used to the fact that people use relative
 links, and have found ways to deal with it. This includes Google Reader
 and Feedburner.

 Proposing wontfix (again). This issue has been raised before (#1748) and
 even there received no traction.

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