[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28508: Turning on RSS feed should not return 404 page not found if no posts

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#28508: Turning on RSS feed should not return 404 page not found if no posts
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 Reporter:  bretterer     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Feeds         |     Version:  3.9.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by bretterer):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  duplicate =>


Comment:

 It does not test as valid xml when you run it though
 http://feedvalidator.org/ or any other rss feed validator...

 Replying to [comment:2 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > > When you have no posts, I think it should return something that
 describes the site but just has empty item list. Doing so would make it so
 the feed would be a valid feed.
 >
 > I do get a valid empty feed after removing the sample post on a clean
 install:
 > {{{
 > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 > <rss version="2.0"
 >       xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
 >       xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
 >       xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
 >       xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
 >       xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
 >       xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
 >       >
 >
 > <channel>
 >       <title>WordPress 3.8.1 » Page not found</title>
 >       <atom:link href="http://releases.wordpress/3.8.1/feed/" rel="self"
 type="application/rss+xml" />
 >       <link>http://releases.wordpress/3.8.1</link>
 >       <description>Ещё один сайт на WordPress</description>
 >       <lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:34:10 +0000</lastBuildDate>
 >       <language>ru-RU</language>
 >               <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
 >               <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
 >       <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1</generator>
 > </channel>
 > </rss>
 > }}}
 >
 > However, the HTTP status code is 404. Closing as a duplicate of #18505
 and #27146.

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