[ROL-1642] Comments do not show in feeds with some readers.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.1
• Component/s: Comments, Newsfeeds (RSS & Atom)
• Environment: Any
• Browser Version: Firefox 2.0.0.11
• Customer(s): jasonrumney.net
• Database: PostgresQL 8.2.5
• JDK Version: JDK 1.6.0-b105
• O/S Version: Debian GNU/Linux (unstable - 2.6.18)
• Assignee: David Johnson
• Reporter: Jason Rumney
• Created: 20/Dec/07 11:49
• Updated: 08/Jan/14 04:13
• Resolved: 30/Dec/08 03:27

Description

When viewing the Atom or RSS comment feed in Firefox (2.0.0.11) or RSSOwl (2.0m7), the comment content does not show. Viewing in IE7, it does show, so the problem is limited to some readers.

The problem appears to be caused by a newline between the opening content/description tag and the comment text. This newline appears to be embedded in the comment itself, as the template generation code in feed.vm has $comment.content appearing immediately after the open tag.

Although this is really a bug in those newsreaders, it would be an improvement if roller avoided the bug.