Comment 14 for bug 989257

Yes, keep compatibility and same feed URL are very important, no matter what.

Jon

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:25 AM, Jakub Jankiewicz
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> I rewrite the rss API recently because there where bugs, the xml was
> invalid (there ware unescape & in text) I don't know if link that use
> inkscape is free of this bugs and simple Inkscape it handle them.
>
> I don't remember if RSS API is using Sphinx search (which is use for
> normal search) if it doesn't then it will, so API search will be the
> same as normal search you will get the same clipart. and sphinx is
> faster and more accurate.
>
> If they are almost the same then maybe I will need to remove one of
> them, If I remove one link I will put redirect. Does Inkscape will
> handle HTTP redirect?
>
> Maybe Inkscape don't need to use new API for now. I don't want to break
> old version of Inkscape so if Inkscape will not handle redirect I can
> put the same code as for API search if it's the same purpose and return
> the same stuff then it can be identical.
>
>
> On Sat, 12 May 2012 18:20:52 -0000
> JazzyNico <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> ~ScislaC - Not sure about the link. Apparently, the generic API and
>> the RSS link are almost identical. The generic API is still RSS, but
>> adds a <content:encoded> element that encloses the description in
>> CDATA. And I see nowhere in the doc (http://openclipart.org/docs/api)
>> which one should be preferred.
>>
>> ~Jakub - Could you please give you opinion on the API we should use in
>> Inkscape?
>>
>
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