From: Steve Madsen <steve@...>
Date: 2009-09-12T02:10:10+09:00
Subject: RSS::Maker and non-permalink guids

I am using RSS::Maker to produce an RSS 2.0 feed. The items in this feed
are a mix, some having guids that are permalinks and others that are
not.

It appears that the resulting feed is incorrect when generating an item
that does not use a permalink guid. The RSS 2.0 specification says:

"isPermaLink is optional, its default value is true."

(http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html#ltguidgtSubelementOfLtitemgt)

However, this code does not emit a <guid> element with
isPermaLink="false":

  require 'rss/maker'
  rss = RSS::Maker.make('2.0') do |maker|
    maker.channel.title = 'feed title'
    maker.channel.description = 'desc'
    maker.channel.link = 'link'
    item = maker.items.new_item
    item.title = 'item title'
    item.link = 'item link'
    item.guid.content = 'guid'
    item.guid.isPermaLink = false
  end
  puts rss

This looks like a bug. If so, where should I report it?
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