0003907: Bad RSS link on http://bugs.mantisbt.org/

(0005642)
Wanderer (developer)
2004-06-01 03:59
edited on: 2004-06-01 04:03

It's not for direct browsing, it's URL, which can be added to any RSS-aggregator for reading news (and only news now :-( ) from site

Just for note - it works, and news really aggregated in reader

edited on: 06-01-04 04:03

(0005646)
dfaught (reporter)
2004-06-01 16:10

I usually get to a page of XML when I click on RSS links, rather than a strange error. I'm not much of an RSS user, so I could be mistaken, but it seems odd for a hyperlink that shows up in the web browser to lead to an error like this.

(0005647)
dfaught (reporter)
2004-06-01 16:14

Hmmm, I'm getting the same error from my news aggregator, so this looks like a real error in the RSS feature to me. Can you reproduce this by adding a new subscription based on the current RSS link?

(0005648)
Wanderer (developer)
2004-06-01 21:36

I tried in my (RSS-reader plugin for Miranda)- and got feed and no errors. You can test your aggregator on my 0.19-CVS installation (but AFAIS nothing was changed in this area) - http://bts.e-city.net.ru/demo/news_rss.php?project_id=1 [^]
PS - sorry, but news only in Russian

(0005649)
dfaught (reporter)
2004-06-01 22:51

I looked at your demo site, and yes, it looks okay. Is this issue unique to version 0.18.2? (My own installation isn't configured to use RSS, so I can't check there.)

(0006425)
rfoster (developer)
2004-07-28 18:42

This issue is really biting me :( The problem is that the '&' in is invalid, and needs to be escaped as & in XML to work properly. Note that this is only showing up in messages like the change log. (ie. those containing )

I've tested this by substituting the following string:

with
 
and it works perfectly in a local copy of the current rss feed for this project.

(0006427)
vboctor (administrator)
2004-07-28 19:10

I think this is a bug in the RSS library that we are using. I would expect this library to escape the data before generating the XML file.

These are the options to fix this library:
- Add the escaping to the external library (or see if this issue is fixed in more recent versions).
- Move to a different library (that hopefully fixes this and uses GPL license.
- For now, escape the data before setting it into the RSS generator.

This bug will depend on the contents of the news, rather than a specific version of Mantis.

(0009893)
vboctor (administrator)
2005-04-24 09:37

I tested it now and it seems to be working. The official bugtracker is now using Mantis 1.0.0a1 which may have the fix for this problem.

(0009894)
vboctor (administrator)
2005-04-24 09:45

I didn't read the comments again before posting my last comment. The problem is probably not fixed yet.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2004-05-31 11:31	dfaught	New Issue
2004-06-01 03:59	Wanderer	Note Added: 0005642
2004-06-01 04:02	Wanderer	Note Added: 0005643
2004-06-01 04:03	Wanderer	Note Deleted: 0005643
2004-06-01 04:03	Wanderer	Note Edited: 0005642
2004-06-01 16:10	dfaught	Note Added: 0005646
2004-06-01 16:10	dfaught	Issue Monitored: dfaught
2004-06-01 16:14	dfaught	Note Added: 0005647
2004-06-01 21:36	Wanderer	Note Added: 0005648
2004-06-01 22:51	dfaught	Note Added: 0005649
2004-07-28 18:42	rfoster	Note Added: 0006425
2004-07-28 19:10	vboctor	Note Added: 0006427
2004-08-11 19:04	rfoster	Issue Monitored: rfoster
2005-04-24 09:37	vboctor	Note Added: 0009893
2005-04-24 09:37	vboctor	Status	new => feedback
2005-04-24 09:37	vboctor	Category	webpage => rss
2005-04-24 09:45	vboctor	Note Added: 0009894
2005-04-27 10:28	vboctor	Assigned To	=> vboctor
2005-04-27 10:37	vboctor	Status	feedback => resolved
2005-04-27 10:37	vboctor	Fixed in Version	=> 1.0.0a3
2005-04-27 10:37	vboctor	Resolution	open => fixed
2005-05-31 11:33	vboctor	Status	resolved => closed

Notes
(0005642) Wanderer (developer) 2004-06-01 03:59 edited on: 2004-06-01 04:03	It's not for direct browsing, it's URL, which can be added to any RSS-aggregator for reading news (and only news now :-( ) from site Just for note - it works, and news really aggregated in reader edited on: 06-01-04 04:03

(0005646) dfaught (reporter) 2004-06-01 16:10	I usually get to a page of XML when I click on RSS links, rather than a strange error. I'm not much of an RSS user, so I could be mistaken, but it seems odd for a hyperlink that shows up in the web browser to lead to an error like this.

(0005647) dfaught (reporter) 2004-06-01 16:14	Hmmm, I'm getting the same error from my news aggregator, so this looks like a real error in the RSS feature to me. Can you reproduce this by adding a new subscription based on the current RSS link?

(0005648) Wanderer (developer) 2004-06-01 21:36	I tried in my (RSS-reader plugin for Miranda)- and got feed and no errors. You can test your aggregator on my 0.19-CVS installation (but AFAIS nothing was changed in this area) - http://bts.e-city.net.ru/demo/news_rss.php?project_id=1 [^] PS - sorry, but news only in Russian

(0005649) dfaught (reporter) 2004-06-01 22:51	I looked at your demo site, and yes, it looks okay. Is this issue unique to version 0.18.2? (My own installation isn't configured to use RSS, so I can't check there.)

(0006425) rfoster (developer) 2004-07-28 18:42	This issue is really biting me :( The problem is that the '&' in is invalid, and needs to be escaped as & in XML to work properly. Note that this is only showing up in messages like the change log. (ie. those containing ) I've tested this by substituting the following string: with   and it works perfectly in a local copy of the current rss feed for this project.

(0006427) vboctor (administrator) 2004-07-28 19:10	I think this is a bug in the RSS library that we are using. I would expect this library to escape the data before generating the XML file. These are the options to fix this library: - Add the escaping to the external library (or see if this issue is fixed in more recent versions). - Move to a different library (that hopefully fixes this and uses GPL license. - For now, escape the data before setting it into the RSS generator. This bug will depend on the contents of the news, rather than a specific version of Mantis.

(0009893) vboctor (administrator) 2005-04-24 09:37	I tested it now and it seems to be working. The official bugtracker is now using Mantis 1.0.0a1 which may have the fix for this problem.

(0009894) vboctor (administrator) 2005-04-24 09:45	I didn't read the comments again before posting my last comment. The problem is probably not fixed yet.

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