From 1802503af1816106ba15d1101081e72c36eeb8bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/" Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:36:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] overriding visible modification time (to avoid insignificant edits flooding planets) --- .../overriding_displayed_modification_time.mdwn | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/overriding_displayed_modification_time.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/overriding_displayed_modification_time.mdwn b/doc/todo/overriding_displayed_modification_time.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b015b3730 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/overriding_displayed_modification_time.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Some aggregators, like Planet, sort by mtime rather than ctime. This +means that posts with modified content come to the top (which seems odd +to me, but is presumably what the aggregator's author or operator +wants), but it also means that posts with insignificant edits (like +adding tags) come to the top too. Atom defines `` to be the date +of the last *significant* change, so it's fine that ikiwiki defaults to +using the mtime, but it would be good to have a way for the author to +say "that edit was insignificant, don't use that mtime". + +See smcv's 'updated' branch for a basic implementation, which only affects +the Atom `` field or the RSS equivalent. + +Other places the updated metadata item could be used (opinions on whether +each should use it or not, please): + +* sorting by mtime in the inline directive +* displaying "last edited" on ordinary pages -- 2.32.0.93.g670b81a890