Confluence RSS Feed Builder does not support "showDiff" any more

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      We are currently in the process of upgrading our Confluence instance from 3.5 to 4.2. Quite a few users complained that the very useful "showDiff" feature of the RSS Feed generation of Confluence, mentioned e.g. here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Using+the+RSS+Feed+Builder is not available any more, and also not mentioned any more in the Confluence 4.x documentarion: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+the+RSS+Feed+Builder

      There is no release note saying this feature was removed, but
      confluence-4.2.8-source/confluence-project/confluence-core/confluence/src/java/com/atlassian/confluence/rss/FeedProperties.java

      says:

      /**

      • @return since 4.0 this will always return false.
      • @deprecated Since 4.0. Diffs are no longer supported in RSS feeds.
        */
        @Deprecated
        public boolean isShowDiff() { return false; }

      As we are using RSS Feeds to "keep current", it is unfortunate that this lovely feature was "lost" somewhere, and PLEASE give it back to us

      At least please fix your documentation / release notes that this feature is gone.

            Assignee:
            John Masson
            Reporter:
            Gerhard Müller
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