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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-26109

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

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    • Resolution: Won't Fix
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    • Confluence 4.2.8
    • We collect Confluence feedback from various sources, and we evaluate what we've collected when planning our product roadmap. To understand how this piece of feedback will be reviewed, see our Implementation of New Features Policy.

      NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion.

      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.

            [CONFSERVER-26109] Confluence RSS Feed Builder does not support "showDiff" any more

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            Description Original: 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.
            New: {panel:bgColor=#e7f4fa}
              *NOTE:* This suggestion is for *Confluence Server*. Using *Confluence Cloud*? [See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-26109].
              {panel}

            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.
            jonah (Inactive) made changes -
            Link New: This issue relates to CONFCLOUD-26109 [ CONFCLOUD-26109 ]

              jmasson@atlassian.com John Masson
              da3888a75811 Gerhard Müller
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