[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28508: Turning on RSS feed should not return 404 page not found if no posts

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#28508: Turning on RSS feed should not return 404 page not found if no posts
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 Reporter:  bretterer     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Feeds         |     Version:  3.9.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  duplicate
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => duplicate
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 > When you have no posts, I think it should return something that
 describes the site but just has empty item list. Doing so would make it so
 the feed would be a valid feed.

 I do get a valid empty feed after removing the sample post on a clean
 install:
 {{{
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <rss version="2.0"
         xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
         xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
         xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
         xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
         xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
         xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
         >

 <channel>
         <title>WordPress 3.8.1 » Page not found</title>
         <atom:link href="http://releases.wordpress/3.8.1/feed/" rel="self"
 type="application/rss+xml" />
         <link>http://releases.wordpress/3.8.1</link>
         <description>Ещё один сайт на WordPress</description>
         <lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:34:10 +0000</lastBuildDate>
         <language>ru-RU</language>
                 <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
                 <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
         <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1</generator>
 </channel>
 </rss>
 }}}

 However, the HTTP status code is 404. Closing as a duplicate of #18505 and
 #27146.

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