chore(rss): use forked mkdocs-rss-plugin with validation fixes#73
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- Switch to Zerthick/mkdocs-rss-plugin@fix/rss-validation-errors fork which includes upstream PR: Guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin#451 - Remove fix_rss_template.py workaround script (no longer needed) - Remove RSS template patch step from CI workflow Fixes included in fork: - <author> -> <dc:creator> for RSS 2.0 compliance - Guard enclosure length against None values - Fix double-encoded HTML entities in title/description
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Summary
Switch to a forked copy of
mkdocs-rss-pluginthat includes RSS 2.0 validation fixes, eliminating the need for thefix_rss_template.pyworkaround script.Changes
mkdocs-rss-plugin>=1.17.1toZerthick/mkdocs-rss-plugin@fix/rss-validation-errorsfix_rss_template.pyworkaround script (124 lines deleted)Fixes included in the fork
Upstream PR: Guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin#451
<author>→<dc:creator>— RSS 2.0 spec requires<author>to be an email address; switched to<dc:creator>for human-readable names&amp;,&lt;,&gt;in title/description caused by MkDocs pre-escaping + Jinja|efilter<enclosure>when length is None/non-positive (handles remote image 404s)Cleanup plan
Once the upstream PR merges, switch back to the official
mkdocs-rss-pluginpackage and drop the fork reference.