[consulting] Use of groups.drupal.org

[Dan Robinson]

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>>> * choose to be notified using different methods for different
>>> subscriptions -- e.g. email, RSS, IM, SMS
>> as long as the "master" is RSS this should be simple.
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> The "master" is already captured in the database, which is how we can
> generate the unread view using views.
of course - understood. but the question is

DB->RSS->mail  or
DB->Mail
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>>> * for RSS "notification", have a single feed per user -- so all your
>>> subscribed to items could be retrieved via
>>> http://example.com/subscription/[uid]/feed
>> groups.drupal.org already does this.
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> Yep. Powered by views. But it doesn't include comments. As Moshe said,
> make views comment-aware and we can do this. Probably don't need
> commentRSS at all.
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>>> The subscription(s) module and commentRSS are part of the way there.
>> is that a module? (*looking*) -
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> Both are modules, yes.
so i see.
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>>> Securesite is needed so you can get access to node_access protected
>>> content.
>> my feed from groups.drupal.org is protected by my userid/pwd.
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> Which is powered by securesite -- it prompts for user/pass via HTTP
> Basic Auth, so your feed reader "just works".
yes - freakin wonderful - this was part of my aha.  Up until now the RSS
authentication has been sucky (not Drupal, just in general)...
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> -- Boris
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