Version: 1.2.6 (using KDE 3.5.6 "release 41.4" , openSUSE ) Compiler: Target: x86_64-suse-linux OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.18.8-0.1-default Feeds to currently refresh based on a user option. This is a good behaviour. However publishers sometimes want to have a say in the matter of content freshness! Therefor Akregator should offer the option "Update when expired". This should be the preferred option if a Cache-Control HTTP/1.1 header is set OR a <ttl> child is present under <channel> (RSS 2 only!) If not then the users default refresh time should be the default option. The feed should then only be refreshed when the cache expires, or after the fixed <ttl> interval. Note that RSS 2 also specifies <skipDay> and <skipHour> which are the days of the week (Monday 1 - Sunday 7) and hours of the day (0 - 23 GMT) that the feed should not be refreshed.
Cache-Control could also be used to indicate that a feed that is not set to auto-refresh has expired!
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