Please add publication dates to the comic RSS feed

[Thain]

Currently the OOTS comic feed has no publication dates. And whenever I refresh it in my reader, i get all comics pulled down! So, thats 680 at this point... Pretty annoying!

[wxdruid]

There have already been several threads posted that are related to this topic.

Small bandwidth Savings (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108164)

RSS Feed Question (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109346)

RSS Feed Issue (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112377)

On RSS Feed Length (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118640)

Quote from the Forum Staff
We're aware of problems with the RSS feed, but you have to understand that it is a low priority compared to the server problems, simply because a lack of bandwidth is not our problem. We have plenty of bandwidth, bandwidth to spare. What we have a problem with is server load, and that isn't affected by the size of the RSS feed (to the best of my knowledge).

So, while we will address it at some point, we are prioritizing the server load issues.

[Zeb The Troll]

Although I would be curious what the next issue in line is, since the server load seems to have been mostly remedied at this point. Not that it's any of my business, of course. I'm just curious.