channel language should not be mandetory

[257]

language is clearly under Optional channel elements; any particular reason for this?

[rock3r]

No podcast RSS feed validator will validate your feed if you don't have an image, despite what the RSS spec says (podcast RSS plays largely by its own rules, distinct from general-purpose RSS)

[257]

not sure if i follow; this is what stalla cares about, i think:

            title != null && description != null &&
            link != null && language != null

image is not there. are you talking about something else? you mean <image> under <item>?

[257]

AntennaPod, btw, will not complain if <language> is missing under <channel>.
another thing AntennaPod does is that it will not complain if <description> under <channel> has not value: <description></description>; which is how the spec reads i suppose.

[257]

regardless, will you accept patches for changing language's type to language: Locale? ?

[rock3r]

The image not being in the validation set might be a bug. As for "app/platform X will accept Y" — yes, but you can find others that do complain (e.g., Apple Podcasts require images). The intent was to not let users create feeds that are formally valid but functionally broken in real life. The difficulty lies in every player and platform having different rules and different degrees of leniency

[rock3r]

Also, sorry, for whatever reason I read image instead of language in the OP. If I recall correctly, language is considered mandatory by several platforms.

[257]

regardless, will you accept patches for changing language's type to language: Locale? ?

@mpgirro ?

[mpgirro]

You're right, language is defined as optional in the specification. I'm not sure anymore about the particular reason we had for enforcing it in the past. I'm open for PRs to adjust this.