From 077fdea638270d25e8b1ab7d4257de0290263459 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Clay <samuel@ofbrooklyn.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:55:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing a common error for feeds: too many feed authors
 causing an error. Now correctly reducing the author list to an acceptable
 amount.

---
 apps/rss_feeds/models.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/rss_feeds/models.py b/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
index 27ee9250d..1957a7ab4 100644
--- a/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
+++ b/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
@@ -396,9 +396,8 @@ class Feed(models.Model):
             self.save(lock=lock)
             return
 
-        authors_list = json.decode(feed_authors) if feed_authors else []
-        if len(authors_list) > 1:
-            self.save_popular_authors(authors_list[:-1])
+        if len(feed_authors) > 1:
+            self.save_popular_authors(feed_authors=feed_authors[:-1], lock=lock)
             
     def trim_feed(self):
         from apps.reader.models import UserStory