diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 toolkit/components/feeds/test/xml/rss2/item_author.xml
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+++ b/toolkit/components/feeds/test/xml/rss2/item_author.xml	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!--
+
+Description: item author works
+Expect: var authors = feed.items.queryElementAt(0, Components.interfaces.nsIFeedEntry).authors; var author = authors.queryElementAt(0, Components.interfaces.nsIFeedPerson); ((author.name == 'Joe Bob Briggs'));
+
+-->
+<rss version="2.0" >
+<channel>
+<item>
+<author>jbb@dallas.example.com (Joe Bob Briggs)</author>
+<title>test</title>
+</item>
+</channel>
+</rss>