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+the [[pluhins/aggregate]] plugin mashes the `title` of an aggregated post into a filename. This results in long filenames. I have hit a filesystem length limitation on several occasions. Some (ab)uses of RSS, e.g., twitter,
+generate long titles. Especially once you throw escaping into the mix:
+
+ $ ikiwiki --setup testsetup --aggregate --refresh
+ failed to write ./test/lifestream/Hidden_Features_Of_Perl__44___PHP__44___Javascript__44___C__44___C++__44___C__35____44___Java__44___Ruby___46____46____46__._aggregated.ikiwiki-new: File name too long
+ aggregation failed with code 9216
+ $ echo $?
+ 25
+
+-- [[Jon]]