From d1295a94f02fcd29a2a0d6221683cc3f0d2f2778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:05:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove extra newswire items

---
 newswire.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/newswire.py b/newswire.py
index c52415829..b9b476b8c 100644
--- a/newswire.py
+++ b/newswire.py
@@ -733,7 +733,13 @@ def getDictFromNewswire(session, baseDir: str, domain: str,
     # are there too many posts? If so then remove the oldest ones
     noOfPosts = len(sortedResult.items())
     if noOfPosts > maxNewswirePosts:
-        for n in range(noOfPosts - maxNewswirePosts):
-            sortedResult.pop()
+        ctr = 0
+        removals = []
+        for dateStr, item in sortedResult.items():
+            ctr += 1
+            if ctr >= maxNewswirePosts:
+                removals.append(dateStr)
+        for r in removals:
+            sortedResult.pop(r)
 
     return sortedResult