[Ambassadors] Triaging Online Vendor and Local Vendor list.

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 03:24:18PM -0400, Andrew Jamison wrote:
> What about adapting mirror manager to work for this? You could setup
> a process to verify new vendors then when added to the list they are
> required to do some kind of update once a release cycle. The
> modified mirror manager could then scan the sites in the list and
> check for modified times.
> 
B> You do not have to use the mirror manager example but a simple php
> scrip (simple for someone versed in php) could check the sites and
> update the list according to dead links or not.

This sounds like a fun idea, but in practice it would likely only
decrease the pool of vendors.  No one wants to jump through hoops to
do something they see as giving us a freebie.

Having the lists broken down and manually checked by region, if not a
perfect solution, at least spreads the load in a way that makes
periodic updates easier.x

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