Create a "back-up" for the Podcast Index

[atdrago]

The idea is that this would serve as

1. A way to patch common issues that occur within the Podcast Index. (truncated descriptions, erroring enclosure references, etc.)
2. A sort-of internal cache against the Podcast Index.
3. An internal way to reference podcast feeds and/or episodes. (This would help solve Add support for custom feed URL input, especially for those that exist outside the podcast index #82 )

[djdmbrwsk]

How would you know to make a patch? Just an ad hoc when-you-see-it type approach for now?

[atdrago]

How would you know to make a patch? Just an ad hoc when-you-see-it type approach for now?

Yea, it would be ad-hoc, case-by-case thing. For example, with enclosure URLs, we could perform an initial HEAD request and check that it responds with a 200-level status. If not, double-check the feed itself and make sure the enclosure URL is the same. If it changed, and a HEAD request responds with a 200-level status, patch it in our index. Open to other suggestions on how to do it though! I wouldn't want it to slow down page loads and it sounds like it very easily could