[tor-bugs] #19071 [Core Tor/Tor]: Check existing fallback fingerprints, IPs, and ports before 0.2.8-rc

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#19071: Check existing fallback fingerprints, IPs, and ports before 0.2.8-rc
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  teor
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |  0.2.8.x-final
 Severity:  Normal                               |        Version:  Tor:
 Keywords:  must-fix-before-028-rc,              |  0.2.8.2-alpha
  TorCoreTeam201606                              |     Resolution:
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 Reviewer:                                       |         Points:  0.5
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:3 nickm]:
 > What skills will that developer need to have?  What work will be
 involved for them?
 >
 > (I suspect it might be easier to get a volunteer if they knew better
 what they were getting themselves into.)

 * Run a python script on a reliable, non-tor network connection,
 * contact relay operators in response to failures in the script logs,
 * edit configuration files based on operator responses.

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