[tor-bugs] Re: #1566 [Metrics]: Calculate directory request shares from descriptor archives

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#1566: Calculate directory request shares from descriptor archives
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  Reporter:  karsten  |       Owner:  karsten                           
      Type:  task     |      Status:  closed                            
  Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  Calculate directory request shares
 Component:  Metrics  |     Version:                                    
Resolution:  wontfix  |    Keywords:                                    
    Parent:           |  
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Changes (by karsten):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 This task is obsolete.

 A recent comparison of directory request statistics and entry statistics
 has shown that our current approach of estimating user numbers from
 directory requests is not very reliable. We should instead switch to user
 numbers based on entry statistics.

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