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Re: gratuitous change blocks upgrade to 0.2.2.15-alpha :-(




On Sep 11, 2010, at 3:47 AM, Sebastian Hahn wrote:


On Sep 10, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote:
In any case, Sebastian started a trac entry for this one:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1929
wherein he starts out by listing a reason that we shouldn't fix it.

Please add more pros and cons to the trac entry.

it'd be nice if further discussion could be moved to the bug
report. Nick had a nice idea how to solve the situation
without breaking our controllers. It would be great to get
feedback on this (positive or negative) so please do reply
with your thoughts.

Patches for the documentation are also welcome, if they
help to clarify the situation.

Thanks

Sebastian

To let those know who didn't start monitoring the bug
report, as of 851255170 we implemented a new feature
to allow using multiple lines when specifying a torrc entry.

To indicate that a line ends in the torrc but Tor should treat
the next line as if it belonged to the current line, use a
backslash at the end of the line. Comments inside such a
block are ignored.

To provide an example, here is what the new syntax might
look like (basically all previously valid torrcs should remain
valid):

    ExcludeNodes \
    # I don't like kittens
       lolcat1, \
    lolcat2 \
    # / I also don't like bunnies! I really hate them. \
       ,cutebunny, extracutebunny, \
    # and this node appeared on my mother's birthday
                          birthdaynode
    StrictNodes 1

I hope this is an acceptable solution for those who wanted
a change, and doesn't upset those that thought the old
behaviour was like it should be.

Sebastian
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