Re: [tor-bugs] #12205 [Tor]: Document magic numbers at entry_is_time_to_retry()

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#12205: Document magic numbers at entry_is_time_to_retry()
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     Reporter:  asn      |      Owner:
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  trivial  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  tor-guard
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
       Points:           |
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Changes (by asn):

 * priority:  minor => trivial


Comment:

 FWIW, this is actually documented in `path-spec.txt`:
 {{{
   If Tor fails to connect to an otherwise usable guard, it retries
   periodically: every hour for six hours, every 4 hours for 3 days, every
   18 hours for a week, and every 36 hours thereafter.  Additionally, Tor
   retries unreachable guards the first time it adds a new guard to the
 list,
   since it is possible that the old guards were only marked as unreachable
   because the network was unreachable or down.
 }}}

 Still, it might be worth mentioning this in the code.

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