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[tor-bugs] #20667 [Core Tor/Tor]: Clarify FetchUselessDescriptors and UseMicrodescriptors in 0.3.0
#20667: Clarify FetchUselessDescriptors and UseMicrodescriptors in 0.3.0
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Reporter: teor | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone: Tor: 0.3.0.x-final
Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version: Tor: 0.3.0.0-alpha-dev
Severity: Normal | Keywords: doc
Actual Points: | Parent ID:
Points: 0.1 | Reviewer:
Sponsor: |
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`FetchUselessDescriptors 1` used to imply `UseMicrodescriptors 0`, but due
to #6769, it doesn't in 0.3.0 and later.
Therefore, clients that want to download a full consensus have to
explictly set `UseMicrodescriptors 0`.
We should document this in the man page and probably the changelog
summary, as it is a breaking change for many configs that used to obtain a
full consensus.
(Alternately, we could fix this bug by FetchUselessDescriptors download a
full consensus, even on clients, and document that behaviour.)
Discovered when running a test bandwidth authority - see #20621.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20667>
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