[or-cvs] r9605: Note migration plan change for 104 from conversation with ar (in tor/trunk: . doc/spec/proposals)

[nickm@xxxxxxxx]

Author: nickm
Date: 2007-02-20 18:22:27 -0500 (Tue, 20 Feb 2007)
New Revision: 9605

Modified:
   tor/trunk/
   tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt
Log:
 r12275@Kushana:  nickm | 2007-02-20 13:09:14 -0500
 Note migration plan change for 104 from conversation with arma.



Property changes on: tor/trunk
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 svk:merge ticket from /tor/trunk [r11844] on 8246c3cf-6607-4228-993b-4d95d33730f1
 svk:merge ticket from /tor/trunk [r12275] on c95137ef-5f19-0410-b913-86e773d04f59

Modified: tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt
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--- tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt	2007-02-20 22:25:20 UTC (rev 9604)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/spec/proposals/104-short-descriptors.txt	2007-02-20 23:22:27 UTC (rev 9605)
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
   One possible solution here is that routers should generate and upload a
   short-form and long-form descriptor.  Only the short-form descriptor should
   ever be used by anybody for routing.  The long-form descriptor should be
-  used only for analytics and other tools.  (If we allowed people to route with
-  long descriptors, we'd have to ensure that they stayed in sync with the
-  short ones somehow.)  We can ensure that the short descriptors are used by
-  only recommending those in the network statuses.
+  used only for analytics and other tools.  (If we allowed people to route
+  with long descriptors, we'd have to ensure that they stayed in sync with
+  the short ones somehow.  So let's not do that.)  We can ensure that the
+  short descriptors are used by only recommending those in the network
+  statuses.
 
   Another possible solution would be to drop these fields from descriptors,
   and have them uploaded as a part of a separate "bandwidth report" to the
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@
 
   For long/short descriptors:
      * In 0.1.2.x:
+       * Add a "long version" URL that tools can start using now.  Need to
+         design it first.
+
+     * In 0.1.2.x:
        * Authorities should accept both, now, and silently drop short
          descriptors.
        * Routers should upload both once authorities accept them.