[tor-bugs] #16552 [Metrics/Onionoo]: Don't require searches by IPv6 address to start with [

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#16552: Don't require searches by IPv6 address to start with [
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 Reporter:  karsten          |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Very Low         |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Onionoo  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                   |         Points:
 Reviewer:                   |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by karsten):

 * status:  new => needs_review
 * severity:   => Normal


Comment:

 I still didn't come up with reasons against making this change, so I wrote
 a patch.

 The only catch is that we're changing the semantics of the current search
 parameter, because a search for, say `"2001"`, might now return even more
 relays: matching hex fingerprint starts, matching base64 fingerprint
 starts, matching nickname parts, ''and'' matching IPv6 address starts.
 Admitted, it's a tiny change, but it's a change.  That's why we should do
 the major-protocol-update dance where we announce a change 1 month in
 advance, set `next_major_version_scheduled`, and merge 1 month later.  But
 before we start that dance, let's get the patch ready for merge.

 Please review
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/karsten/onionoo.git/log/?h=task-16552
 my task-16552 branch].

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