[tor-relays] uptime "algorithm"

[Tim Wilson-Brown - teor]

> On 15 Dec 2015, at 13:12, Nima Fatemi <nima at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> Roger Dingledine:
>> We should somehow teach everybody that losing their flags for a few days
>> is totally fine and normal, and even something to be proud of because
>> you took a useful step at keeping your Tor relay safe and secure
> 
> Maybe we should introduce a new flag for the relays that are running the
> cutting edge version of Tor?

There's a startup warning for this: it says your relay version is "too new".

> And another one for long-time relays. say, if a relay has been in the
> consensus, it would get an special flag of some sort…

At some point, we'd like to make long-term relays fallback directory mirrors.
That's not a flag, but it is a special kind of status.

Also, isn't this the kind of thing that tor-roster does?
I think these kinds of features would be better there, rather than cluttering up the consensus.

Tim

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