commit 89d14a701a8652de47cd962b86303b45037a25a1 Author: Damian Johnson atagar@torproject.org Date: Wed May 16 10:23:31 2018 -0700

Don't suggest UseMicrodescriptors in our tutorial

Correction from teor that FetchUselessDescriptors causes tor to download server descriptors too, so no need for UseMicrodescriptors. --- docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst | 20 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst b/docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst index 8ff63f5e..4f020f32 100644 --- a/docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst +++ b/docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst @@ -135,18 +135,20 @@ the network! FetchDirInfoEarly 1 FetchDirInfoExtraEarly 1

- # If you aren't actively using Tor as a client then Tor will eventually stop - # downloading descriptor information that it doesn't need. To prevent this - # from happening set... + # Tor doesn't need all descriptors to function. In particular... + # + # * Tor no longer downloads server descriptors by default, opting + # for microdescriptors instead. + # + # * If you aren't actively using Tor as a client then Tor will + # eventually stop downloading descriptor information altogether + # to relieve load on the network. + # + # To download descriptors regardless of if they're needed by the + # Tor process or not set...

FetchUselessDescriptors 1

- # Tor no longer downloads server descriptors by default, opting for - # microdescriptors instead. If you want Tor to download server descriptors - # then set... - - UseMicrodescriptors 0 - # Tor doesn't need extrainfo descriptors to work. If you want Tor to download # them anyway then set...