commit ff82ea4dcd31375f46569c0581c2269ee25038e6 Author: Matthew Finkel Matthew.Finkel@gmail.com Date: Thu Sep 26 22:00:14 2013 +0000

Describe how we decide the number of bridges we will return --- bridge-db-spec.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bridge-db-spec.txt b/bridge-db-spec.txt index 96dd83c..c7adf38 100644 --- a/bridge-db-spec.txt +++ b/bridge-db-spec.txt @@ -222,6 +222,23 @@ - The first N-L-M bridges in the ring after the position that it has not already decided to give out.

+ After BridgeDB selects appropriate bridges to return to the requestor, it + then prioritises the ordering of them in a list so that as many criteria + are fulfilled as possible within the first few bridges. This list is then + truncated to N bridges, if possible. N is currently defined as a + piecewise function of the number of bridges in the ring such that: + + / + | 1, if len(ring) < 20 + | + N = | 2, if 20 <= len(ring) <= 100 + | + | 3, if 100 <= len(ring) + \ + + The bridges in this sublist, containing no more than N bridges, are the + bridges returned to the requestor. + 5. Selecting bridges to be given out based on email addresses

BridgeDB can be configured to support one or more distributors that are @@ -273,6 +290,9 @@ - It hands out bridges starting at that position, based on the port/flag requirements, as specified at the end of section 4.

+ See section 4 for the details of how bridges are selected from the ring + and returned to the requestor. + 6. Selecting unallocated bridges to be stored in file buckets

# Kaner should have a look at this section. -NM