-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi, I like prop242 [1] because it doesn't "Nuke MyFamily" [2] but replaces it with a better approach. "Better" in terms of scalability and maintainability. I don't know of any current 'tools' (except the tor client itself) that use MyFamily data but Virgil's [3] gamification website and compass group-by family feature [4] would depend on it. So before spending time on features that depends on an uncertain descriptor field, it is probably better to wait till the fate of that property (MyFamily) has been decided. The reason for this email is to find out when that fate will be decided upon? (expected answer: before tor 0.2.7.x-final is released) Nick's statement:
Having some paths with all three nodes in the same family scares me gives me some hope that it won't go away completely and will allow me to group relays to an operator (as long as the operator decides to configure it).
Even in the unlikely event of MyFamily being nuked completely (with no replacement) - I guess it will be some years(?) till you deprecate pre tor 0.2.7 clients? [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6676 [2] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/242-better-families... [3] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-June/006975.html [4] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nusenu/misc-files/master/biggest_tor_relay... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVEA1hAAoJEFv7XvVCELh0cUYP/jl5EknR8EC9A5KNS9rWR/4J PEOz9u/6ySu4Pn1oDaWw7zjZK3IAzaqTdDenHq4et4U4GmrLG7JaKTdhL3pAmc8W mBNzwgE7FvYDgxKAwbh7fdVS2mD13QyZ6e9SPqdYQiR7WkKF1Ep5omp1HGoyGe4M mPo413K21SvkXGBcIhf62+R20renwTTNQ6G2dWB2wwlcjKoUJ385p7TYeNBbA/Jd NjCSmfAFFX7OeC8XuP/EHdf7+5CZI/SVn5Dq3oxZIpABNl4UdDzHdjRUoXSCEvxh hxpFbp7nozV7++73QUD5ECAFjUe98siKYODSFGb/xBMA9rCm93JKLKPB8iJPy8RO 8+D+qKsK0PFQVpEbbu/Uix2gcg68lTmv/zhHt1vVtT0h13LLtHyTQGQQ1SihcNlS Jv0mSxL3wDCs/yVRVR8r76MOdMAh891rPUzrW0/TxCc6W/LWXsA2ST4xt7zE8RQf LDWqlmSO6813M5vuEXZYFBQ+GsOquTUssPRKc/l1Ik8V628LYDvyfkN8QAJ72MDR HPkc6RGmHUVejpTUa9pcSbol2F96pEZ8XVYCyX3pIRoPiqlq0phnOlctaQFeAyGN 75FfN/GhEW2JDpqmIsD0BQbgcYTHa+qMiRZ8mWE9NRkQKIcDXyOTY7nIt810wbp9 0idgIP01pqKYPzhhaO5h =81G7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----