On 19 Aug 2014, at 22:00 , tor-dev-request@lists.torproject.org wrote:

Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:32:25 +0000 From: Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel@gmail.com> To: tor-dev@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: All Relays are Directory Servers Message-ID: <20140819013224.GB3689@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 02:17:28PM -0400, Nick Mathewson wrote:

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On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel@gmail.com> wrote:

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Filename: xxx-directory-servers-for-all.txt Title: All relays are directory servers Author: Matthew Finkel Created: 29-Jul-2014 Status: Target: 0.2.6.x

Overview:

This proposal aims at removing part of the distinction between the relay and the directory server. Currently operators have the options of being one of: a relay, a directory server, or both. With the acceptance of this proposal the options will be simplified to being either only a directory server or a combined relay and directory server. All relays will serve directory requests.

FWIW, we don't support being only a directory server right now, do we?

Nope, you're right. Bad assumption.

https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/390728d85644a6c062d6807ffc096343d...

Looking at the details of parse_ports(), the warning/comment isn't entirely accurate: it seems that any configured "port" is enough to disable the warning (even a DirPort, ControlPort/ControlSocket(!), or ExtORPort). Which is why I'm not seeing it on the directory-only tor instance I have configured. Then again, the core message is accurate - a tor instance that doesn't act as a tor client or relay isn't going to do much. Tim