[metrics-team] Tor Weather: data sources

[nusenu]

> On a side note what are the benefits of using Onionoo rather than
> merely downloading the hourly consensus? Unless I'm missing something
> Onionoo is an unhelpful dependency to take here.

onionoo has more (pre-processed) data and state data/timestamps.

examples of questions onionoo data answers directly (with
stem you would replicate a few steps that onionoo does already for you
or you would not be able to do it without keeping old consensuses + comparing)

- how long is the relay down? (last_seen timestamp)
- is the relay running a recommended version? (recommended_version)
- give me all relays in this relays effective family (effective_family)


I still hope that this service will use consenus+stem for the main 
question "is the relay in consensus and 'running'"?

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