[tor-bugs] #4439 [Metrics Utilities]: Develop a Java/Python API that wraps relay descriptor sources and provides unified access to them

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#4439: Develop a Java/Python API that wraps relay descriptor sources and provides
unified access to them
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 Reporter:  karsten            |          Owner:  karsten     
     Type:  task               |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:              
Component:  Metrics Utilities  |        Version:              
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Changes (by karsten):

  * status:  new => needs_review


Comment:

 The DescripTor code has moved to the official
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git metrics-lib] repository.
 The descriptor-parsing parts for consensuses and votes are tested and
 quite robust.  The downloader and reader are still somewhat fragile and
 not tested very much, other than by running the consensus-health checker.

 I would appreciate some code review here.  Any feedback like comments on
 code style, documentation fixes, refactoring suggestions, potential bugs,
 real bugs, etc. would be very welcome.  The library is not finished, but
 it's ready for feedback.  A patch with comments that I can work off would
 be perfect.

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