[tor-bugs] #2586 [Metrics]: Compare circuit build timeouts to Torperf completion times

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#2586: Compare circuit build timeouts to Torperf completion times
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 Reporter:  karsten  |          Owner:  karsten
     Type:  task     |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:         
Component:  Metrics  |        Version:         
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Comment(by karsten):

 I just attached the log file parts containing circuit build timeouts of
 our #1919 runs.  Torperf's data files are available in the usual place,
 that is, [https://metrics.torproject.org/data.html#performance here].

 I could work on this task.  If someone else would want to work on it (or
 parts of it), here's how I would start:
  - Write a script that reads Tor's log files and Torperf's `.data` files
 and writes new CSV files with a) the columns from the `.data` file and b)
 another column for the currently used circuit build timeout.
  - Extend `filter.R` from the #2543 code to include circuit build timeouts
 in the huge `filtered.csv` file.
  - Modify `timematrix.R` from the #2543 code to draw scatter plots of
 circuit build timeouts and Torperf completion times as described in the
 ticket description above.

 Note that if I would work on this, I wouldn't care much about reusability
 of the new and changed code.  This is a one-time analysis of which I do
 several per week.  I would attach the code to this ticket, but I would
 only clean it up and generalize it if the results turn out to be useful.

 Any takers?

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