[tor-bugs] #5081 [Tor Bridge]: autoreload ServerTransportPlugin process?

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#5081: autoreload ServerTransportPlugin process?
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 Reporter:  weasel      |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:     
Component:  Tor Bridge  |        Version:     
 Keywords:              |         Parent:     
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:     
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Description changed by weasel:

Old description:

> Fri 23:53:03 <weasel> does tor restart obfsproxy when it notices it has
> changed?
> Fri 23:55:10 <armadev> very unlikely
> Fri 23:55:14 <armadev> define 'changed'?
> Fri 23:55:24 <weasel> inode or mtime changed.
> Fri 23:55:30 <armadev> ah. definitely no.
> Fri 23:55:35 <armadev> please file a ticket?
> Fri 23:55:37 <weasel> I think it should.
> Fri 23:55:39 <weasel> wilco
> Fri 23:55:50 <armadev> how often should it check inode or mtime?
> Fri 23:56:38 <weasel> the other options is that obfsproxy should check if
> it has changed
> Fri 23:57:18 <weasel> ideally no matter how it's done it wouldn't affect
> existing connections
> Fri 23:57:37 <armadev> the connections go through obfsproxy
> Fri 23:57:46 <armadev> so you want the old one to stay alive, even though
> the new one is in use
> Fri 23:59:01 <weasel> yes

New description:

 <weasel> does tor restart obfsproxy when it notices it has changed?
 <armadev> very unlikely
 <armadev> define 'changed'?
 <weasel> inode or mtime changed.
 <armadev> ah. definitely no.
 <armadev> please file a ticket?
 <weasel> I think it should.
 <weasel> wilco
 <armadev> how often should it check inode or mtime?
 <weasel> the other options is that obfsproxy should check if it has
 changed
 <weasel> ideally no matter how it's done it wouldn't affect existing
 connections
 <armadev> the connections go through obfsproxy
 <armadev> so you want the old one to stay alive, even though the new one
 is in use
 <weasel> yes

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