[tor-bugs] #3038 [Tor Directory Authority]: Update dir-spec.txt with microdesc, consensus-flavor info

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#3038: Update dir-spec.txt with microdesc, consensus-flavor info
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 Reporter:  nickm                    |          Owner:  nickm             
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  accepted          
 Priority:  major                    |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:                           |         Parent:  #4933             
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by karsten):

 Nick suggested that, as a preliminary step to merging the two proposals
 into dir-spec.txt, I could compare them to the current code.

 I didn't find any obvious discrepancies between spec and code as far as
 the data formats are concerned.  However, I found that
 `/tor/micro/all[.z]` and `/tor/status-vote/(current|next)/consensus-
 index[.z]` are not implemented as of today.  As I understand it, lack of
 the first URL has performance impacts, because clients need to download
 all microdescriptors by SHA256 digest.  Lack of the second URL might be
 more problematic, because proposal 162 says "Stage one: authorities begin
 generating and serving consensus-index files" which are not available.

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