[tor-bugs] #3589 [Tor Bridge]: Advertise bridge pluggable transports using extra-info lines

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#3589: Advertise bridge pluggable transports using extra-info lines
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 Reporter:  asn          |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Bridge   |        Version:                    
 Keywords:               |         Parent:  #4685             
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:16 rransom]:
 > Replying to [comment:14 nickm]:
 > > asn: I think what you actually want to do to decide whether to make a
 new descriptor is to call mark_my_descriptor_dirty()  whenever the managed
 proxy information is changed: options_transition_affects_descriptor might
 be a good place to do that.
 >
 > But the bridge authority should reject a new descriptor if nothing in
 the descriptor itself has changed significantly enough.  (The bridge
 authority will decide whether to accept or reject a new descriptor before
 it has seen the extra-info document.)

 Ow, that's right.  Perhaps the bridge authority doesn't need to take so
 much pains to reject "not very changed" descriptors, since nobody is
 cacheing them.  Otherwise, we'll need to do something like suppressing
 publication until we have configured (or not configured) our transports.
 Perhaps that's a good idea in any case.

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