[tor-bugs] #2479 [Tor Directory Authority]: be more lenient about changed descriptors

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#2479: be more lenient about changed descriptors
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 Reporter:  arma                     |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  major                    |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:                           |         Parent:                    
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Changes (by nickm):

  * status:  new => needs_review


Comment:

 So, incrementing ROUTER_MAX_COSMETIC_TIME_DIFFERENCE would potentially
 cause us to replace descriptors every hour for routers with one of the
 bugs that would make them publish way too frequently.  So I'm going to be
 a coward and reduce it to 3h rather than 1h.  If it really has to be 1h
 and/or we have reason to think that won't matter, please say.

 See branch bug2497 in my public repo.

 Arma, do you still think is a good idea?  Do we still think it would make
 a difference like it did 13 months ago, or did we fix enough of the
 underlying bugs that this doesn't matter any more?

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