[tor-bugs] #3036 [Torperf]: Tweak Torperf's .mergedata format and make it the new default

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#3036: Tweak Torperf's .mergedata format and make it the new default
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 Reporter:  karsten      |          Owner:  karsten
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:         
Component:  Torperf      |        Version:         
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Comment(by karsten):

 The "next steps" from my previous comment are now all done.  New
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/data.html#performance tarballs] are
 available using the .tpf file format that is specified
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/formats.html#torperf here].  metrics-lib
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git/commitdiff/05a1cf7
 supports] parsing the .tpf format.  The .data and .extradata formats are
 still available, though they might go away in a few months.

 What's left to do is provide the most recent .tpf files via rsync.
 That'll have to wait until the oldest .tpf files are 3+ days old, or we'll
 consider everything "recent."  Will do this next week.  Leaving the ticket
 open until that's done, too.

 Another thing that's left to do but that may never happen is that Torperf
 outputs the .tpf format itself rather than having metrics-db produce it.
 We'll have to find a Torperf developer for that, though.

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