[tor-bugs] #6010 [Tor Client]: UpdateBridgesFromAuthority isn't actually usable

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#6010: UpdateBridgesFromAuthority isn't actually usable
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 Reporter:  nickm        |          Owner:                  
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor Client   |        Version:                  
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                  
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                  
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 Thanks to the bug #1938 fix, UpdateBridgesFromAuthority only works if you
 can build a circuit to the authority.  But if you're using bridges, you
 can't connect to the authority without bridges, so setting
 UpdateBridgesFromAuthority 1 is still not going to be a great idea unless
 you already have a bridge descriptor somehow.

 What we should really do (according to comments on #1938 , which I agree
 with) is implement behavior where we can try the authority *or* try asking
 the bridges we know, falling back from one to the other intelligently.

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