[tor-bugs] #6783 [Tor Directory Authority]: should not serve old v2 statuses

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#6783: should not serve old v2 statuses
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 Reporter:  weasel                   |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  major                    |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.20-rc  
 Keywords:                           |         Parent:                    
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [ticket:6783 weasel]:
 > If we still need them between authorities

 I think we don't need them between authorities anymore. As Nick says,
 proposal 147 would be nice. But git commits 2e692bd8c9 and eaf5487d95 (in
 Tor 0.2.2.12-alpha) made authorities look at v3 votes and fetch
 descriptors that are new to them:
 {{{
     - Many relays have been falling out of the consensus lately because
       not enough authorities know about their descriptor for them to get
       a majority of votes. When we deprecated the v2 directory protocol,
       we got rid of the only way that v3 authorities can hear from each
       other about other descriptors. Now authorities examine every v3
       vote for new descriptors, and fetch them from that authority. Bugfix
       on 0.2.1.23.
 }}}
 and I think that is basically the "minimal version that will work in the
 meantime" that Nick wants.

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