[tor-bugs] #8435 [Tor]: Ignore advertised bandwidths for flags once we have enough measured bandwidths

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#8435: Ignore advertised bandwidths for flags once we have enough measured
bandwidths
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    Reporter:  andrea       |       Owner:                    
        Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed            
    Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
   Component:  Tor          |     Version:  Tor: unspecified  
  Resolution:  fixed        |    Keywords:  tor-auth          
      Parent:               |      Points:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 It occurs to me that since only 3 or 4 authorities will have bwauths
 attached to them, then 3 or 4 auths will be voting this new way about
 flags. And that won't usually be enough to influence the flags in the
 final consensus.

 So while we have indeed put effort into getting this going in 0.2.4, it
 won't really take effect until either a) we get bwauths attached to many
 dir authorities, or b) we make a new consensus method that strips flags
 from Unmeasured relays. 'b' would be pending on #8685 and it's not clear
 to me that it's a good idea (especially since we've already done #2286).

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