[tor-bugs] #8685 [Tor]: Document how authorities choose relay status flags

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#8685: Document how authorities choose relay status flags
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 Reporter:  arma               |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect             |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor                |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-spec tor-auth  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                     |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:3 arma]:
 > {{{
 > Nodes that don't meet these criteria do not influence any
 > +   threshold calculations, and also cannot receive the Exit flag.
 > }}}
 >
 > I thought we decided that the lack of exit flag assignment was unchanged
 by the recent patches? I think the current behavior is that your Exit flag
 state cannot change while you're an inactive relay.

 It's unchanged, but was undocumented.  Perhaps it should say "...cannot
 have their exit status change" instead?

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