[tor-bugs] #6752 [Tor]: TestingTorNetwork doesn't lower the dir fetch retry schedules

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#6752: TestingTorNetwork doesn't lower the dir fetch retry schedules
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 Reporter:  arma                      |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  major                     |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor                       |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-client small-feature  |         Parent:  #7172             
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by karsten):

 Replying to [comment:25 arma]:
 > Replying to [comment:15 karsten]:
 > > But I think we'll have to create separate options for these things,
 rather than magically changing timings when TestingTorNetwork is set.
 >
 > Why is this? I think when TestingTorNetwork is set, we will want the
 defaults for these timings to be the reduced ones. Otherwise we'll have to
 have all our instructions tell you to add the following three lines, not
 one line, to your torrc when running with a testing network.

 Ah, what I meant to say was that there should be one new config option per
 newly configurable timing value and that they should all be set to
 reasonable testing defaults when TestingTorNetwork is set.
 TestingTorNetwork shouldn't magically set anything that cannot be changed
 by setting other config options afterwards.  So, one torrc line for most
 people, not four.

 > If people want to run a realistic Tor network, and have it be realistic
 about timings too, then imo they need to turn TestingTorNetwork off in
 order to get their realism. I don't see how we can crank down some of the
 time parameters, and not others, and still make claims that you're getting
 like-real behavior.

 Agreed.

 Will reply to your earlier comments once I have better results.  Still
 trying to reproduce the issue somehow.

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