[tor-bugs] #7869 [Tor]: ntor-onion-key is padded with an equal sign

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#7869: ntor-onion-key is padded with an equal sign
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 Reporter:  rransom    |          Owner:  nickm           
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  accepted        
 Priority:  minor      |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor        |        Version:                  
 Keywords:  tor-relay  |         Parent:                  
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:                  
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Changes (by nickm):

  * status:  needs_review => accepted
  * priority:  normal => minor
  * milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final => Tor: unspecified


Comment:

 Merged the code "bug7869" -- now the = sign is optional.  We'll need a
 pair of subsequent patches -- one to remove it from router descriptors and
 one to remove it from the consensus directory.  We should do this once
 nobody (or next to nobody) is running the 0.2.4.7-alpha-dev versions that
 require the = sign.  This will require a new consensus method.  It'll be a
 couple of hours work, and let us save something less than a quarter of a
 percent in microdesc space.  Now that clients can accept either format,
 not a huge issue.

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