[tor-bugs] #7953 [Tor]: Control port method to get v3 directory informaion

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#7953: Control port method to get v3 directory informaion
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 Reporter:  atagar                 |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement            |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal                 |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor                    |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-client controller  |         Parent:                    
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Comment(by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:2 atagar]:
 > > Another wrinkle is that the ns/* stuff is still in v2 format, because
 we don't want to break compatibility. Maybe that needs a new interface
 too? Or is there enough info there to work with?
 >
 > That's why I suggested in the irc backlog deprecating the current ns/*
 options in favor of a new set that includes the version.
 >
 > 'GETINFO dir/status-vote/current/consensus' presently seems to work. Is
 that the suggested method for getting the v3 consensus?

 Yes.

 > Are the 'GETINFO dir/status/*' options intended to give v3 information
 but simply broken?

 The original intent (IIRC) was that they should give "the status
 information as present in the directory."  There was no v3 contemplated at
 the time.

 I'm not sure it's right to have dir/status/* return v3 information, in
 case there's anything out there that expects the v2 format.  But it's not
 right to have it return v3 information in the v2 format, since what it was
 supposed to do was to include the information as present in the directory.

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