[tor-bugs] #8532 [Tor]: Make TestingTorNetwork produce consensuses quicker

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#8532: Make TestingTorNetwork produce consensuses quicker
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 Reporter:  ln5               |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor               |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  SponsorF20131031  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:                    
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 First, trim time intervals as much as possible while keeping
 everything stable. The current 5 minutes between voting could perhaps
 change to 2. We might need to adjust other timings -- exhcanging votes
 and signatures. Also, we might need to revisit the directory refetch
 schedule which is changing in #6752.

 Second, let's add an option to Tor in which we can pass an offset, in
 seconds, to generate a consensus following a custom schedule every 5
 minutes (or whatever we might change that to), rather than having to
 wait for the next 5-minute interval. Example: Offset 75s would mean
 that the consensus would be from 00:01:15 rather than 00:00:00.

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