[tor-bugs] #9244 [BridgeDB]: bridgedb's GeoIP module (v0.2.6, the latest) causes python to segfault

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#9244: bridgedb's GeoIP module (v0.2.6, the latest) causes python to segfault
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     Reporter:  isis      |      Owner:  isis
         Type:  defect    |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal    |  Milestone:
    Component:  BridgeDB  |    Version:
   Resolution:  wontfix   |   Keywords:  geoip,maxmind
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Changes (by isis):

 * keywords:  geoip maxmind important => geoip,maxmind
 * status:  needs_information => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 After reading Karstens's research paper, plus the news that:

 Replying to [comment:5 karsten]:
 >Speaking of MaxMind, they're planning to roll out a new GeoIP2 database
 version by the end of this year. This is interesting to us, because we
 won't have to remove A1 ranges from that database anymore.

 means we can't really do anything now.

 >However, we'll have to write new tools to process their databases. I
 could imagine that we maintain a Python and a Java version of our own
 GeoIP parsing library that we can use in various products. I guess that
 means you shouldn't spend days on fixing GeoIP support in BridgeDB,
 because a few months later, we may have to fix it again.

 This is a separate task from BridgeDB, because the results will be used by
 BridgeDB, Onionoo, Atlas, Globe, etc. I'm down to help make this library
 when that time comes.

 For now, I'm closing as "wontfix".

 Replying to [comment:8 sysrqb]:
 > Marking as important based on triage, but I'm unsure about the priority
 of this, we don't really have an alt right now. "If doing something causes
 it to break...don't do that." :)

 Seems sane enough. :)

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