[tor-bugs] #10614 [Tor]: pt-spec.txt describes using `keyid=fingerprint` in torrc `Bridge` lines

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#10614: pt-spec.txt describes using `keyid=fingerprint` in torrc `Bridge` lines
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     Reporter:  isis    |      Owner:  isis
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  minor   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  easy,tor-spec,tor-pt
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:4 asn]:
 > Replying to [comment:3 nickm]:
 > > Since this is an 0.2.5 change, we might as well just add the missing
 syntax and document that it was missing before the proper version, right?
 > >
 > > There's a patch to add the missing feature as bug10614 in my public
 repository. How does that look?
 >
 > First we should figure out whether we actually want this `keyid`
 syntactic sugar. As far as I can see, it's not needed for parsing the
 line, and it also complicates the format (`keyid=` is a `k=v` value but
 with different semantics than the `k=v` values that follow it). Do you
 know what was the original purpose of it?

 I agree. It seems to me there is no reason for the `keyid=`, and it
 promotes confusion with the `k=v` pairs that may follow. (For instance, a
 bridge may legitimately have a key–value pair with a key called `keyid`,
 and that would be really confusing.)

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