[tor-bugs] #8247 [Tor]: Some day soon, a 50KB bandwidth test will be too low for the Fast flag

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#8247: Some day soon, a 50KB bandwidth test will be too low for the Fast flag
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     Reporter:  arma    |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.???
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-relay
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Comment (by arma):

 Well, the bwauths sure are messed up these days, but alas I don't think
 it's the fault of this ticket.

 I'm still inclined to close. But now that I think more about it, why are
 we doing a tiny bandwidth self-test at all? Won't we get an equivalent
 outcome by just publishing a bandwidth of 0, and waiting for the bwauth to
 measure us, at which point we'd see ourselves handle some bandwidth?

 In sum. a vestigial tiny bw self-test seems silly to keep around.

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