[tor-bugs] #14987 [Tor]: Settle on a name for descriptors

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#14987: Settle on a name for descriptors
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     Reporter:  atagar  |      Owner:  atagar
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
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Comment (by karsten):

 Server descriptors is indeed the commonly used name for documents
 published by relays (and bridges) to advertise themselves in the network,
 among other things.  That's also the term I use everywhere.

 Router descriptors in dir-spec is probably a term back from the time when
 clients were called onion proxies and relays were called onion routers.
 Should be safe to rename router descriptors to server descriptors in dir-
 spec, though I haven't looked.

 Relay descriptors as used by CollecTor is not the same as server
 descriptors, because it comprises extra-info descriptors and even
 consensuses, votes, and other documents published by the directory
 authorities.  That's to distinguish them from bridge descriptors, which
 includes server descriptors, extra-info descriptors, and network statuses.
 We can't rename relay descriptors in CollecTor to server descriptors.

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