[tor-bugs] #17261 [Tor]: Formalize our best-guess guard algorithm

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#17261: Formalize our best-guess guard algorithm
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 Reporter:  nickm                                |          Owner:  isis
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
 Priority:  Very High                            |  needs_review
Component:  Tor                                  |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Severity:  Normal                               |  0.2.8.x-final
 Keywords:  028-triage, TorCoreTeam201510, tor-  |        Version:
  guard                                          |     Resolution:
Parent ID:                                       |  Actual Points:
  Sponsor:  SponsorU                             |         Points:  medium
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Changes (by isis):

 * status:  new => needs_review


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 nickm]:
 > I don't see anything wrong with it, but I wasn't able to look super
 close.  Still, that's an improvement over the big pile of nothing that's
 documented in path-spec.txt today.  Soooo, merging!
 >
 >
 > We still need to write down our best guess as to what the path selection
 algorithm **should** be, of course.

 Okay, my "best guess" is up for review as a proposal in my `bug17261-best-
 guess`
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/isis/torspec.git/log/?h=bug17261-best-
 guess branch] of my torspec repo.

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