[tor-bugs] #18760 [Tor]: Would like to customize rejection message from dir auths to relay

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#18760: Would like to customize rejection message from dir auths to relay
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     Reporter:  arma         |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium       |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.???
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal       |   Keywords:
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
       Points:               |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:               |
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 Right now if you're a relay and you try to post your descriptor and the
 dir auth rejects it, you get this in your logs:
 {{{
         log_warn(LD_GENERAL,"http status 400 (%s) response from "
                  "dirserver '%s:%d'. Please correct.",
 }}}
 where the first %s comes from various possible choices in
 dirserv_get_status_impl(), e.g.
 {{{
       *msg = "Fingerprint is marked rejected";
 }}}
 or
 {{{
       *msg = "Tor version is insecure or unsupported. Please upgrade!";
 }}}

 We have been encountering cases lately where we want to get a message to a
 relay operator who is doing something scary (for example, running way too
 many relays) but who has not set any contactinfo. It would be neat to be
 able to customize our rejection message, for example to a more friendly
 one like "Wow, that's a lot of relays! Please contact us?"

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