[tor-bugs] #19831 [Metrics/CollecTor]: Change default for compressing descriptors to true

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#19831: Change default for compressing descriptors to true
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     Reporter:  karsten            |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Low                |  Milestone:  CollecTor 1.0.0
    Component:  Metrics/CollecTor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal             |   Keywords:
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 Long ago, there was a bug in tor that broke compressed downloads provided
 via the DirPort (#11648).  The fix went into 0.2.5, so we can safely
 assume that all directory authorities have upgraded and don't have this
 bug anymore.  Two separate checks have confirmed that fetching compressed
 descriptors works without issues.  We should change the default to save
 everybody's bandwidth.

 Trivial patch:

 {{{
 diff --git a/src/main/resources/collector.properties
 b/src/main/resources/collector.properties
 index e7d41ae..a108673 100644
 --- a/src/main/resources/collector.properties
 +++ b/src/main/resources/collector.properties
 @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ DownloadAllServerDescriptors = false
  DownloadAllExtraInfoDescriptors = false
  #
  ## Compress relay descriptors downloads by adding .z to the URLs
 -CompressRelayDescriptorDownloads = false
 +CompressRelayDescriptorDownloads = true
  #
  ## Relative path to directory to write directory archives to
  DirectoryArchivesOutputDirectory = out/relay-descriptors/
 }}}

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