[tor-bugs] #20001 [Core Tor/Tor]: Infer running and valid from presence in consensus

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#20001: Infer running and valid from presence in consensus
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     Reporter:  nickm         |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.9.x-final
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:  needs-proposal
Actual Points:                |  Parent ID:
       Points:  .2            |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:                |
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 We no longer include in the consensus any non-running nodes.

 We are no longer _supposed_ to include in the consensus any non-Valid
 nodes.

 Let us update Tor to infer these flags as true from their presence in the
 consensus.  This could work with prop#266 as another means to kill off
 obsolete clients.

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