[tor-bugs] #20534 [Core Tor/Tor]: Revise hard-coded download schedules

Mon Nov 7 15:05:16 UTC 2016

#20534: Revise hard-coded download schedules
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 Reporter:  teor                           |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                         |         Status:  merge_ready
 Priority:  Medium                         |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                           |  0.2.9.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                   |        Version:  Tor:
                                           |  0.2.9.1-alpha
 Severity:  Normal                         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  regression, CoreTorTeam201611  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #20499                         |         Points:  0.5
 Reviewer:                                 |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Also, authority-only clients will try 6 authorities in the first minute.
 (5 in the first 30 seconds, 4 in the first 10 seconds). This isn't ideal,
 but it's also not the default, so I don't think it matters that much.

 One way to fix this would be to make
 ClientBootstrapConsensusAuthorityOnlyDownloadSchedule start with 1 or 2 or
 3, rather than 0. (What I really want is a way to say: "initial delay,
 then exponential on this other delay after that".)

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