[tor-bugs] #20621 [Metrics/Torflow]: bwauths need to explicitly request full consensuses when using tor 0.3.0 and later

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#20621: bwauths need to explicitly request full consensuses when using tor 0.3.0
and later
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     Reporter:  teor             |      Owner:  aagbsn
         Type:  defect           |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium           |  Milestone:
    Component:  Metrics/Torflow  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal           |   Keywords:
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 Tor 0.3.0 merged #6769, which makes all tors use microdescriptors by
 default.

 A side effect of this change was that FetchUselsssDescriptors 1 used to
 imply UseMicrodescriptors 0. Now it doesn't any more.

 So bandwidth authorities need to set UseMicrodescriptors 0 in their
 torrcs, when using tor client versions 0.3.0 and later.

 (Bandwidth authorities which use relays will continue to download full
 consensuses.)

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