[tor-bugs] #20082 [Core Tor/Tor]: Lower initial descriptor upload delay for ephemeral services

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#20082: Lower initial descriptor upload delay for ephemeral services
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 Reporter:  twim                                 |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.???
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs, research, proposal-needed?,  |  Actual Points:
  TorCoreTeam201610, 030-proposed                |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorR-can
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Changes (by teor):

 * status:  needs_review => needs_revision
 * keywords:  tor-hs, research, proposal-needed?, TorCoreTeam201609 => tor-
     hs, research, proposal-needed?, TorCoreTeam201610, 030-proposed


Comment:

 Thanks for these patches. Given the discussion in #20262, I think we can
 proceed with removing this code that never worked anyway.

 A few comments on patch 0001:
 * Please don't remove the lower delay for test networks. Instead, make it
 0.
 * All references to rend_service_reveal_startup_time() should be removed,
 because it is no longer used.

 And on 0002:
 * We generally don't include numbers in the code like
 `old_stabilizing_period = (time_t) 30;`, instead, let's keep the old
 #define, but change its name to include OLD.
 * The warning message is unhelpful, because the user can't do anything to
 fix it. It will most likely be triggered when the network is slow or
 unreliable - let's say that, and tell them that their service may be
 unreliable as a result. (The message that maybe the "new stabilizing
 period is too short" is for developers, it should go in a comment above
 the log message.)

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