[tor-bugs] #24679 [Core Tor/Fallback Scripts]: Make the default fallback weight 9, not 10

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#24679: Make the default fallback weight 9, not 10
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 Reporter:  teor                       |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                     |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                     |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                       |  0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Fallback Scripts  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  fallback easy intro        |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #22271                     |         Points:  0.1
 Reviewer:                             |        Sponsor:  Sponsor8-can
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Changes (by teor):

 * status:  new => needs_revision


Comment:

 There's some code for weight=9 in
 https://github.com/ingoglia/tor_bugs/tree/bug24679

 Replying to [comment:2 Sebastian]:
 > Just scrap the weights?

 Yeah, let's try that.

 It needs the following changes:
 * remove weights entirely from the script output
 * update the default in parse_dir_fallback_line() to N
 * update the man page to reflect the new default

 We just need to choose a sensible N.
 It can be as big as we like, because clients try authorities for
 bootstrapping anyway after a few seconds.

 N=1.0 (no tor code change) makes 5% of client bootstraps go to authorities
 N=10.0 (old value) makes 0.5% of client bootstraps go to authorities

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