[tor-bugs] #21659 [Core Tor/Tor]: Prop275: When 0.2.9 is the oldest remaining supported series, make 'published' times uniform

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#21659: Prop275: When 0.2.9 is the oldest remaining supported series, make
'published' times uniform
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     Reporter:  nickm         |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.2.x-final
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:  prop275
Actual Points:                |  Parent ID:
       Points:                |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:  Sponsor4      |
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 In #21642, we did the necessary preliminary work to make sure that Tor
 0.2.9.x and later could behave themselves when the 'published' date in
 every consensus document was sent to the future.

 When older series are all unsupported, we can finish proposal 275, and set
 'published' to e.g. 2038-01-01 00:00:00 in every "r" line in every
 _consensus_ document.

 This change will make consensus diffs much, much smaller.

 Leaving in 0.3.2, though 0.3.4 or 0.3.5 seems likelier.

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