[tor-bugs] #3723 [Core Tor/Tor]: Report version of bwscanners in votes

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#3723: Report version of bwscanners in votes
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 Reporter:  mikeperry     |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #13630        |         Points:
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by teor):

 * cc: juga (added)
 * component:  Core Tor/Torflow => Core Tor/Tor
 * milestone:   => Tor: unspecified


Comment:

 Hi juga, this is the ticket for putting the bandwidth authority version in
 votes.

 We are working on the file format in #25869 and
 https://github.com/torproject/torspec/pull/4

 I think we should:
 1. add a "timestamp=" to the timestamp
 2. turn the entire bwfile header into a single line
 3. put it all in the vote as a line with a new keyword, "bandwidth-file"

 For bandwidth file format 1.0.0, the line would be:
 bandwidth-file timestamp=1234567890

 For bandwidth file format 1.1.0, the line would be:
 bandwidth-file timestamp=1234567890 version=1.1.0 software=sbws
 software_version=0.1.0

 If we implement the feature in this way, then Tor will automatically add
 new fields to the bandwidth-file line.

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