[tor-bugs] #28731 [Core Tor/Tor]: log bootstrap tag name for easier troubleshooting

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#28731: log bootstrap tag name for easier troubleshooting
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 Reporter:  catalyst                             |          Owner:
                                                 |  catalyst
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  merge_ready
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  s8-bootstrap, 033-backport-maybe,    |  Actual Points:
  034-backport-maybe, 035-backport-maybe         |
Parent ID:  #28018                               |         Points:  0.1
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor8-can
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Comment (by atagar):

 No objection from me. Again, this will likely break a few small
 applications such as OnionLauncher and TorNova (QT and GTK tor launchers),
 but I do not maintain those so I'm not saying this is a blocker - just
 that we might have some sad folks.

 I would be happy to adjust Stem's regex but if we move forward with this
 I'd appreciate a ticket for the long term solution. Adjusting the regex
 will make us work but we'll still be relying on the log messages (which I
 think we all agree is bad).

 The problem I'd like to address is simply: 'provide a way for applications
 to determine tor's bootstrap status without a ControlPort'. That's all.
 There's lots of ways for us to do that (writing a file to disk, stdout via
 something like the '--bootstrap-status' argument mentioned above, etc).
 They're all good by me. :)

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