[tor-bugs] #26485 [Core Tor/Tor]: June mystery: the microdesc consensus is getting 9 sigs, but the ns consensus is getting only 5

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#26485: June mystery: the microdesc consensus is getting 9 sigs, but the ns
consensus is getting only 5
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 Reporter:  arma                                 |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-dirauth, fast-fix, 035-triaged-  |  Actual Points:
  in-20180711 029-backport 032-backport          |
  033-backport 034-backport                      |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by nickm):

 * keywords:  tor-dirauth, fast-fix, 035-triaged-in-20180711 =>
     tor-dirauth, fast-fix, 035-triaged-in-20180711 029-backport
     032-backport 033-backport 034-backport
 * status:  accepted => needs_review


Comment:

 I've done a minimal version of this in `bug26485_029`, PR at
 https://github.com/torproject/tor/pull/228

 All this does is:
   * warn the voters if any authority has voted for a version with a space
 in it
   * warn the authority operator if they configure an invalid-looking
 version list
   * when generating a vote, to split any versions that seem to have spaces
 in them

 I considered other changes as well, but I want to avoid changes that would
 affect the output of the consensus algorithm -- especially in a branch
 we're thinking of backporting to 0.2.9.

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