[tor-bugs] #8494 [Core Tor/Torflow]: Does MaxAdvertisedBandwidth do anything useful and if not, can we deprecate it?

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#8494: Does MaxAdvertisedBandwidth do anything useful and if not, can we deprecate
it?
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 Reporter:  alphawolf                            |          Owner:  tom
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Low                                  |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Torflow                     |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  consensus, bandwidth,                |  Actual Points:
  MaxAdvertisedBandwidth tor-relay tor-dirauth   |
  needs-insight                                  |
Parent ID:  #25960                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by teor):

 * owner:  (none) => tom
 * version:  Tor: 0.2.4.11-alpha =>
 * component:  Core Tor/Tor => Core Tor/Torflow
 * parent:   => #25960
 * milestone:  Tor: unspecified => Tor: 0.3.5.x-final


Comment:

 This is not a tor bug, it is a Torflow bug.

 This is now sbws ticket https://github.com/pastly/simple-bw-
 scanner/issues/155

 We will deal with this issue in the bandwidth spec, then we can close it.

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