[tor-bugs] #22266 [Core Tor/Tor]: gather info on jump-to-80% issues

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#22266: gather info on jump-to-80% issues
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 Reporter:  catalyst                             |          Owner:
                                                 |  catalyst
     Type:  project                              |         Status:
                                                 |  assigned
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.4.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  usability, ux, ux-team, bootstrap,   |  Actual Points:
  035-roadmap-master, 035-triaged-in-20180711,   |
  s8-bootstrap                                   |
Parent ID:  #28018                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor8
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Comment (by mcs):

 I have been reviewing child tickets of #28018 with an eye toward how Tor
 Launcher / Tor Browser would be affected. I know this ticket is no longer
 about code changes, but I want to comment one more time on the following
 statement which is still included in this ticket's summary:
  ''When bootstrapping with existing directory information, we should
 rescale the progress numbers so they advance on something resembling a
 linear time scale, which is probably closer to what users expect to see.''
 Kathy Brade and I strongly dislike the idea of tor renumbering progress
 numbers dynamically at runtime. A particular client user interface might
 choose to do that when it presents progress info to an end user, but tor
 should provide information which allows construction of many different
 types of progress reporting UIs. If the starting point is > 0, provide
 info about the starting point to control port clients. Also, assuming you
 fix #27103 this seems like a non-issue.

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