[tor-bugs] #28281 [Core Tor/Tor]: outline of high-level bootstrap tracker abstractions

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#28281: outline of high-level bootstrap tracker abstractions
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 Reporter:  catalyst      |          Owner:  catalyst
     Type:  task          |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.4.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  s8-boostrap   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #28018        |         Points:  0.5
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:  Sponsor8
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Comment (by arma):

 Good stuff!

 Replying to [comment:3 catalyst]:
 > Right now there is a gap (from 20 to 40) between these two phases, but
 we don't currently fill it in with incremental progress in downloading the
 consensus. Maybe we should?

 A thought for this part in particular: incremental progress at fetching
 descriptors can be confirmed as we go (we verify that we got the bytes we
 wanted). But if we try to show incremental progress at fetching a
 consensus, but then we get it and we don't like it, we'll find ourselves
 going backwards in bootstrap progress. Not the end of the world but maybe
 something to avoid getting ourselves into if we can.

 But most importantly of all: this particular incremental-progress dilemma
 can be totally deferred until everything else is done and in place. :)

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