[tor-bugs] #27690 [Core Tor/Tor]: Update bandwidth-file-spec with scaling methods

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#27690: Update bandwidth-file-spec with scaling methods
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 Reporter:  juga                  |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                |      Milestone:  sbws 1.0 (MVP must)
Component:  Core Tor/Tor          |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-spec, tor-bwauth  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #27107                |         Points:
 Reviewer:                        |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:3 juga]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 teor]:
 > > Replying to [comment:1 juga]:
 > > > Maybe we should not include any scaling method, and instead create a
 bandwidth scaling specification when we come out with an algorithm that is
 tested enough we are happy with.
 > >
 > > We should delete the parts of the spec that we aren't going to
 implement soon.
 > >
 > > > Otherwise, should we include/repeat Torflow scaling in this spec?
 > >
 > > Yes, because eventually we will delete the torflow repository and
 spec.

 Actually, that's not true - we will archive the repository in the "attic"
 directory.

 > > Also, torflow's scaling spec is hard to find, and it is buried in a
 whole lot of other specs for code that is not used.
 >
 > Ok, i'll include Torflow scaling in the bandwidth-file-spec.
 > If torflow repo and spec will be removed, we will lose the parts of
 torflow that are not about scaling.
 > By the time that would happen, maybe we should have an spec about how
 the measurements are done *and* the scaling, both for torflow and sbws.

 We won't archive the torflow repository until we have stopped using
 torflow.
 When we've stopped using torflow, we won't need a spec for how it works.

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