[tor-bugs] #26094 [Core Tor/Tor]: manpage: increase minimal bandwidth requirements to be consistent with the relay guide and FAQ

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#26094: manpage: increase minimal bandwidth requirements to be consistent with the
relay guide and FAQ
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 Reporter:  nusenu                               |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-doc, fast-fix, 035-triaged-      |  Actual Points:
  in-20180711                                    |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:  arma                                 |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by dgoulet):

 * status:  needs_review => needs_revision


Comment:

 Discussion with armadev on IRC. Snippet of good questions we must answer:

 {{{
 <+armadev> how many relays would we lose right now if we set this new
 minimums
 <+armadev> and, if we keep the Fast flag away from the new bottom 1/8,
 will there be quite fast relays who still don't get the Fast flag?
 ...
 <+armadev> historically we said a higher number in the man page than we
 actually enforced in the code
 ...
 <+armadev> kicking out relays by quietly changing a number is something we
 should think hard about
 <+armadev> maybe we raise the code minimum some,
 <+armadev> and also warn if it's below 1MB
 <+armadev> saying that in the future it'll be higher
 <+armadev> i could get behind a code-enforced 256KB
 }}}

 Useful notes ^ that I agree with!

 I'm putting this one in needs_revision so we can properly address this.
 Nick mentioned he would be fine to do that 035 post-freeze.

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