[tor-bugs] #28591 [Core Tor/Tor]: Accept a future consensus for bootstrap

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#28591: Accept a future consensus for bootstrap
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  teor
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  bootstrap, clock-skew, tor-guard,    |  Actual Points:  0.5
  usability, ux, s8-errors, 035-roadmap-         |
  subtask, 035-triaged-in-20180711, 035          |
  -backport-unreached                            |
Parent ID:  #28018                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:  catalyst                             |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by teor):

 * status:  merge_ready => closed
 * keywords:
     bootstrap, clock-skew, tor-guard, usability, ux, s8-errors, 035
     -roadmap-subtask, 035-triaged-in-20180711
     =>
     bootstrap, clock-skew, tor-guard, usability, ux, s8-errors, 035
     -roadmap-subtask, 035-triaged-in-20180711, 035-backport-unreached
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 This code is too complex to backport: people who need better reliability
 under clock skew will have to upgrade to 0.4.0 or later.

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