[tor-bugs] #28925 [Core Tor/Tor]: distinguish PT vs proxy for real in bootstrap tracker

[Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki]

#28925: distinguish PT vs proxy for real in bootstrap tracker
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
 Reporter:  catalyst                             |          Owner:
                                                 |  catalyst
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  assigned
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.4.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  s8-bootstrap, usability, ux, tor-    |  Actual Points:
  pt, tbb-needs, 040-must, network-team-         |
  roadmap-2019-Q1Q2                              |
Parent ID:  #28018                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor19
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
Changes (by mcs):

 * cc: gk (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:10 catalyst]:
 > Replying to [comment:7 mcs]:
 > > I added tbb-needs to this ticket (which I included on #29341 when I
 filed it).
 > Sorry for dropping the tag. Do you need this to be in 0.4.0? It might be
 easier to put in 0.4.1 because we can use the pubsub framework. It might
 be possible to put it in 0.4.0 but it might take longer, and might be too
 big a change at this stage of the release.

 I added Georg to the Cc list on this ticket.

 I looked at the Core Tor release dates on the following page:
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/CoreTorReleases

 The misleading bootstrap messages are confusing, but I think that is
 acceptable in a Tor Browser alpha.  However, this seems like a bug we
 would not want to have in a stable release (at least not for a long period
 of time).

 Georg can comment more accurately than I can, but we might ship tor 0.4.0
 with Tor Browser 8.5 since the browser release date will be very close to
 the 0.4.0 stable date.  That means that our users will have to live with
 this bug for 4 months or longer.  Maybe that is okay because experts who
 are called upon to help troubleshoot bootstrap problems can be told about
 this bug, and most users probably do not use a local proxy (in which case
 one can assume that "proxy" must mean "pluggable transport").  As far as I
 know, we don't have any hard data about local proxy use though.

--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28925#comment:11>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online