[or-cvs] Prevent a "try forever to download an unobtainable descript...

Nick Mathewson nickm at seul.org
Sun Sep 18 02:51:14 UTC 2005


Update of /home/or/cvsroot/tor/doc
In directory moria:/tmp/cvs-serv8562/doc

Modified Files:
	TODO 
Log Message:
Prevent a "try forever to download an unobtainable descriptor" bug.  Still remaining: the "give up forever" bug.

Index: TODO
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RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.358
retrieving revision 1.359
diff -u -d -r1.358 -r1.359
--- TODO	16 Sep 2005 16:47:34 -0000	1.358
+++ TODO	18 Sep 2005 02:51:12 -0000	1.359
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         X By 'if-newer-than' (Does the spec require this??)
         o Support compression.
 N     - Alice acts on network-status objects
-        . Alice downloads descriptors as needed.
+        o Alice downloads descriptors as needed.
           o Figure out what's needed
           o Store it
             o Implement store
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@
             o Call directory_has_arrived as needed; rename it.
             o Set has_fetched_directory properly.
           o Retry descriptors on failure
-          - Give up after a while.
+          o Give up after a while.
+          - But try again after a long while (???)
         - Check software versions according to some sane plan.
         o Alice sets descriptor status from network-status
           o Implement



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