[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Don't enforce strict item order when parsing consensuses.

[asn at torproject.org]

commit 69a67d0733521258cad498b98649fc2e09a8eb18
Author: George Kadianakis <desnacked at riseup.net>
Date:   Thu Jan 12 13:23:18 2017 +0200

    Don't enforce strict item order when parsing consensuses.
    
    Authorities still need to generate consensus with a specific order to
    maintain consensus consistency, but clients don't need to. Resolves
    ticket #21059.
---
 dir-spec.txt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dir-spec.txt b/dir-spec.txt
index 32e6347..08a1166 100644
--- a/dir-spec.txt
+++ b/dir-spec.txt
@@ -1526,8 +1526,9 @@
    Some items appear only in votes, and some items appear only in
    consensuses.  Unless specified, items occur in both.
 
-   The preamble contains the following items.  They SHOULD occur in the
-   order given here:
+   The preamble contains the following items. Authorities building the
+   consensus MUST place items in the order given here, whereas clients parsing
+   the consensus MUST accept items in any order:
 
     "network-status-version" SP version NL