StrictNodes or StrictExitNodes?

[Anon Mus]

Roger Dingledine wrote:
>
>> This is interesting. I tried it.. and both seem to work for me on my  
>> 0.2.2.10-alpha on win2k.
>>
>> But.. when I tried - WarnUnsafeSocks 0
>>
>> I get..
>>
>> Nov 25 17:50:03.015 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Unknown  
>> option 'WarnUnsafeSocks'.  Failing.
>> Nov 25 17:50:03.015 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
>>
>> Tor then bombs out..
>>     
>
> WarnUnsafeSocks was introduced in Tor 0.2.2.14-alpha.
>
> --Roger
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Wow, there seems to be some sort of error, I thought (as per usual 
development practice) that as
"The current stable version of Tor is 0.2.1.27." then my 
"0.2.2.10-alpha" would contain the code up to and after 
"0.2.1.27-stable" (had 0.2.1.27-alpha been stable enough - as its normal 
development practice for a "stable" to be a "stable", a field tested, 
alpha build - with the same version number).

So if Tor is using usual development practice then why does the stable 
version manual (http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en) have 
"*WarnUnsafeSocks" in it if there has been no stable build since it was 
introduced in *0.2.2.14-alpha ?


Also , I notice the manuals do not have deprecated commands in it any 
more (even if they are still supported). It might be wise to add these 
old commands particularly if they are still supported and give versions 
when they were deprecated/removed and versions when new ones were 
introduced. It shouldn't be too onerous. After all the manuals are going 
to be used by people who have different versions. It would then be 
possible to have just one manual covering ALL Tor versions, stable and dev.

e.g.

StrictExitNodes 0|1

 (Added v?.?.?.?-alpha and v?.?.?.?-stable,
Deprecated v0.2.2.7-alpha and v?.?.?.?-stable, Removed v0.?.?.?-alpha etc - see replacement command StrictNodes)

Blah.. blah .. blah

Then we only have to check the ONE manual and all will be clear!
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