[tor-bugs] #2195 [Tor Relay]: Handle the case when we can't generate descriptors

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#2195: Handle the case when we can't generate descriptors
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 Reporter:  karsten    |       Owner:                     
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  needs_review       
 Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final 
Component:  Tor Relay  |     Version:  Tor: 0.2.2.17-alpha
 Keywords:             |      Parent:                     
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:3 karsten]:
 > Also, did we decide that not generating an extra-info descriptor is the
 desired behavior? See Sebastian's idea in the ticket description. I don't
 feel strongly here, but want to avoid that this gets lost.

 Crashing a relay (thereby ending all circuits passing through it, losing
 its Stable and Guard flags, etc.) merely to draw attention to the fact
 that it could not generate an extra-info descriptor is a bad idea.
 Uploading a router descriptor without an extra-info-digest line will still
 be quite noticeable, and will be far less disruptive to the network.

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