[tor-bugs] #3617 [Tor Client]: Make client-side optimistic data behavior configurable

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#3617: Make client-side optimistic data behavior configurable
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 Reporter:  nickm       |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:              |         Parent:  #1849             
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 It looks like our default default (what do you do if you want to use what
 the consensus says but the consensus doesn't say anything) is 0.

 So if we like our design and implementation, we'll be stuck with an extra
 param in the consensus forever (or at least until we change the default
 default and wait for those versions to go away).

 The alternative is for auto to default to 1 if no param is listed. That's
 riskier short-term (if we don't like our design and implementation, we'll
 need to list a param of 0 in the consensus until these versions go away).

 It looks like refuseunknownexits's auto default is 1, for comparison. Do
 we want to try to build a convention here, or is that crazy-talk?

 If we want to get super over engineering about it, we could have auto
 default to 0 for now but plan to change it to default to 1 before 0.2.3
 goes live.

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