[tor-bugs] #3354 [Vidalia]: tor's auto bridge default and unintended Vidalia side effects

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#3354: tor's auto bridge default and unintended Vidalia side effects
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 Reporter:  erinn    |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  needs_review   
 Priority:  blocker  |      Milestone:  Vidalia: 0.2.13
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:  Vidalia: 0.2.12
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Comment(by anonym):

 Replying to [comment:20 arma]:
 > I think the problem here stems from the fact that we silently changed
 behavior for Tor users who have Bridges set but don't have UseBridges set.
 In the past they wouldn't use the bridges when Tor starts; now they do.
 If that's the only real issue, the obvious one-line fix would be to revert
 back UseBridges=0 as the default value. The rest of the recent changes to
 UseBridges behaviour could stay without breaking backwards compatibility.

 > So the reason I was calling it a hack is that in retrospect changing
 usebridges to a tristate was probably not the right way to achieve the
 goals you have in mind.
 Sure. As you can see #2355, I wasn't the original proponent of the
 tristate behaviour. All I want is something like
 AllowTorToWaitForBridgesWithoutConnectingToThePublicTorNetwork, and that
 it will be cleanly supported in the Vidalia context too.

 > I am increasingly thinking we should take out that patch and put out a
 new Tor 0.2.2, so we don't change behavior for users. At the same time we
 should ponder how to accomplish the goals you have in mind.
 I'm not in a rush, and was actually expecting this to hit Tor 0.2.3, so
 that's fine with me if my above suggestion isn't good enough.

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