[tor-bugs] #2149 [Tor Client]: new 'extra dormant' mode for people who never use their tor

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#2149: new 'extra dormant' mode for people who never use their tor
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 Reporter:  arma                 |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement          |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  major                |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Client           |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  performance scaling  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                       |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by sysrqb):

 Replying to [comment:8 arma]:
 > We could fix it by putting a timestamp in the state file if we're not
 dormant but we're getting there, and then not counting the call to
 add_predicted_port that we do in predicted_ports_init on startup. That
 starts to get quite messy though.

 Wouldn't this still introduce a privacy concern? Instead of a timestamp,
 perhaps use different stages?

   0: No dormant
   1: Dormant for at least 4 hours
   2: Dormant for at least 8 hours
   3: Dormant for at least 12 hours
   ...

 Where we pick up where we left off? Or maybe just have the value itself
 incrementally count how many hours have passed and update, if necessary,
 every time dormancy is checked.

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