[tor-bugs] #9321 [Tor]: Load balance right when we have higher guard rotation periods

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#9321: Load balance right when we have higher guard rotation periods
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 Reporter:  arma                                |          Owner:                    
     Type:  project                             |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal                              |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor                                 |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  needs-proposal tor-auth tor-client  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                                      |   Actualpoints:                    
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Description changed by arma:

Old description:

> Here's our plan:
>
> 1) Directory authorities need to track how much of the past n months each
> relay was around and had the Guard flag.
> 2) They vote a percentage for each relay in their vote, and the consensus
> has a new keyword on the w line so clients can learn how Guardy each
> relay has been.
> 3) Clients change their load balancing algorithm to consider how Guardy
> you've been, rather than just treating Guard status as binary.
> 4) Raise the guard rotation period a lot (#8240).

New description:

 Here's our plan:

 1) Directory authorities need to track how much of the past n months each
 relay was around and had the Guard flag.
 2) They vote a percentage for each relay in their vote, and the consensus
 has a new keyword on the w line so clients can learn how Guardy each relay
 has been.
 3) Clients change their load balancing algorithm to consider how Guardy
 you've been, rather than just treating Guard status as binary (#8453).
 4) Raise the guard rotation period a lot (#8240).

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