[tor-bugs] #13296 [Tor]: Drop or replace turtles

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#13296: Drop or replace turtles
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     Reporter:  atagar  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:4 ioerror]:
 > We should ask for specific properties from each operator - for example
 we - the community - want:

 For the original (I think mostly still valid) list, there is:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/attic/authority-
 policy.txt

 > I think that if we remove turtles, we should add another dir-auth. If we
 don't do that, I think it is fine to leave his non-functioning dir-auth in
 the mix for everything except bootstrapping.

 Sounds plausible to me. Having 8 vs having 9 with one always down is
 basically the same, from a consensus perspective. But you're right that
 it's not the same from a client bootstrapping perspective. It sure would
 be nice to get the FallbackDir feature going by default.

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