[tor-bugs] #15157 [Tor]: Spec issues with consensus' new 'package' field

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#15157: Spec issues with consensus' new 'package' field
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 Reporter:  atagar  |          Owner:
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor   |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor     |        Version:
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 Hi Nick. Brought these up on irc but moving to a ticket. Our consensus'
 new unused
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/commit/?id=ab6453476066fd1bf5c8cb577863c0cdd5079e0f
 packages field] has some spec issues...

 * It isn't very future proof. It's fine for now, but I'm not sure how it
 could validly have new attributes in the future.
 * Presently it necessitates at least one DIGEST entry. Think that's
 probably a mistake.
 * 'one or more non-=, non-" " characters' => That's too imprecise. For
 instance, it allows newlines which I'm sure wouldn't really be valid.
 * It would be nice if it said if a DIGESTTYPE can appear multiple times.
 I'd like to model this as a hash but I'm not sure if DIGESTTYPE are
 unique.

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