[tor-bugs] #14881 [Tor]: incorrect defaults when producing bandwidth-weights line in directory footer

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#14881: incorrect defaults when producing bandwidth-weights line in directory
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 Reporter:  robgjansen                           |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |  robgjansen
 Priority:  Medium                               |         Status:
Component:  Tor                                  |  needs_revision
 Severity:  Normal                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Keywords:  027-triaged-1-in, 028-triaged,       |  0.2.8.x-final
  pre028-patch                                   |        Version:  Tor:
Parent ID:                                       |  0.2.7
  Sponsor:  SponsorU                             |     Resolution:
                                                 |  Actual Points:
                                                 |         Points:  medium
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:11 robgjansen]:
 > What is requested of me here? Do I simply need to increment the a
 consensus version counter somewhere, and add a blurb to the changelog, and
 attach a new patch? Am I mistaken in thinking that these are trivial
 additions? Or is there something complex that I am overlooking?

 Adding a consensus method means:
 * adding a `#define MIN_METHOD_FOR_INIT_BW_WEIGHTS_ONE 22`
 * updating `#define MAX_SUPPORTED_CONSENSUS_METHOD 22`
 * keep the old behaviour when `consensus_method <
 MIN_METHOD_FOR_INIT_BW_WEIGHTS_ONE`, that is, the consensus method
 supported by the majority of the authorities does not include the changes
 * use the new behaviour when `consensus_method >=
 MIN_METHOD_FOR_INIT_BW_WEIGHTS_ONE`

 And then making sure that when we merge, each consensus method actually
 gets a different number.

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