[tor-bugs] #20060 [Core Tor/Tor]: torspec patch for new bandwidth weight defaults

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#20060: torspec patch for new bandwidth weight defaults
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  torspec, tor-auth, nickm-            |  Actual Points:
  deferred-20161005                              |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  0.1
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:7 pastly]:
 > Replying to [comment:6 teor]:
 > > * a shart summary of the impact of this change, something like: "With
 this change, test tor networks that are small or new are much more likely
 to produce valid bandwidth weights [...]"
 >
 > Do you mean "more likely to produce **invalid** bandwidth weights"
 because we might be giving weight to categories that have no relays?Or do
 you mean **valid** because at least we were able to produce a `bandwidth-
 weights` line?

 Ok, so I mean "much more likely to produce a `bandwidth-weights` line".

 We don't need to mention that this might cause node selection issues in
 small tor networks, because tor thinks there is a node of a particular
 type, and then can't find one. That's something we should find and fix
 during the 0.3.0 series.

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