[tor-bugs] #27339 [Core Tor/sbws]: Work out a policy for resolving differences between torflow and sbws

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#27339: Work out a policy for resolving differences between torflow and sbws
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     Reporter:  teor           |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  task           |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium         |  Milestone:  sbws 1.0 (MVP must)
    Component:  Core Tor/sbws  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal         |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                 |  Parent ID:  #27107
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 In #27135, we talk about how to deal with differences between torflow and
 sbws.

 Here are some options:
 1. Any difference between sbws and torflow is a bug in sbws that should be
 fixed.
 2. If a sbws deployment is within X% of an existing bandwidth authority,
 sbws is ok. (The total consensus weights of the existing bandwidth
 authorities are within 50% of each other, see #25459.)
 3. Let's choose an ideal bandwidth distribution for the Tor network, and
 modify sbws until we get that distribution.

 Juga suggested that we start with policy 2, and use research to work out
 when to move to policy 3.

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