[tor-bugs] #12201 [Core Tor/Tor]: Don't weight by bandwidth when selecting among bridges

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#12201: Don't weight by bandwidth when selecting among bridges
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 Reporter:  asn                                  |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  tor-bridge, tor-guard, needs-design  |  Actual Points:
  fairness                                       |
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Changes (by teor):

 * status:  needs_information => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 Isis, I think you will fix this issue by implementing a bridge bandwidth
 scanner, and then increasing the weights that clients believe.

 But we may still want to have these limits for unmeasured bridges, like
 the Tor Browser default bridges?

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