[tor-bugs] #28465 [Core Tor/Tor]: Use or remove "package" lines from votes

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#28465: Use or remove "package" lines from votes
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 Reporter:  irl           |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-spec      |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:1 dgoulet]:
 > It is not used because no directory authority defines
 `RecommendedPackages` but it doesn't mean we can't use it in the future.
 >
 > We can deprecate it for sure if we do not use it. It would be a simple
 code removal and render the option `OBSOLETE()`. I believe that as long as
 we make sure no dirauth adds a `RecommendedPackages` then we can avoid a
 consensus method about "not voting for this anymore" ... Might not be the
 proper way to do things though ;).

 We can stop voting for the packages lines immediately.

 Removing package lines from the consensus requires a proposal and a new
 consensus method.
 It can be a very short proposal:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/282-remove-named-
 from-consensus.txt

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