[tor-bugs] #27735 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tors with cached consensuses can't upgrade to a version that stops supporting a required protocol

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#27735: Tors with cached consensuses can't upgrade to a version that stops
supporting a required protocol
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  accepted
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.6.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  029-backport-maybe, 032-backport-    |  Actual Points:
  maybe, 033-backport-maybe, 034-backport-maybe  |
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Changes (by nickm):

 * milestone:  Tor: 0.3.5.x-final => Tor: 0.3.6.x-final


Comment:

 On analysis, I think it's safe to defer this to 0.3.6.  This only comes up
 when we are possibly about to ''drop'' support for a protocol, and we
 aren't planning to drop any more protocols in 0.3.5.

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