[tor-bugs] #29291 [Core Tor/sbws]: Work out a better way to choose the data size to download

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#29291: Work out a better way to choose the data size to download
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     Reporter:  juga           |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium         |  Milestone:  sbws: 1.0.x-final
    Component:  Core Tor/sbws  |    Version:  sbws: 1.0.2
     Severity:  Normal         |   Keywords:
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 Instead of starting to download 16MB and adjust the size depending on how
 long it takes to download until a maximum of 1GB, we could:

 - Choose the initial size based on the bandwidth that the relay report
 - (Try to download for a maximum of 10secs? and) stop downloading data
 when we have learnt enough

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