[or-cvs] r12454: rescue r12440's changelog entry from a dusty corner of the 0 (tor/trunk)

[arma at seul.org]

Author: arma
Date: 2007-11-10 02:03:05 -0500 (Sat, 10 Nov 2007)
New Revision: 12454

Modified:
   tor/trunk/ChangeLog
Log:
rescue r12440's changelog entry from a dusty corner
of the 0.2.0.9-alpha release notes.


Modified: tor/trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- tor/trunk/ChangeLog	2007-11-10 06:56:03 UTC (rev 12453)
+++ tor/trunk/ChangeLog	2007-11-10 07:03:05 UTC (rev 12454)
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
     - Raise the default BandwidthRate/BandwidthBurst to 5MB/10MB, to
       accommodate the growing number of servers that use the default
       and are reaching it.
+    - Directory authorities use a new formula for selecting which nodes
+      to advertise as Guards: they must be in the top 7/8 in terms of
+      how long we have known about them, and above the median of those
+      nodes in terms of weighted fractional uptime.
 
   o Major bugfixes:
     - Stop servers from crashing if they set a Family option (or
@@ -52,11 +56,6 @@
       2004.
 
   o Minor features:
-    - Directory authorities now decide whether routers are stable
-      enough to be guards based not on their MTBF or their uptime, but
-      on their fractional uptime: the fraction of the time that they
-      are online. (No router counts as having uptime until we've known
-      about it for at least 24 hours.)
     - Clients now hold circuitless TLS connections open for 1.5 times
       MaxCircuitDirtiness, since it is likely that they'll need to build
       a circuit over them within that timeframe. Previously, they held
@@ -244,10 +243,6 @@
       should exist before trying to replace the current one.
     - Use a more forgiving schedule for retrying failed consensus
       downloads than for other types.
-    - Adjust the guard selection formula that authorities use a little more:
-      require guards to be in the top 7/8 in terms of how long we have
-      known about them, and above the median of those nodes in terms of
-      weighted fractional uptime.
 
   o Minor bugfixes (other directory issues):
     - Correct the implementation of "download votes by digest." Bugfix on