[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Define 'family' better in path-spec

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 920edeeef60823d9efe196eb964a7465144d3ae9
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Thu Apr 18 00:30:20 2013 -0400

    Define 'family' better in path-spec
    
    Inspired by tor-talk thread "Family path selection"
---
 path-spec.txt |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/path-spec.txt b/path-spec.txt
index b6ada21..9575d25 100644
--- a/path-spec.txt
+++ b/path-spec.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ of their choices.
    we generate obey the following constraints:
      - We do not choose the same router twice for the same path.
      - We do not choose any router in the same family as another in the same
-       path.
+       path. (Two routers are in the same family if each one lists the other
+       in the "family" entries of its descriptor.)
      - We do not choose more than one router in a given /16 subnet
        (unless EnforceDistinctSubnets is 0).
      - We don't choose any non-running or non-valid router unless we have