[tor-dev] #15060: Decide the fate of MyFamily / prop242 better families

[Nusenu]

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Hi,

I like prop242 [1] because it doesn't "Nuke MyFamily" [2] but replaces
it with a better approach. "Better" in terms of scalability and
maintainability.

I don't know of any current 'tools' (except the tor client itself)
that use MyFamily data but Virgil's [3] gamification website and
compass group-by family feature [4] would depend on it.

So before spending time on features that depends on an uncertain
descriptor field, it is probably better to wait till the fate of that
property (MyFamily) has been decided.

The reason for this email is to find out when that fate will be
decided upon? (expected answer: before tor 0.2.7.x-final is released)

Nick's statement:
> Having some paths with all three nodes in the same family scares
> me
gives me some hope that it won't go away completely and will allow me
to group relays to an operator (as long as the operator decides to
configure it).

Even in the unlikely event of MyFamily being nuked completely (with no
replacement) - I guess it will be some years(?) till you deprecate pre
tor 0.2.7 clients?


[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6676
[2]
https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/242-better-families.txt
[3] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-June/006975.html
[4]
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nusenu/misc-files/master/biggest_tor_relay_operators_by_MyFamily.txt




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