[tor-relays] relay maintenance without losing consensus weight?

[Zwiebel]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 11:20:09PM +0800, Tim Wilson-Brown - teor wrote:
> 
> > On 8 Mar 2016, at 22:37, Zwiebel <zwiebel at kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > is there a way to shut down Tor relays for a short time without losing
> > consensus weight or bandwidth?
> 
> This is a frequently asked question, particularly if you add "losing flags" to the relay operator's list of concerns.

So... is it possible?