[tor-relays] [New Initiative] Tor Weather: Improving the Tor Weather

Sat Jul 2 17:15:57 UTC 2022

Hi,

Congratulations of being the GSoC 2022 project.
I have a soft spot for Tor Weather, it was the reason I remember to ask 
for my tshirts for running my tor nodes.

I would love to help get it back up and running, please let me know how 
the process works to volunteer.

nullvoid

Sarthik Gupta:
> *[Status Update for the Project] - **Week-1 & Week-2*
> 
> *Completed*
> *1. Initialized the Repository:*
>     a. Used pipenv for managing packages & virtual environments.
>     b. Added & configured linters, formatters & other tools.
>     c. Created few pre-commit hooks for automating trivial tasks.
>     d. Configured dev & prod environments with config file.
>     e. Setup a few branch policies on GitLab.
> 
> *2. Initiated the Flask App:*
>      a. Created a shared SMTP package with few utility methods for sending
> emails.
>      b. Configured the process of injecting data in dynamic email templates.
>      c. Configured the database connections with the project.
>      d. Added models for the tables to be created at startup if does not
> exist already.
> 
> *In-Progress*
> 1. Initiated the development of scripts for fetching data from Onionoo.
> 2. Started developing queries for fetching data from the tables including
> interfaces for each of the responses.
> 
> 
> Updates for the Project will also be made available on the Project Wiki - Week
> 1 & Week 2 · Wiki · sarthikg / Tor-Weather · GitLab (torproject.org)
> <https://gitlab.torproject.org/sarthikg/tor-weather/-/wikis/Project-Status-Updates/Week-1-&-Week-2>
> .
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Sarthik Gupta
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 1:00 AM Sarthik Gupta <sarthikg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hey, thanks for going through the proposal.
>>
>> So, prior to writing the proposal for the Tor-Weather, I referred
>> to multiple sources of which https://github.com/thingless/torweather was
>> one. Some parts of the code can be reused, though the implementation
>> differs by a great extent.
>>
>> It’s nice to know that someone else is also working on a similar project.
>> Would definitely love to interact with nusenu and explore his vision for
>> the project. In case the visions align, it would be great to have a
>> co-contributor.
>>
>> In terms of the notifications, we considered the issues that could be
>> caused by frequent unreliable notifications, and that’s why we’ll be
>> offering an option to customize each notification individually. For
>> instance, relay operators can customize the “Losing a flag” notification to
>> only get triggered if the relay has lost a flag for a minimum of 24hrs.
>> Take note that this could be any number of hours. I think that should solve
>> the issue.
>>
>> Prior to sending the previous email, I did try to enable comments on the
>> GitLab wiki, but it seemed a bit complicated to enable. Will be exploring
>> other ways to get this done & will send a follow-up email for that.
>>
>> Finally, I agree the man-pages listed that the email may be obscure & not
>> should be. Honestly, I didn’t pay attention to that level of detail while
>> writing the proposal, have made the corrections, and will take a look
>> beforehand from the next time.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Sarthik Gupta
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 7:49 PM <lists at for-privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 3:39:55 AM CEST Sarthik Gupta wrote:
>>>
>>>> The tor-weather service will offer a plethora of notifications options
>>> for
>>>> the relays.
>>> If you program something new, see if you can use the old code:
>>> https://github.com/thingless/torweather
>>> As far as I know, nusenu is also building something new. I don't know if
>>> he
>>> has already done something. He'll read this and get in touch.
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>> dream: someone resuscitates OnionTip.com or TorTip.com
>>>
>>>> These include, the node being down, running on EOL/Outdated
>>>> version, losing a flag, ranking in top 20/50/100, etc. These
>>> notifications
>>>> can be subscribed & customized by the relay operators to fit their needs
>>>> using a web-frontend.
>>> Please not 'losing a flag'
>>> This confuses people and encourages even more people not to update their
>>> relays. Or like at the moment: 2 Authority voting running relays offline
>>> &
>>> flags come and go. Then this list is flooded with mails.
>>>
>>>> Folks interested in the project can refer this
>>>> <https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2022-May/014734.html>
>>>> thread in the tor-dev mailing list for regular updates. Suggestions are
>>>> always welcomed! Please reach out to us in irc (#tor-dev) for any ideas,
>>>> questions, or suggestions you might have.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, comments are not allowed in:
>>> https://gitlab.torproject.org/sarthikg/tor-weather/-/wikis/Proposal
>>>
>>> Cons:
>>> The email provided in the ContactInfo is obfuscated in most of the cases
>>> as
>>> they should be according to the torrc documentation. Hence this
>>> information
>>> cannot be relied upon.
>>>
>>> Please replace the link to the outdated jessie manpage
>>> use stable 'bullseye' or
>>> https://manpages.debian.org/main/tor/torrc.5.en.html
>>>
>>> You _MAY_ want to obscure is in the torrc not _SHOULD_ And especially in
>>> the
>>> last few weeks, several Tor Dev's have asked:
>>> - DO NOT obfuscate your contact information! Maintainers already burn a
>>> lot of
>>> time trying to decipher obfuscated contact info!
>>>
>>> Every reasonable email provider has spamassassin and amavisd-new running.
>>> We
>>> should tell people to use the header: 'X-Spam-Level: YES'
>>>
>>> --
>>> ╰_╯ Ciao Marco!
>>>
>>> Debian GNU/Linux
>>>
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>>
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