Hi Tim, added preliminary Stem parsing support for the v2 fallback format...
https://gitweb.torproject.org/stem.git/commit/?id=ea55eaa Few thoughts are... * It would be nice if the 'extrainfo=' lines were mandatory since I need a delimiter between the entries. * Maybe we should start the document with a format version number? Cheers! -Damian On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 6:53 AM, teor <teor2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Some time in the next few weeks, the Tor fallback directory mirror file > format will change. This affects stem and Relay Search, which parse this > file. > > > Change Description > > Here is a list of changes to the file format: > * the "weight" line has been removed, and replaced with a Tor config > default (#24679, #24681) > * the comma that separates fallback C strings is now on its own line > * a "nickname" comment has been added (#24600) > * an optional "extrainfo" comment has been added (#22759) > > The added fields will be populated with placeholders until the list is > rebuilt (#22271). This will hopefully happen some time in the next few > weeks. > > > Requesting More Extra Info Caches > > There are only a few fallbacks that cache extra-info documents. > I checked 67, and only 4 cached extra-info documents. > > atagar, do you want me to ask some fallback operators to set > DownloadExtraInfo 1? > > What number or proportion would you like? > > (We allow approximately 25% of fallbacks to go down before we start to rebuild > the list. In the worst case, this can mean that ~40% are down at some point.) > > > Example Entries > > A sample entry in the new format, using actual relay info: > > "5.9.110.236:9030 orport=9001 id=0756B7CD4DFC8182BE23143FAC0642F515182CEB" > " ipv6=[2a01:4f8:162:51e2::2]:9001" > /* nickname=rueckgrat */ > /* extrainfo=1 */ > , > > The current fallback file in the new format, with placeholders: > https://github.com/teor2345/tor/blob/ticket22759_tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc > > A small sample fallback file in the new format, with actual relay info: > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/22759/fallback_dirs_new_format.inc > > Please let me know if you would like any changes to the format. > > T > > -- > Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) > > teor2345 at gmail dot com > PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B > ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n > xmpp: teor at torproject dot org > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list tor-dev@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
