tor/changes/prop275-minimal

  o Minor features (future-proofing):

    - Tor no longer refuses to download microdescriptors or descriptors if
      they are listed as "published in the future".  This change will
      eventually allow us to stop listing meaningful "published" dates
      in microdescriptor consensuses, and thereby allow us to reduce the
      resources required to download consensus diffs by over 50%.
      Implements part of ticket 21642; implements part of proposal 275.
Stop declining to download microdescs with future published times. This change is the only one necessary to allow future versions of the microdescriptor consensus to replace every 'published' date with e.g. 2038-01-01 00:00:00; this will save 50-75% in compressed microdescriptor diff size, which is quite significant. This commit is a minimal change for 0.2.9; future series will reduce the use of the 'published' date even more. Implements part of ticket 21642; implements part of proposal 275. 2017-03-06 21:37:01 +01:00			`o Minor features (future-proofing):`

			`- Tor no longer refuses to download microdescriptors or descriptors if`
			`they are listed as "published in the future". This change will`
			`eventually allow us to stop listing meaningful "published" dates`
			`in microdescriptor consensuses, and thereby allow us to reduce the`
			`resources required to download consensus diffs by over 50%.`
			`Implements part of ticket 21642; implements part of proposal 275.`