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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2016-11-06 20:08:11 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2016-11-06 20:08:11 -0500
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Do not apply 'max_failures' to random-exponential schedules.
Fixes bug 20536; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
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+ o Major bugfixes (download scheduling):
+ - When using an exponential backoff schedule, do not give up on
+ dowloading just because we have failed a bunch of times. Since
+ each delay is longer than the last, retrying indefinitely won't
+ hurt. Fixes bug 20536; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha.
+