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diff --git a/changes/prop215 b/changes/prop215 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..214e5763c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/prop215 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ + o Removed features (directory authorities): + + - Directory authorities no longer advertise or support consensus + methods 1 through 12 inclusive. These consensus methods were + obsolete and/or insecure: maintaining the ability to support them + served no good purpose. Implements part of proposal 215; + closes ticket 10163. + + o Minor features (directory authorities) + - If a directory authority can't find a best consensus method in the + votes that it holds, it now falls back to its favorite consensus + method. Previously, it fell back to method 1. Neither of these is + likely to get enough signatures, but "fall back to favorite" + doesn't require us to maintain support an obsolete consensus + method. Implements another part of proposal 215. + |