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diff --git a/doc/spec/proposals/102-drop-opt.txt b/doc/spec/proposals/102-drop-opt.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 490376bb53..0000000000 --- a/doc/spec/proposals/102-drop-opt.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ -Filename: 102-drop-opt.txt -Title: Dropping "opt" from the directory format -Author: Nick Mathewson -Created: Jan 2007 -Status: Closed -Implemented-In: 0.2.0.x - -Overview: - - This document proposes a change in the format used to transmit router and - directory information. - - This proposal has been accepted, implemented, and merged into dir-spec.txt. - -Proposal: - - The "opt" keyword in Tor's directory formats was originally intended to - mean, "it is okay to ignore this entry if you don't understand it"; the - default behavior has been "discard a routerdesc if it contains entries you - don't recognize." - - But so far, every new flag we have added has been marked 'opt'. It would - probably make sense to change the default behavior to "ignore unrecognized - fields", and add the statement that clients SHOULD ignore fields they don't - recognize. As a meta-principle, we should say that clients and servers - MUST NOT have to understand new fields in order to use directory documents - correctly. - - Of course, this will make it impossible to say, "The format has changed a - lot; discard this quietly if you don't understand it." We could do that by - adding a version field. - -Status: - - * We stopped requiring it as of 0.1.2.5-alpha. We'll stop generating it - once earlier formats are obsolete. - - |