From f597b73dc0667910c60341780be1c811dc9380b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 00:46:50 +0000 Subject: backport r10153 and r10156 svn:r10177 --- doc/spec/dir-spec.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt index 9d7c399a3b..6d71cbf9f9 100644 --- a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt @@ -642,9 +642,10 @@ $Id$ When choosing which documents to download, clients treat their list of directory authorities as a circular ring, and begin with the authority appearing immediately after the authority for their most recently - retrieved network-status document. If this attempt fails, the client - retries at other caches several times, before moving on to the next - network-status document in sequence. + retrieved network-status document. If this attempt fails (either it + fails to download at all, or the one it gets is not as good as the + one it has), the client retries at other caches several times, before + moving on to the next network-status document in sequence. Clients discard all network-status documents over 24 hours old. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf