Mark proposal 275 as closed and fold it into dir-spec.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/dir-spec.txt b/dir-spec.txt
index 543e341..1cf3665 100644
--- a/dir-spec.txt
+++ b/dir-spec.txt
@@ -2288,10 +2288,11 @@ Table of Contents
         signed (that is, not including the signature) by the RSA identity
         key (see section 1.3.), encoded in base64.
 
-        "Publication" is the publication time of its most recent descriptor,
-        in the form YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, in UTC.  Implementations MAY base
-        decisions on publication times in the past, but MUST NOT reject
-        publication times in the future.
+        "Publication" was once the publication time of the router's most
+        recent descriptor, in the form YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, in UTC.  Now
+        it is only used in votes, and may be set to a fixed value in
+        consensus documents.  Implementations SHOULD ignore this value
+        in non-vote documents.
 
         "IP" is its current IP address; ORPort is its current OR port,
         "DirPort" is its current directory port, or "0" for "none".
@@ -2957,6 +2958,10 @@ Table of Contents
           "bwweightscale" and "maxunmeasuredbw" parameters correctly when
           computing votes.
 
+        * If consensus method 33 or later is used, and the consensus
+          flavor is "microdesc", then the "Publication" field in the "r"
+          line is set to "2038-01-01 00:00:00".
+
      The signatures at the end of a consensus document are sorted in
      ascending order by identity digest.