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authorGeorge Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net>2020-09-28 16:00:44 +0300
committerGeorge Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net>2020-09-28 16:00:44 +0300
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change does remove one common cause of consensus splits.
VA-DistSeconds: The authorities calculate the consensus and exchange
- signatures.
+ signatures. (This is the earliest point at which anybody can
+ possibly get a given consensus if they ask for it.)
VA-DistSeconds/2: The authorities try to download any signatures
they don't have.
@@ -1752,7 +1753,14 @@
[Exactly once.]
The start of the Interval for this vote. Before this time, the
- consensus document produced from this vote should not be used.
+ consensus document produced from this vote is not officially in
+ use.
+
+ (Note that because of propagation delays, clients and relays
+ may see consensus documents that are up to `DistSeconds`
+ earlier than this this time, and should not warn about
+ them.)
+
See section 1.4 for voting timeline information.
"fresh-until" SP YYYY-MM-DD SP HH:MM:SS NL