From eba143611b70d287b3efb95f2261a57274533af9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:23:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] r16053@catbus: nickm | 2007-10-22 20:20:23 -0400 Note that consensus-method is not a means for making backward-incompatible format changes. Because any point that confuses Roger will *definitely* confuse many non-Roger readers of dir-spec.txt ;) svn:r12112 --- doc/spec/dir-spec.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt index ccdf08798a..2920aef6ce 100644 --- a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt @@ -1086,6 +1086,12 @@ $Id$ supported by more than 2/3 of the authorities voting. If it supports this method, then it uses it. Otherwise, it falls back to method 1. + (The consensuses generated by new methods must be parsable by + implementations that only understand the old methods, and must not cause + those implementations to compromise their anonymity. This is a means for + making changes in the contents of consensus; not for making + backward-incompatible changes in their format.) + 3.5. Detached signatures Assuming full connectivity, every authority should compute and sign the