r17912@catbus: nickm | 2008-02-05 15:57:51 -0500

 Document truncation of version lines

svn:r13386

diff --git a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
index dc89904a4607c9b9c02c8830d5208abe3a9e3575..bc5f10890cc9fff1e6b979fb5c65784e4f66104b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/dir-spec.txt
@@ -945,6 +945,9 @@ $Id$
         protocol versioning system, and the protocol is "a version of the
         Tor protocol more recent than any we recognize."
 
+        Directory authorities SHOULD truncate version strings from
+        descriptors so that "v" lines are no more than 128 characters long.
+
    The signature section contains the following item, which appears
    Exactly Once for a vote, and At Least Once for a consensus.