Turn on microdescriptors for clients

diff --git a/changes/microdescs_on b/changes/microdescs_on
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..8299c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/microdescs_on
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Major features:
+    - The microdescriptor system is now on by default for clients. This
+      allows clients to use Tor while downloading a much smaller amount
+      of directory information. To disable it, set "UseMicrodescriptors 0"
+      in your torrc file.

diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 4a9d2c9fbd406c8906f95d979c6f391d637bff9e..fef14547bca8d58042c268410e3659a25a619218 100644 (file)
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static config_var_t _option_vars[] = {
   V(UpdateBridgesFromAuthority,  BOOL,     "0"),
   V(UseBridges,                  BOOL,     "0"),
   V(UseEntryGuards,              BOOL,     "1"),
-  V(UseMicrodescriptors,         AUTOBOOL, "0"),
+  V(UseMicrodescriptors,         AUTOBOOL, "auto"),
   V(User,                        STRING,   NULL),
   VAR("V1AuthoritativeDirectory",BOOL, V1AuthoritativeDir,   "0"),
   VAR("V2AuthoritativeDirectory",BOOL, V2AuthoritativeDir,   "0"),