Autor: sajolida Datum: To: The Tails public development discussion list Betreff: Re: [Tails-dev] Tor Monitor: don't show duplicate streams with the
same destination in the same circuit
Alan: > sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote:
>> Alan:
>>> intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
>>>> sajolida wrote (27 Aug 2015 16:48:14 GMT) :
>>>>> C. Duplicate information
>>>>
>>>>> In the list of circuits I sometimes see duplicated lines.
>>>>
>>>> Technical nitpicking: these are streams, not circuits :)
>>>>
>>>>> For example when connecting to heavy websites like YouTube.
>>>>> See duplicates.png in attachment. Why not deduplicate these lines?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure what's the value of the "there are multiple streams to
>>>> this IP:PORT going on that circuit" information. At first glance,
>>>> I would say let's deduplicate, but perhaps I'm missing a use case
>>>> or three?
>>>>
>>> If I display duplicates, either I have a bug or there are multiple
>>> streams to this IP:port in that circuit... I can deduplicate them if
>>> requested but I fail to see the interest to complexify the
>>> code to simplify the reality.
>>
>> The interest is to have a more compact view displayed to the user and
>> reduce noise. Did you see my screenshot? To me it looks pretty awful. I
>> fail to see the interest in complexifying so much the interface to
>> simplify a bit the code :)
>
> Please file a ticket for that then.
Done in #10183.
> I'd suggest we don't consider it as a blocker thought.
I'm fine with releasing a first version of Tor Monitor with this bug,
but I still want this to be on the roadmap regarding Tor Monitor in 2016
otherwise it'll never get done.
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