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

 Document truncation of version lines


svn:r13386

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.