[CoconutPilot]

Is there an anti-pattern for this kind of thing? Its a two line bug report suggesting years of development effort. There is a huge multiplication factor between the time invested by the bug reporter and the time required to do what he asks.

[alexnewman]

Only if your goal is to doom the existing tor project. Lots of great research projects start this way. Often times it influences the main project or merges.

[ycombinatorMan]

what good would come of this, to be honest?