SteveC wrote: > Dear all > > We had a review call today on the technical side of OSM and one of the > things that came up was the transition to API 0.6 > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Protocol_Version_0.6 > > API 0.6 is the latest and greatest in OSM APIs and brings scrummy > goodness like changesets. You can read more at the wiki page. A lot of > work has gone in to it from a number of people. > > The downside is that there needs to be some database downtime while > the change happens. This means a period of time without login, editing > and so on. The slippy map will of course still work. > > We have agreed a date of 21/22 March. During this time, and possibly > for a little while after, you won't be able to log in or edit while > things are upgraded. > > Technical questions on this should be thrown at Matt Amos and TomH. > > So, apologies, but hopefully this is enough advance warning for you to > avoid activities around that time. From there OSM will be stronger, > better, faster, longer and higher than before. > On a related note (note sure about the best way to announce this), there will be an interruption in the the osmosis daily/hourly/minute changesets during this time. I'll start them again when the db comes online again after the migration and they'll be in 0.6 format. It will be necessary to download a new planet and resync again.
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