On 9/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Hart</b> <<a href="mailto:bathterror@gmail.com">bathterror@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> We have combined those two into a shiny new "OSM 0.5" which we hope to<br>> deploy in early October, provided that we don't encounter major obstacles<br>> and provided of course we have the support of the community and those
<br>> who manage our essential servers (and take the blame if something<br>> breaks...).<br><br>> The changeover from 0.4 to 0.5 will cause a server downtime of probably<br>> about one day. Due to the structural nature of the changes, it is un-
<br>> likely that you will have software that can handle 0.4 and 0.5 at the<br>> same time; you will have to use one version up to the changeover day,<br>> and another version after that.<br><br>A single day sounds somewhat optimistic. The changeover to
0.4 to 0.3<br>was forecast to take a weekend but in reality took much longer before<br>everything was running smoothly.<br>Be careful not to over promise and under deliver. Much better to say<br>it'll be a week, and then be done in 3 days!!!
</blockquote><div><br>My money's on a month before it's business as usual. Better to be pessimistic than have to deal with all the fallout from frustrated users.<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
is your branch of josm for tracking the mainline, or should developers<br>start targeting 0.5 only/as well now?<br><br>Rob<br>--<br>Robert Hart<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dev mailing list<br>
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