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<p>That was a good decade ago, nothing that would factor in to a
decision now (because Linux could not be a target platform to
start with). <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 01.08.2020 um 10:16 schrieb Sören
Reinecke via talk:<br>
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So far as I understood Adobe dropped Linux support for its AIR
plattform. If that is right, then I am in doubt that supporting
the development of Potlatch 2 is not that in a sustainable manner.<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Sören Reinecke
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Subject: [OSM-talk] Funding of three infrastructure projects :
Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch 2<br>
From: Guillaume Rischard <openstreetmap@stereo.lu><br>
To: OSMF Talk <osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org><br>
CC: OpenStreetMap talk mailing list <talk@openstreetmap.org><br>
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<h1 class="western"><font style="font-weight: normal;"
class="" size="2" face="HelveticaNeue">Hi all,</font></h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
The OSMF Board wants to facilitate and support
improving
infrastructure. During the Microgrants process,
there were proposals
that didn’t make it, but would together be a good
pilot for a “OSM
infrastructure” process, to learn how supporting osm
infrastructure
projects works well. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
The OSMF Board wants to fund a limited number of
projects proposed by
trusted long-term volunteers whose work we know and
enjoy. We have
selected the osm2pgsql and Potlatch microgrant
proposals, and have a
new proposal from Nominatim. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
In the long term, we want to re-activate the
Engineering Working
Group (EWG) by making it a place for decision
making, project
guidance and budget management for such projects. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
The Board would like your feedback on these three
specific
infrastructure projects: </font></p>
<h2 class="western"><font class="" size="3"
face="HelveticaNeue">Nominatim </font></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
Nominatim is the geocoding software that powers <a
href="http://openstreetmap.org/" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">openstreetmap.org
and many other apps and websites. Sarah wants to
work on: </a>
</font></p>
<ul class="">
<li class="">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue"> finishing the localization
efforts (improve address computation for
different countries, localized address output) </font></p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue"> making the software more
user-friendly (reduce the number of programming
languages by at least two, move side-projects
into separate repos, reorganise the code so that
Nominatim can become an Ubuntu package, docs,
docs, docs) </font></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
The full proposal is at
<a
href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Nominatim_project_2020-07"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Nominatim_project_2020-07
</a>
</font></p>
<h2 class="western"><font class="" size="3"
face="HelveticaNeue">Potlatch 2 </font></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
Potlatch 2 used to be the default editor before iD
took the relay.
While usage is declining, it’s <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editor_usage_stats"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">still
used by 2500 (1.4%) users who did 10 million
(1.2%) changes in 2020. </a>
</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
Potlatch is built in Flash, which browsers will
retire by the end of
the year. Richard wants to adapt Potlatch 2 to the
AIR platform so
users who still rely on it can continue to use it. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
The full proposal is at
<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop
</a>
</font></p>
<h2 class="western"><font class="" size="3"
face="HelveticaNeue">osm2pgsql </font></h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
osm2pgsql loads OpenStreetMap data into databases
suitable for
applications like rendering into maps, geocoding
with Nominatim, or
general analysis. It is used on <a
href="http://openstreetmap.org/" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">openstreetmap.org
and in many other places. </a>
</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
While there has been constant paid and volunteer
work on osm2pgsql,
large scale architecture changes to pay off
historical technical debt
are needed to tackle long term challenges, and make
future changes
easier. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
Jochen wants to work on: </font></p>
<ul class="">
<li class="">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue"> Hosting documentation on <a
href="http://osm2pgsql.org/" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">osm2pgsql.org </a> </font></p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue"> Rethinking the output of
the program to make it more concise and useful </font></p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue"> Tackling the refactoring
and cleanup of the “middle” code. </font></p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue"> Ongoing maintenance as
needed </font></p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue"> Other work from the road
map as time permits </font></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
The original budget and scope were limited by the
microgrant
framework. The current project goes beyond that, and
addresses open
issues and potential improvements further and
better. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;
orphans: 0; widows: 0" class=""><font class=""
face="HelveticaNeue">
The proposal is at
<a
href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Osm2pgsql_project_2020-07"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Osm2pgsql_project_2020-07</a></font></p>
<div class=""><font class="" face="HelveticaNeue"><br
class="">
</font></div>
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class="">
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<div class=""><font class="" face="HelveticaNeue"><br
class="">
</font></div>
<div class=""><font class="" face="HelveticaNeue">Thank
you and happy mapping<br class="">
<br class="">
Guillaume, for the OSMF board</font></div>
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