[OSM-dev] 0.6 API Status

[Shaun McDonald]

Brett Henderson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just wondering where the API 0.6 changes are up to.  I haven't been 
> paying much attention and might have missed something but haven't 
> noticed any discussion recently.  I've checked out the 0.6 wiki page and 
> it seems fairly quiet.  Is it still soldiering on quietly in the 
> background or has something changed (eg. we've also decided to add area 
> support ;-)?
>
>   
Looking at the svn log there hasn't been any major work on it for 1.5 
months.

I have been working on some unit tests and other minor non-functionality 
improvements to the code.

Shaun
> I need to update osmosis for 0.6.  To get started I'll need a copy of 
> the latest database schema and some sample xml osm and osc files.
>
> At a minimum I'll have to update the entities to support the new user id 
> and version attributes.  But proper changeset support might require some 
> more effort.  The inclusion of user id will let me be smarter with 
> updating data in replicated databases for old users that have now made 
> their edits public and will allow users that change their name to be 
> kept aligned.  I'm not sure how much effort is involved for all of this, 
> but there's only one way to find out.
>
> Brett
>
>
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