[OSM-dev] Osmosis is 0.6 ready

[Brett Henderson]

As of now it also supports ordered relations so make sure you update svn 
or download the latest version 0.29.4.

Brett Henderson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Osmosis is now API 0.6 ready.  Preferably use the version in svn, 
> although the latest interim version is currently linked to from the 
> API 0.6 wiki page 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSM_Protocol_Version_0.6#Osmosis
>
> It supports 0.5 and 0.6 at the same time with 0.5 and 0.6 tasks both 
> available.  To invoke 0.6 tasks, append a "-0.6" to the long version 
> of the task name. For example, --read-xml becomes --read-xml-0.6. 
> Short names such as --rx are not supported for 0.6 tasks yet. When the 
> 0.6 production cutover occurs I'll release a new version with 0.6 
> tasks as the default.
>
> A basic migration task called --migrate is available for converting 
> 0.5 files into 0.6 format. It loses user information but otherwise 
> should work correctly. An example command line would be:
> osmosis --read-xml-0.5 data05.osm --migrate --write-xml-0.6 data06.osm
>
> The 0.6 design hasn't totally stabilised yet so there's a chance that 
> it could break but for now it should be fairly stable.  As of an hour 
> ago I've been able to successfully replicate changes between two mysql 
> databases using the latest rails schema from svn.  Let me know if you 
> encounter any problems.
>
> Cheers,
> Brett
>
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