[OSM-dev] Data corruption :) II

[Stefan de Konink]

Dave Stubbs wrote:
> API read-only for a day = 1000 people

Will it take *a DAY* to add a constraint to one table?!

> Occasional referential integrity problems = 1 (you :-)

Fix = 1000 + 1 users! And no referential problems anymore + a nice 
reverse proxy infrastructure :) + Probably faster lookups.

> Seriously, there aren't that many problems considering. It's clearly
> not ideal, hence why it's being fixed. But the fix isn't as trivial as
> you make it sound, so it's been agreed to fix a few other problems and
> introduce some extra useful features at the same time, thus minimising
> down-time for everybody.

What is the down time you expect for 0.6 migration?


Stefan