[OSM-dev] Data corruption :) II

[Tom Hughes]

Stefan de Konink wrote:

>> Occasional referential integrity problems = 1 (you :-)
> 
> Fix = 1000 + 1 users! And no referential problems anymore + a nice 
> reverse proxy infrastructure :) + Probably faster lookups.

+ synchronisation issues
+ loss of control unless all proxy targets are maintained by
   the OSM admin team

>> 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?

We are still attempting to quantify that.

Tom

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