[OSM-dev] Rantings about API 0.6

80n 80n80n at gmail.com
Wed Feb 11 08:52:01 GMT 2009


On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Brett Henderson <brett at bretth.com> wrote:

> Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
> > El Miércoles, 11 de Febrero de 2009, Shaun McDonald escribió:
> >
> >> Having a slightly less efficient import that ensures consistency is a
> >> great thing, as it means that the database doesn't grow too quickly.
> >>
> >
> > I fail to see why slower growth is a good thing?
> >
> Slower (perhaps "steady" is a better word) growth has its advantages for
> replication.  Osmosis data extraction is fairly efficient and can
> extract data many times faster than it is currently added, but
> downstream systems can't always process it fast enough.  So while it
> would be great to be able to import data faster, there probably should
> be an upper limit to import speed allow downstream systems to keep up.
>

This is not a valid reason.

Speaking as one of the downstream consumers of the Osmosis diffs we can take
it as fast as you can make it.

80n



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