[OSM-dev] New proposed directory layout for planet.openstreetmap.org

[Jochen Topf]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 08:58:30AM -0700, Paul Norman wrote:
> I would like to propose changing the directory layout of
> planet.openstreetmap.org with the ODbL switch. The current directory layout
> has grown rather than being planned. With the new content being under a
> different license it is a good idea to re-arrange the files to make it clear
> where content is under the old license and while doing so I believe it is a
> good idea to use a different directory layout.

Good idea!

> Proposed layout:
> /planet               Parent directory for planet files
> /planet/osm           Planet files as .osm.bz2
> /planet/pbf           Planet files as .pbf

How about using the year as subdir instead:

/planet/2012/
/planet/2013/

> /replication          Replication files
> /replication/minute   Minutely replication diffs
> /replication/hour     Hourly replication diffs
> /replication/day      Daily replication diffs
> /full-experimental    Full history dumps

Can't we loose the "experimental"? Also "full" isn't the best name. How about
/with-history
or
/planet-with-history

> /users_agreed         Users agreed
> /gps                  GPS dumps
> /cc-by-sa             Old CC BY-SA content

However the last few turn out, I vote for either using "-" or using "_"
everywhere.

Jochen
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