[Rebuild] Do I win a prize if I am the first to post?

[Simon Poole]

Am 16.01.2012 10:06, schrieb Frederik Ramm:
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> Not saying we shouldn't do it *at all* but I think that if we do cut 
> history then I would be in favour of cutting *all* history and setting 
> up a separate service where you can inquire about pre-changeover 
> history (under CC-BY-SA) for *all* objects, so that it becomes clear 
> that you *have* to look there for pre-changeover information, rather 
> than keeping most history and throwing away the 5%.

This is, after all, OSM. I would be rather wary about inventing new 
(core) services that somebody has to keep running indefinitely. Outside 
of keeping a full history dump on planet.openstreetmap.org that is.

Simon