[OSM-talk-be] IMPORTANT - OSM API upgrade - Upgrade finished

[Ben Laenen]

The server is now back into a usable state, if you want to start mapping 
again.

Little warning though: relations are completely broken with Potlatch. 
Don't do anything with relations in there until it's fixed or you may 
completely destroy existing relations. In fact I think it's safer to 
not use Potlatch at all for now because you even can't see if you might 
break something...

Ben



On Thursday 16 April 2009, Ben Laenen wrote:
> Forwarding for those who don't follow the international mailing
> list...
>
>
> Snelle Nederlandse vertaling:
>
> Dit weekend wordt de nieuwe OSM server geïnstalleerd en maken we
> ineens de omschakeling naar de nieuwe API 0.6. Dat wil zeggen dat het
> vanaf morgen 17 april om 11:00 Belgische tijd tot maandag 20 april
> niet mogelijk is om je wijzigingen te uploaden. Data downloaden zou
> meestal wel nog moeten lukken maar zal ook ernstige hinder
> ondervinden en op bepaalde momenten ook onmogelijk zijn.
>
> Alle details hieronder in het Engels:
>
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: [OSM-talk] IMPORTANT - OSM API upgrade - Read Only access
> mode from 09:00 UTC Fri 17th April
> Date: Thursday 16 April 2009
> From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" <ajrlists at googlemail.com>
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>
> Dear OpenStreetMap Users,
>
> This weekend sees the long awaited upgrade of our main API from
> version API 0.5 to API 0.6. This is a major development for the
> project and involves upgrades to both the hardware platform (the main
> OSM database) as well as the software that we all use to communicate
> with it.
>
> In order to migrate the existing OSM database to the new server and
> software platform it is necessary to lock the OSM database to Read
> Only access, that means you will not be able to upload your new map
> edits to OSM once the current API is in read only mode.
>
> Read only access will commence at 09:00 UTC Friday 17th April 2009
> and is expected to last throughout the API upgrade period.
>
> Completion of the API upgrade and database migration is scheduled for
> some time on Monday April 20th, however the exact time will depend
> upon how well progress goes over the weekend. It is also highly
> likely that there will be periods of total API downtime during the
> weekend as the upgrade is progressed.
>
> The front page of the wiki will be your best place to keep an eye on
> the current status, or hang out in IRC at #OSM for hour by hour news,
> but please keep your questions to a minimum as our sysadmins team
> will be busy! Concrete news updates, when they are available, will be
> published.
>
> The technical working group and the full API 0.6 development team
> have worked long and hard to deliver this exciting new upgrade to the
> OSM platform. I am sure you will wish to join me in thanking them all
> for their efforts and contribution to date and wish them the very
> best with the work over this weekend.
>
> For more information about the changes please see the following wiki
> page:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Protocol_Version_0.6/Informati
>on
>
>
> Translation....
>
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>
>
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>
> Andy Robinson
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