[OSM-talk] IMPORTANT - OSM API upgrade - Read Only access

[Glenn Proctor]

Good luck, and thanks, to all those involved in the upgrade.

Regards

Glenn.


On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Harry Wood <harry at cloudmade.com> wrote:
> Ladies & Gentlemen finish your uploads
>
> We are *go* for API lock-down in T minus 60 minutes.
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:28:45 +0100
> From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" <ajrlists at googlemail.com>
> Subject: [OSM-talk] IMPORTANT - OSM API upgrade - Read Only access
>        mode from       09:00 UTC Fri 17th April
> 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/Information
>
>
> Translation....
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>
>
> For and on behalf of the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board
>
> Andy Robinson
>
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