[OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] OpenStreetMap Carto release v5.0.0

[Paul Norman]

On 2020-03-19 1:18 a.m., Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote:
> On 19.03.20 02:07, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
>> All style users who upgrade to v5.0.0 should re-import the rendering
>> database so that the changes to lua transformations will take effect.
> As I'm running a "render as many styles as possible" installation based
> on a "hstore all, hstore only, vith views on top to provide actual
> expected schema" on print.get-map.org, what influence would this have
> on the older styles?
>
> "An update to Lua tag transforms, setting line vs polygon decisions
>     for new tags"
>
> Is this really just about "What should end up in which table,
> planet_osm_line vs. planet_osm_polygon?
>
> In that case it would probably not matter at all ...?

There are a few things we fixed that will result in bugs if you render 
osm-carto 5.0.0 against a 4.x database, principally with z_order. I 
don't know if the reverse is true.

As time goes on and we render different features running 5.x against a 
4.x database will result in missing features.