On 11 Feb 2009, at 01:36, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > El Miércoles, 11 de Febrero de 2009, Shaun McDonald escribió: >> Having a slightly less efficient import that ensures consistency is a >> great thing, as it means that the database doesn't grow too quickly. > > I fail to see why slower growth is a good thing? >
See Brett's excellent answer. Steady growth is a much better way to say it. >> Remember that we are are using transactions with 0.6..... >> We really do want to make sure there are too many validations, so >> that >> we know that the data is correct in the database, rather than some >> weird inconsistency getting in. > > Nah, we'll still have Potlach :-D > I've been busy trying to fix the server Potlatch code so that it in many cases the corruption will no longer occur, as it is now doing it in a similar way to the XML api, or also incorporating it into a transaction. It also makes the code a bit simpler with less duplication. Shaun _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev

