Mitja Kleider wrote: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, den 01.03.2009, 22:20 +0100 schrieb Steffen Moeller: >>>> The directory /root/Maps seems to find some consensus between Qtopia and >>>> Debian concerning >>>> the location of OpenStreetMap data that was downloaded for offline reuse. >>>> I'd prefer to >>>> use /var/cache/osm, instead. Would that sound reasonable to you as well? >>>> Or is there a >>>> better location? >>> Downloaded maps are user data, thus should be below ~ (i.e. /root while >>> running as root, /home/someone while running as a normal user). >>> >>> That said, it should probably be in ~/.tangoGPS, to follow unix >>> convention. >> I don't think so. This is public and mostly invariant data. With multiple >> individuals one >> could possibly learn about someone's preference in locations, but otherwise >> this should be >> shared - between users and applications. > > OSM data is not invariant at all. Mapnik and Cycle Map tiles are updated > once a week, Osmarender is rerendered daily or more often. > The bare data behind the rendered tiles is updated 24/7.
Partly because of mine :) But you will agree that OSM (at least in D) has become such good, that the only bits that still change are lamp posts or so ... admittedly, I know a few spots myself that I [sc]ould still fix, but there is no strong need for continuous updates any more, at least not for the majority of users - it is invariant in the sense that most streets don't move or appear any more. > Most common users will not update often, most mappers would like to have > the most recent tiles. And the update of one user should be autoforwarded to the next in my view. > For multi-user environments it would make sense to share the cache, but > I do not want to update tiles as root. Just thinking loudly: how about a directory /var/cache/osm with that is owned by nobody.nogroup, that has the sticky bit set and is chmod 777 ? But as long as everyone is happy with $HOME/Maps ... it is a side issue, obviously. My main point indeed is that the directories are shared - between applications and in my view also between users. Many greetings Steffen _______________________________________________ pkg-fso-maint mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-fso-maint
