Steffen Moeller wrote: > >>>> 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. I still disagree (except for big cities), but it think that it leads to an off-topic discussion. The important point is that a normal user should have write access to the tiles.
> > 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. Makes sense. > > 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 ? >From a user's point of view that sounds good. What is the Debian point of view? > 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. I fully agree on this point and I am not happy with $HOME/Maps. The Freerunner is not a big multi-user environment, but the solution should be generally applicable to any system. My thoughts on that topic did not lead to any good solution yet. Greetings, Mitja _______________________________________________ pkg-fso-maint mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-fso-maint
