Good luck, and thanks, to all those involved in the upgrade. Regards
Glenn. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Harry Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > Ladies & Gentlemen finish your uploads > > We are *go* for API lock-down in T minus 60 minutes. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:28:45 +0100 > From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSM-talk] IMPORTANT - OSM API upgrade - Read Only access > mode from 09:00 UTC Fri 17th April > To: <[email protected]> > > > 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.... > > If you have not seen this message on your local language mainling list or > forum please help communicate to the wider audience by translating and > posting on. If also you can help with translations for the wiki page that > would be great too. > > > For and on behalf of the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board > > Andy Robinson > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
