Version 4.4.0

This release brings many bug fixes and performance improvements for the new Python frontend introduced in the last version. It can now be considered stable and has become the frontend recommended to be used for new installations. You find deployment guides in the documentation.

A new feature in this release is experimental support for exporting a Nominatim database to SQLite. The SQLite database can then be used with the new Python frontend or when using the Nominatim library. For more information about this, watch the talk at SotM-EU 2023 or read the blog posts.

A more complete list of changes can be found in the Changelog. Many thanks to the external contributors @robbe-haesendonck (for imports without superuser rights), @lujoh (for a command for cleaning deleted relations) and @pawel-wroniszewski (for fixing postcode validation).

Updating from any version 4.x.x to the new release is straightforward. Please follow the instructions from the migration guide. Updating from older versions is possible but not recommended. Please note that the migration to 4.3.0 requires building a new index needed by the frontend. It is therefore not recommended to migrate while a machine is in active use.