This is a transitional release towards version 4 of Nominatim. It introduces major changes in the organisation of the code and how Nominatim should be installed:
- Nominatim can now be installed with
make install. Keeping the source and build directories is no longer necessary. - A new single
nominatimcommand-line tool replaces the various functions of the PHP utility scripts. - A new project directory collects configuration and installation-specific data for each Nominatim database.
- Configuration files switch to dotenv format.
This release still maintains the compatibility with the old scripts and structures to make an update of existing installations easier. The only exception is the configuration file format which needs to be converted on update. For more information about migrating from older 3.x.x versions, have a look at the Migration guide in the documentation.