On 5 May 2008, at 17:51, 80n wrote: > > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 2:49 PM, bvh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:48:51AM -0400, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > > Based on my reading, there is only one aspect of the changes in > the API > > that forces backwards incompabitibility: the requirement for the > client > > to generate a changeset before uploading and provide that changeset > > identifier. > > That and the version number stuff I guess, but there you can apply > the same solution : just assume the correct one if none is provided. > > +1 > > Unless someone thinks that 2,000 (guesstimate) JOSM users will all > upgrade simultaneously, then it would be unwise to just switch from > 0.5 to 0.6 overnight.
I disagree, publicise widely and just switch. It's worked every time in the past. It's not _entirely_ clear that it's possible to run both, and in the past it certainly hasn't been such as the dropping of segments. The only think I have a problem with is backward supporting the crap in potlatch. Best Steve _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
