-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 bvh schrieb: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:05:28PM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> Look at how fossilized big projects like Debian have become, where >> every slightest move requires ages just because they want to be >> stable, professional, respect the established user base and so on. > > That is a strawman. No one has seriously proposed anything like the > bureacrazy of Debian. For example with the OSM 0.6 API there was > a concrete proposal to make it backwards compatible that seems > not difficult to implement and would mean a whole lot of convienence > of for our users..
Everyone wants stability, nobody wants bureaucracies, but the thing is, they happen, and they tend to grow on their own. > We all agree we (as developers) should make life easier for the most > important resource of the project, the folksmappers. Part of that > is providing them with exciting and new features and possibilities > like roll-back and conflict avoidance. But part also not have them > jump through hoops unnecessary. I would think that *most* mappers, and indeed almost all of the most "valuable" mappers in terms of data input are sort-of pioneers anyway, so I would not think they would feel uncomfortable switching software every so often. In three or four years I will most probably say otherwise, but for now I suggest we keep our good track record of being flexible, and open. And sacrifice the convenience and backwards compatibility until there's actual need to change that method of updating. - -- Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie Bremen - 53.0952°N 8.8652°E -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIJtUbFUbODdpRVDwRAoLFAJ9uFFt1BNDm5eKzVZAo4kMFsPpkNwCeK4gV ctizg+zCiJiw4j/RWJ9LiXA= =QpY1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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