Hi Mariusz, (cross-posting to talk removed, as this is essentially a dev mail)
I'm glad to hear that you are concerned about Nominatim development. That makes two of us. As a software developer, the most effective way to change things is to start contributing code. So here are a few pointers for that. The outstanding pull requests you mention are a very good place to start. There are quite a few which have not been merged because there are outstanding comments from me which the original authors never addressed. In particular, I'd like to point to: https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/pull/552 https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/pull/439 https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/pull/429 They are pretty far along. They would need to be updated to the current master version and have the remaining issues fixed. If that's not to your liking you can also look through the issues. Anything marked 'enhancement' is particularly suited for external contributions. I haven't marked the difficulty level but here are a few examples, I'd consider good starting points for first time code contributors: https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues/562 https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues/135 https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues/171 https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues/255 https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues/344 https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues/311 The comments on the issues can be sparse at times, so feel free to ask for clarifications. As a general rule, it is also a good idea to quickly outline your implementation idea first, in particular where the solution is not obvious or where larger changes are required. That helps avoid disappointment during PR review. If you have general questions about the source code, the geocoding@ mailing list is the right place to ask. Sarah (Nominatim lead developer) On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 07:34:53PM +0100, Mariusz Rogowski wrote: > <style>blockquote {padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: > #cccccc 1px solid;} p {margin: 0px;padding: 0px;} </style> > <p>Hi,<br />I am not sure if this is right pleace to rise my concerns or if > they are welcomed here. But I will give it a try.<br /><br />I am not an > active member of community, I am software developer who sporadically has to > geocode some addresses. For some regions of the world OSM is the best source > of data and it is a shame tools for searching the data fall behind. In my > opinion Nominatim could have been very useful service which would promote OSM > usage. Seriously, for many applications > searching addresses is very important feature. Nominatim should be like > second most important service given to the world by OSM. Unfortunately it > seems to be far away from the spotlight and people might not be aware of its > problems. What I mean is:<br />1. There are pull requests (i.e. probably > finished features ready to integrate with project) starting from year 2012. > Yes - somebody contributed to the project and is wating 5 years to have his > contribution accepted. [1]<br />2. There are over > 100 issues opened starting from 2013. [2]<br />3. Project is understaffed > (which I guess can happen). But its maintainers are aware of it and do not do > anything to change it. [3]<br /><br />Anyway, I work in software development > and I could be contributing to the project. But fact the contributions are > ignored, maintainers are frustrated (and it shows) make me thing it is a > waste of time. Even providing real life examples of wrong geocoding (so the > test cases could be extended) ends with some > unfriendliness and ignorance. [4] <br /><br />I > understand there are probably valid reasons for current state and atitude. > But discussing it does not really interests me. I wish to change things ;) > Unfortunately there's not much I can do about it apart from pointing the > problems to wider audience. <br /><br />Anyway, I think the solutions to the > problems are quite obvious. How can I convince someone to make the project > open and friendly to new collaborators?<br /><br > />Mariusz<br /><br />[1] - https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/pulls<br > />[2] - https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues<br />[3] - > https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues/316#issuecomment-147111016<br > />[4] - https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues/467<br /><br /></p><br /> > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > t...@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
