Re: [OSM-dev] changeset comment length limitation

2010-11-09 Thread Andrew Harvey
Ah, thats right, changeset comments are just tags against the changeset. I was just going to describe what I change in the changeset, this is the comment I was going to use, Add land parcels (cadastral boundaries) from best guess from nearmap imagery, and add street numbers and apartment block

Re: [OSM-dev] changeset comment length limitation

2010-11-09 Thread Matthias Julius
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:10:26 +1100, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.com wrote: Linking to somewhere on the wiki seems like a good idea, I think instead I'll just add my changeset comment as a diary entry and link to the diary entry in the changeset comment. At least this allows people to

Re: [OSM-dev] changeset comment length limitation

2010-11-09 Thread John Smith
On 9 November 2010 18:10, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, thats right, changeset comments are just tags against the changeset. I was just going to describe what I change in the changeset, this is the comment I was going to use, If it's so important that you absolutely must

Re: [OSM-dev] changeset comment length limitation

2010-11-09 Thread Tom Hughes
On 09/11/10 08:47, Matthias Julius wrote: And if osm.org/browse/... would detect URLs in changeset comments and make them clickable that would make it even more convenient. Or, the URL can go into a separate tag. A bit like this you mean?

Re: [OSM-dev] changeset comment length limitation

2010-11-09 Thread Matthias Julius
On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:15:13 +, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: On 09/11/10 08:47, Matthias Julius wrote: And if osm.org/browse/... would detect URLs in changeset comments and make them clickable that would make it even more convenient. Or, the URL can go into a separate tag. A

Re: [OSM-dev] changeset comment length limitation

2010-11-09 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Matthias Julius li...@julius-net.net wrote: On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:15:13 +, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: On 09/11/10 08:47, Matthias Julius wrote: And if osm.org/browse/... would detect URLs in changeset comments and make them clickable that would

[OSM-dev] changeset comment length limitation

2010-11-08 Thread Andrew Harvey
Why are changeset comments limited to 255 characters? I want to add a changeset comment longer than this, what should I do? I don't feel I should try to shorten it because then important documentation will be lost. Can the limit be increased? ___ dev

Re: [OSM-dev] changeset comment length limitation

2010-11-08 Thread Jochen Topf
On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 03:55:15PM +1100, Andrew Harvey wrote: Why are changeset comments limited to 255 characters? I want to add a changeset comment longer than this, what should I do? I don't feel I should try to shorten it because then important documentation will be lost. Can the limit be