I was also annoyed by the need to describe the changesets. Especially
yesterday, when I had to do 5 attempts to upload a changeset - and
every time I had to type in a description.
So remembering the last description would make things easier.
And about the interface - I think it would be more
On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Henrik Niehaus wrote:
I have a question concerning my openstreetbugs plugin. I have added new
strings and want to translate them. What do I have to do? The gettext
support for my plugin has been added by Dirk, I think, and I don't have
a clue how this works.
This is done
But honestly, what would you say from a user interface perspective;
should we try and keep changesets open? What JOSM currently does is open
changeset - upload - close, for each upoad action. Some people have a
habit of uploading once every five minutes and they are perhaps annoyed
to have to
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
But honestly, what would you say from a user interface perspective; should
we try and keep changesets open? What JOSM currently does is open changeset
What I would like to see is that JOSM works like a wiki : when I click
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
JOSM will not allow you to omit the comment, much as SVN doesn't allow
you to commit without a message. Meaningful comments are vital to the
usability of the whole changeset thing and while I can't (yet) force
people to
Dirk Stöcker schrieb:
On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Henrik Niehaus wrote:
I have a question concerning my openstreetbugs plugin. I have added new
strings and want to translate them. What do I have to do? The gettext
support for my plugin has been added by Dirk, I think, and I don't have
a clue how
I can see why some people would find the comment requirement annoying,
but coming from using svn for source code it seems very natural to me.
I added a bunch of nodes for shops in my town last night and had no
trouble typing add some stores in Lower Village, and move some or
something like that.
Hi,
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
JOSM will not allow you to omit the comment, much as SVN doesn't allow
you to commit without a message. Meaningful comments are vital to the
usability of the whole changeset thing and
Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,
Ãvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
Even if it's only fuck you? Because that's the sort of crap we'll
get in the database because JOSM is forcing commit messages on people.
Yes, if the user so dislikes being communicative then let him put fuck
you there and be
Hi,
Maarten Deen wrote:
If a user gets his changes reverted more often because of the message he
writes, than I think the system is wrong, not the message. Edits should be
judged on the edit, not on the message that accompanies it.
I could very well imagine having edits which are questionable
Hi,
Pieren wrote:
If I have to choose, I prefere contributors making good quality
editions with no comments than contributors making bad quality stuff
with nice comments.
Yes but why would you have to choose. Someone who values OSM high enough
to devote time and quality work to it can be
On 22/04/2009 14:44, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
I am surprised that it requires explanation. Can you imagine the
usefulness of http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changesets without
descriptions?
Nobody is arguing
Pieren writes:
like to describe my changes but not always. But when I see that I
have to do it, it makes me so angry that I write anything excepted
what I could kindly write otherwise.
Does it make you angry that you have to click in the Upload button to
commit your changes?
OSM has been
Frederik Ramm schrieb:
Yes but why would you have to choose. Someone who values OSM high enough
to devote time and quality work to it can be expected to describe in a
few words what he is uploading. Why would he say no? The value of the
contribution is so much higher if others can, in an
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Ulf Lamping
ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote:
But, what puzzles me most (if I understand it correct) is that only JOSM
has this policy. If it's such a vital interest to the probject, why
doesn't the API forces the comments? It's really strange if you add
Martijn van Oosterhout schrieb:
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Ulf Lamping
ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote:
But, what puzzles me most (if I understand it correct) is that only JOSM
has this policy. If it's such a vital interest to the probject, why
doesn't the API forces the comments?
Frederik Ramm schrieb:
Hi,
Ulf Lamping wrote:
My fear is that especially newbies are prevented from uploading stuff:
what do I have to add here?!? - please remember: not everyone has
several years of subversion or wikipedia experience.
We'll add a help button to explain.
Making the
Hi,
Ulf Lamping wrote:
My fear is that especially newbies are prevented from uploading
stuff: what do I have to add here?!? - please remember: not
everyone has several years of subversion or wikipedia experience.
We'll add a help button to explain.
Making the GUI complicated and adding
Hi,
Uncommented changes are worth less than those with comments. Let's combine
our efforts to make it as easy and comfortable for everyone to add
meaningful comments, and we all gain from it.
Here's a possible patch: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/2442
It still enforces a commit comment
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