Sure I get that from a code point of view, although I was surprised Google allowed 2 almost identical versions (name and logo) on the store. Personally I was coming from a marketing and user friendliness point of view. It's confusing for users and will probably cost the new developer time in the long run as he/she will probably get some issues raised on GitHub that relate to the "other" OSM Tracker.
Would have thought a rebrand would have been useful if no way to get the old app down. Likewise I would have thought a few minutes to make the app look more maintained on the OSM wiki (e.g. update screenshots, removal of PDA survey) would of been a help to attract new users. Anyway, not an issue for me (as I don't use it) so I won't loose any sleep over this one. Certainly not "upset" just confused by the situation. *Rob* On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 at 12:45, Andy Townsend <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why on earth are there 2 versions of OSMTracker for Android on the Play > store?! > > It's open source software, so it's fairly technically straightforward to > "clone, modify and resubmit". What restrictions Google put on this sort of > thing currently I don't know, but I suspect they're mostly limited to an > API usage check and a " dodgy code behaviour" check (that'd be the case for > an Enterprise Play Store submission). > > > Which is the right one and how to get an old one removed? > > Maybe there isn't one "right one" ? My recollection was that there was a > problem with OSM-hosted tile usage in one of the versions (which may have > been since resolved) and there was a bit of a delay getting it fxed. > Perhaps someone fixed it in "another" version in the meantime? > > Whatever it is, I'd suggest that the best place to ask the question would > be to the relevant app authors via the Play Store support link, or github > (at least one of them has a public issues list there). > > Best Regards, > > Andy > > >
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