Knut Arne Bjørndal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:48:11AM -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: > > As far as I know the reason for [EMAIL PROTECTED] was osmarender, and I've > never > seen any support for other osm->svg renderers in there, so how it can > not be seen as an osmarender-related project is besides me.
I just don't know the whole history of it. AFAIK there are not that many parts in [EMAIL PROTECTED] that really depend on osmarender. One would need to replace/modify Tilset->GenerateSVG to use another renderer. That nobody has done that, yet, is no reason to make [EMAIL PROTECTED] more dependent on osmarender. I always thaught the purpose of [EMAIL PROTECTED] is to show OSMs data as close to realtime as possible and one tool of choice for that was osmarender. >> >> I guess I just don't have so bad feelings about externals. I don't >> mind them at all. > > It makes for a mess when developing. I already have a couple of > osmarender checkouts, and that extra for each of the couple of [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > checkouts I have makes it even harder to keep track of where > everything is. Well, it's everywhere. ;-) Can you actually do 'svn switch' for a sub-directory of a checkout and 'svn up' in the top level will keep tracking the switched location for that sub-directory? > Yes, we should try to limit disruptive changes, but I don't think we > should keep the current workarounds (yes, I consider our svn externals > workarounds for a proper dir layout) just to save client renderers > from running one command. Well, the definition of "proper" may vary... I just see osmarender as an external tool and the inclusion of it as an external as a convenience for the user. > > Why don't we use this situation as an opportunity, call it a big > version upgrade, and list the things people have to do: > * Install Error.pm > * Install IPC::Run > * Install Class::Accessor > * svn switch ... Certainly possible. And if you make your proposed change I won't jump up and down and revert it the next minute. And if a copy of the client stays in its old place for a while and gives a hint to the user that there are actions required and "check the wiki" it won't be too painful. Matthias _______________________________________________ Tilesathome mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tilesathome
