<span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">I want to</span> <span class="hps">call</span> <span class="hps">a few facts</span> <span class="hps">in mind</span><span class="">:<br><br></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">- We</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">an old</span> <span class="hps atn">attribute "</span><span>landuse</span> <span class="hps">= reservoir</span><span class="">"</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">This is very much</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">use</span><span class="">.</span></span><br>
- <span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">We have a</span> <span class="hps atn">proposal "</span><span class="">Water</span> <span class="hps">detail"</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">was approved in</span> <span class="hps">voting</span> <span class="hps">by a large</span> <span class="hps">majority.<br>
<br>This proposal includes:<br>    waterway=riverbank (replaced by natural=water + water=river)<br>    landuse=reservoir (replaced by natural=water + water=reservoir)<br>    landuse=pond (replaced by natural=water + water=pond) <br>
and:<br></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">    Until all renderers (which render those areas differently from natural=water) support those new values, both schemes can be used together: just add natural=water and water=* to already present tags. "Deprecates" means "is equivalent for all purposes to". For example, landuse=reservoir should be rendered exactly like natural=water + water=reservoir. There are too many uses of the current tagging scheme, and we don't want massive retagging and edit wars. <br>
<br></span></span><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Many users</span> <span class="hps">have decided</span> <span class="hps">together</span> <span class="hps">for this new approach</span><span class="">. </span></span><br>
<span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">This result should be</span> <span class="hps">respected by</span> <span class="hps">all of us.<br></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Finally, it was</span> <span class="hps">at that time</span> <span class="hps">already been discussed</span> <span class="hps">extensively</span> <span class="hps">over</span> <span class="hps">the content</span><span class="">.<br>
<br></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Why do</span> <span class="hps">we resist</span> <span class="hps">again</span> <span class="hps">bring</span> <span class="hps">this discussion</span> <span class="hps">now</span><span class="">?</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">proposal</span> <span class="hps">is unique and</span> <span class="hps">clearly understandable.</span> <span class="hps">The desire of the</span> <span class="hps">community</span> <span class="hps">should follow</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and document</span> <span class="hps">decisions made</span> <span class="hps">in the wiki</span> <span class="hps">accordingly.</span> <span class="hps">This also means</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">there is</span> <span class="hps">a successor to</span> <span class="hps">landuse</span><span class="hps">=</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">reservoir</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">.</span></span><br>
<br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">My</span> <span class="hps">assumption was that</span> <span class="hps">you</span> <span class="hps">know the</span> <span class="hps">decision of the</span> <span class="hps">community.</span> <span class="hps">Apparently</span> <span class="hps">this is not so</span><span class="">, otherwise</span> <span class="hps">this discussion</span> <span class="hps">would not be necessary</span><span class="">.<br>
<br></span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">Sincerely yours<br>René<br><br></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Thanks to</span> <span class="hps">Google</span> <span class="hps">Translate</span> <span class="hps">for the</span> <span class="hps">translation of my</span> <span class="hps">German contribution</span><span>.</span></span><br>