[OSM-dev] created_by considered harmfull

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> What got is a converter, if i'm the only one using it?

If you write a portable mapping app that requires using your  
converter which you offer on one of your servers (or find someone  
else who has spare server capacity), then everyone using your app  
will also use that converter.

> I mean, as long as its a feature needed by a lot of people (not at the
> moment, but in the near future) why not integrate it?

Anything that runs on the central server makes the server consume  
more resources, makes it slower, introduces more bugs, and makes it  
harder to maintain. So we should not ask "why not", but "why" - only  
if there is a technical reason why a certain piece of code needs to  
be run on the server instead of externally, then it should be allowed  
to run on the server.

If I wanted OSM data in JSON format, the last thing I would do is try  
to add a server module which will be outside of my control once it is  
installed and where every little bug I introduce runs the risk of  
making the whole server unstable.

Bye
Frederik

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