[OSM-dev] Implementing 'undo' in Potlatch

Matthias Julius lists at julius-net.net
Tue Jul 17 16:21:27 BST 2007


Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> writes:

> In message <469C9A6E.6000305 at arjam.net>
>         Robert Munro <rjmunro at arjam.net> wrote:
>
>> I don't every typo into svn. By the time I enter a changeset, I have
>> made many hundreds of additions, deletions and undos in my text editor.
>> It's only once I am happy that I check the thing in. It's the same with
>> JOSM, and it should be the same with Potlatch.
>
> What if you come back a week later and undo it? Then you would want it
> to go in the database history properly.

I think we should distinguish between 'undo' and 'revert'.  When a
change from last week is reverted this should be recorded in the
history.  When I accidentally delete something in Potlatch and hit
'undo' a second later this is not necessary.

Matthias





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