[OSM-dev] Implementing 'undo' in Potlatch

[Shaun McDonald]

On 17 Jul 2007, at 16:21, Matthias Julius wrote:

> 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.
>

But what happens when someone downloads that area, between you saving  
and undoing?

Shaun