[OSM-dev] [OSM-talk] Number of Edits

[Andy Allan]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:
>> Brett Henderson wrote:
>>
>>> Would this mean you'd update the same way multiple times within a
>>> single revision?  I'm nervous about what this means for
>>> replication.  How does osmosis know when the way is complete and
>>> ready to be replicated?  Sorry, probably off topic here but just
>>> keep it in mind.
>>
>> Not quite sure what you mean. 0.6 transactions will just be (AIUI)
>> "groups" of edits, nothing more.
>
> Just a clarification for me - should we keep referring to these as
> "changesets" and perhaps start the mantra of "a changeset is not
> transactional"? I think otherwise the database guys amongst us will
> get confused...

On reading the wiki, maybe "a changeset is not atomic" is a better
description? Is there a difference in db-esque parlance between
"atomic" and "transactional"?

> Or explain to me if I've got the wrong end of the stick between
> "changesets" and what you're describing.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>