[OSM-dev] Why are so many changeset so large?

[Tom Hughes]

On 17/10/12 17:20, Alex Barth wrote:

> Matt Amos wrote:
>
>> from this, we get a single changeset/#id/upload
>> call which applies atomically.
>
> Is that so? I thought changesets were not applied atomically leading to issues where it is hard to find out what data got applied when a connection breaks down or an editor crashes.

A changeset isn't atomic, but an upload should be as it is done in a 
transaction. The changeset isn't atomic because it may have multiple 
uploads grouped in the same changeset.

Tom

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