[OSM-dev] The new link on the OSM map

[Tom MacWright]

> It is not just about JOSM, the change breaks *every application, web
service or browser plugin* that creates a reference to the osm main page or
that could parse an OSM url.

Links to the homepage are backwards-compatible. We've set up redirects.

> No. If you just go ahead with changes that break things, you should anticipate
damage reports.

Bug reports are fine, and expected.

I'm not asking for silence: I'm asking for less editorializing, hyperbole,
and negativity.


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:33 AM, NopMap <ekkehart at gmx.de> wrote:

> tmcw wrote
> > Is it really a terrible weight to update JOSM to recognize the new
> format?
>
> It is not just about JOSM, the change breaks *every application, web
> service
> or browser plugin* that creates a reference to the osm main page or that
> could parse an OSM url.
>
> That's a little bit more :-).
>
> What's more as this was done unannounced (no, an internal issue tracker is
> not an announcement), all these applications are failing now as a surprise
> for their users.
>
>
> tmcw wrote
> > Can we stop calling any feature that changes the behavior of the site "a
> > major step backwards"?
>
> No. If you just go ahead with changes that break things, you should
> anticipate damage reports.
>
> Maybe a wider discussion of the expected impacts could have avoided the
> problem, but asking for silence on the topic will neither fix the problem
> nor the (lack of) procedure which created it.
>
> bye, Nop
>
>
>
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