[josm-dev] josm-dev Digest, Vol 19, Issue 5

[Женя Деревянкин]

I was also annoyed by the need to describe the changesets. Especially
yesterday, when I had to do 5 attempts to upload a changeset - and
every time I had to type in a description.
So remembering the last description would make things easier.

And about the interface - I think it would be more logical to move the
comment field to the upload window, where the added/changed/removed
things are shown. First - it just economises time, as you have one
"OK" button less in the upload dialog. Second - the changes are seen
right away, so you can describe them more precisely.

Best regards,
Eugen

> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:27:55 +0100
> From: Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [josm-dev] Commit message not empty
> To: Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com>
> Cc: josm-dev <josm-dev at openstreetmap.org>
> Message-ID:
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> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Forcing people to type a text in the commit message does not help OSM
>> at all. It only generates such comments:
>>
>>
>> ?#886027 ? ? ? ? (still editing) ? ? ? ? frolty ? ? ? ? ?bla bla
>>
>> Very helpful.
>> Will JOSM be the only editor making this restriction ?
>
> or
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874667
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874868
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874786
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874869
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874960
>
> that guy seems to *really* not like putting comments in ;-)
>
> cheers,
>
> matt
>
>
>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:20:20 +0200
> From: Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>
> Subject: Re: [josm-dev] Commit message not empty
> To: Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com>
> Cc: josm-dev <josm-dev at openstreetmap.org>
> Message-ID: <49EE54B4.2010601 at remote.org>
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>
> Hi,
>
> Matt Amos wrote:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874667
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874868
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874786
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874869
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/874960
>>
>> that guy seems to *really* not like putting comments in ;-)
>
> It has been pointed out to me that JOSM should perhaps at least store
> your previous comment and allow you to re-use it. That would make things
> so much easier for this chap!
>
> But honestly, what would you say from a user interface perspective;
> should we try and keep changesets open? What JOSM currently does is open
> changeset - upload - close, for each upoad action. Some people have a
> habit of uploading once every five minutes and they are perhaps annoyed
> to have to type in a comment each time (could be fixed by caching the
> old comment), but thinking about later analysis of changesets it might
> perhaps be desirable to add changes to an existing changeset.
>
> Maybe so:
>
> * user starts josm, edits
> * uploads => gets asked for description => changeset created
> * on next upload => JOSM makes GET request to see if changeset still
> open on server => if yes, offers dialog box with radio buttons:
>
> ( ) continue existing edit session
>     commit message: [whatever was last typed, editable]
>
> ( ) start new edit session
>     commit message: [             ]
>
> I see the possible problem of people always continuing the existing
> session even if they are now doing something completely different...
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
> --
> Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail frederik at remote.org  ##  N49?00'09" E008?23'33"
>
>
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