[josm-dev] .jar file size is too big

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Sat Jul 18 03:13:27 BST 2009


Hi,

Ulf Lamping wrote:
> I have installed and used JOSM behind a 56K modem line before. The issue 
> - as Dirk alread noted - was not the JOSM, but the data download.

I don't accept that argument. Downloading a large area (plus aerial 
imagery) and making edits there is only one of a large number of 
possible use cases.

For example, many error checkers will use the JOSM remote control plugin 
to download only a small area around the error that needs fixing. I 
recently did something like that for some residual TIGER import 
problems, and the average download for each of these is 10 kB of OSM data.

> Anyway, my main interest is to get users up and running as *easy* as 
> possible - not having to select any language but simply start working is 
> what I want to see.

I think we can find a solution that serves all. If you want it easy then 
you can have it, for the price of downloading a large file. (We could 
even prepare a "JOSM super easy" that contains all available plugins, 
bringing the download JAR size to something like 15 MB - surely a 
convenient option for those behind a fat pipe.)

All I say is that if you'd rather not download a large file, and if you 
accept losing some flexibility and having to think about what language 
you want before you download, then you should be able to do that.

Bye
Frederik

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