[josm-dev] Change to changeset comment handling, RfD

[Anthony]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am 03.08.2010 18:12, schrieb Anthony:
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Ulf Lamping<ulf.lamping at googlemail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't think that the change to 10 chars is a good idea. E.g. if I only
>>> add
>>> a tag to a node, the comment "tag added" is IMO sufficient but still
>>> "rings
>>> the bell".
>>
>> I'd say a comment of "tag added" isn't any better than no comment at all.
>
> But if I'll add a much longer comment, I'll spend more time to add a
> meaningful comment than the time to do the actual change. A lot more than
> the 1% of mapping time that Frederik mentioned earlier.

*nod*.  Understood.  I was more arguing for allowing no comments than
for requiring long detailed ones.  This isn't like code, where you're
usually going to spend hours on a single commit (and where you can
reasonably test your change before you commit it).

I usually use Potlatch, and I save very often just to avoid losing my
work when my browser crashes or when Potlatch decides to corrupt my
edit.  As such, I usually don't even know what's in a changeset.  The
changeset generally isn't at a high enough level to merit a comment.