[josm-dev] restriction to delete big ways?

[Sebastian Klein]

Dirk Stöcker wrote:
> On Sun, 16 May 2010, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 
>> 2010/5/16 andrzej zaborowski <balrogg at gmail.com>:
>>> It seems that for some time josm is ignoring user input if you're
>>> trying to delete something that would cause a deletion of a node
>>> outside downloaded area, (so that would mean you've not downloaded the
>>> full area, and that not all nodes are shared in the two ways).  It's
>>> an annoying bug/feature.
>>
>> Yeah, I noticed this as well. Sometimes when you're tired you forget
>> about this, sorry ;-)
>> IMHO it is a very useful feature, because you don't delete stuff of
>> which you don't know what it is connected to (e.g. you can't delete
>> nodes outside where the other ways are not yet loaded).
> 
> Very likely you once selected "Don't nag me again". Go to advanced 
> preferences and remove the related message.delete_outside_nodes in prefs 
> and you see it again.

This is clearly a bug, similar to #4771 (Move more than 20 elements 
dialog should not be disablable with answer=no).

Sebastian