[josm-dev] josm, changelogs and release processes

[Simon Legner]

Hi!

On 30/03/12 01:59, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> Ok, whom to talk for such an effect to take place. While I know trac
> is similar to mediawiki in the sense that anyone can make a change as
> far as the wikifation is concerned, although as its the startup page
> its possible that it may have restricted/protected/semi-protected
> access. Any info. on this would be nice to know. If possible then
> would do the same and link it to the Release processes webpage.

It's a page like any other page and does not require special rights.
Note that one has to edit StartupPageSource [1]. I'd say it's fine to
have a note on the version numbers. If not, someone will revert the
edit. :-)

> I do have another query too, why are there not more plugins,presets
> within JOSM? I do see a sizeable number of additional presets [1] ,
> styles and plugins as linked from the JOSM startup page. Is it due to
> possible memory constraints or something or something like symbology
> [2] in the sense that the given presets and styles and icons are
> 'safe'/universal  or something ?

Plugins are great to provide a very special functionality or develop an
experimental feature. If plugins turn out to be stable and to be used
broadly, they might be included in the core (e.g., remote control,
WMS/TMS imagery, ... have been developed for plugins).

The situation is similar for presets. If a frequent tag is missing in
the presets, file a ticket and ask for inclusion in the default presets.

> one of the big irritants was not having all
> the presets or what to do if a plugin/preset is not available/made
> etc.For instance we had a bunch of sports buildings but could not find
> any icons within JOSM.

As written above, the plugin/preset/style system allows to easily adapt
JOSM for custom needs.

Cheers,
Simon


[1] http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/StartupPageSource