[OSM-newbies] Editing Changeset XML

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Bob Hawkins <bobhawkins at waitrose.com> wrote:
> Users are presented with the option to 'Provide a brief comment for the
> changes you are uploading:' when uploading data to OSM from JOSM.  A
> previous comment is still in place when uploading the next piece of data in
> the same session.  It is very easy to overlook the previous comment or type
> an error in the new comment.  I can see the comment in the Changeset XML,
> but am unable to amend it.  Is there a means by which the comment can be
> amended?

No, changesets are immutable once they've been closed (unless manually
edited by a database administrator). But JOSM should probably be less
confusing in this case, I've almost sent a changeset with an erroneous
comment a few times.