[OSM-newbies] Editing Changeset XML

[Bob Hawkins]

I thank you for your prompt response.  It is as I feared.  However, I agree 
with you sentiment; I believe the comment box should be blank each time a 
new upload dialog opens.  No comment is better than an incorrect comment.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab at gmail.com>
To: <newbies at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Editing Changeset XML


> 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.
>
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