[Potlatch-dev] [OpenStreetMap] #3777: Potlach 2 doesn't warn, when corrupting relations

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Sun May 22 11:52:54 BST 2011


#3777: Potlach 2 doesn't warn, when corrupting relations
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 Reporter:  petr.dlouhy@…         |       Owner:  potlatch-dev@…                
     Type:  enhancement           |      Status:  new                           
 Priority:  minor                 |   Milestone:                                
Component:  potlatch2             |     Version:                                
 Keywords:                        |  
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Changes (by Richard):

  * priority:  critical => minor
  * type:  defect => enhancement


Comment:

 a) This is not remotely critical.

 b) "Corruption" is not remotely the right word. Are the relations still
 well-formed? Yes. Therefore they are not corrupted.

 c) In most cases, Potlatch 2 renders ways that are part of relations
 (routes, turn restrictions, multipolygons) differently. It is therefore
 easy for the user to see the effect of their actions. Several years'
 experience shows me that accidental merges of a relation-ed way with
 another are almost entirely done in JOSM, which AIUI until the new P2-like
 MapCSS rendering didn't actually show relation-ed ways differently at all.
 For example, http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/8198740 was
 mending extensive damage to a route relation by a JOSM user. Generally I
 have to do this several times a week.

 d) If you there is a particular type of relation that is not adequately
 rendered in P2 and so the user can't see what they've done, please cite it
 here, rather than coming up with a vague handwavy ticket like this.

 e) Popping up warnings ("Do this! Look at that! Do the other") is terrible
 UI and is generally ignored by most people.

 f) Please learn to spell Potlatch, kthxbye.

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