[Talk-us] Talk-us Digest, Vol 129, Issue 27

[Paul Johnson]

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On Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 12:57 OSM Volunteer stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com>
wrote:

> > it's impractical for people to do what you're suggesting.
>
> By "you" Evin means Paul Johnson and by "do what you're suggesting" —
> eliminating ref=* tags on ways — (as they are 100% redundant if the way is
> part of the appropriate route relations) Paul's suggestion is excellent.
> It is correct, not impractical.
>
> Continuing to put ref=* tags on ways is called a "workaround."  Like a
> bandage on a wound, workarounds can be decent short-term solutions, but the
> real healing which OSM must complete is for renderers to respect route
> relation tags.  All else is folly.
>

And a problem that no longer required a workaround as of October 2007 when
relations were introduced.  What kind of lead time do we need to phase out
a workaround?
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