[OSM-talk] Topology

[Lars Aronsson]

J.D. Schmidt wrote:

> The items Chris wants are on the way in the Rails port,

Leaving all else aside, this "Rails port" is a huge cathedral of 
hopes and expectations.  In any volunteer-based project (and also 
many commercial software projects), that is already a sign of 
failure.  You should never build expectations.  Develop in small 
steps and report achievements, but never announce grand plans for 
the future.  Such plans tend to attract more and more 
expectations.  Wouldn't this and that be nice?  Surely it must be 
part of the Rails port.  When will the Rails port be ready?  It 
would have been ready by now if it was kept small, but the plan 
was allowed to grow, and there was no hard deadline, so it was 
easy to expand the plan, and expand, and expand.  And in the end, 
what people need is the map here and now, and nobody really died 
because the Rails port was delayed and delayed and delayed.

So: ditch the Rails port.  It doesn't exist.  Forget about it.

If suddenly one day, Steve turns up with a working Rails port, 
then let's celebrate and be happy.  But I don't keep any 
expectations for this, so I'll be happy either way.


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