[OSM-talk] Topology

[Nick Black]

On 4/26/07, Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se> wrote:
>
> 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.


An alternative approach would be:

cd /usr/src/openstreetmap/sites/rails_port

ruby script/server

less db/README

ruby script/server

Wow, its openstreetmap, on my machine.  But we could also pretend that it
doesnt exist and wait for someone else to do it.


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