[OSM-talk] Users, contributors and developers

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Fri Apr 27 09:27:03 BST 2007


On 27 Apr 2007, at 00:35, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Now I just wanted people to be able to have
>> some third attribute, I don't super mind what it's called. I came  
>> away super frustrated that we couldn't even agree having it was a  
>> good idea.
>
> It's just different mentalities really. Some (including you) say  
> "let's put that in, I think people are going to put it to good use  
> somehow", others say "if you can't say how it should be used, then  
> leave it out because it will only add to the confusion... even  
> though we would like to have it...".
>
> It is true that introducing a "third column" without exact specs on  
> how to use it will add to the confusion. But that's not necessarily  
> a bad thing because out of the confusion my arise a better spec  
> than could have been provided beforehand. (May, not will; you never  
> know where you get with those community processes.

What confusion? And there is a clear use-case - namespaces.

have fun,

SteveC | steve at asklater.com | http://www.asklater.com/steve/






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