[OSM-talk] Setting comment on existing changeset

Ed Avis eda at waniasset.com
Wed Apr 22 15:34:40 BST 2009


Could the web interface allow changing the comment on an
already-uploaded changeset?  Similar to how version control systems
like Subversion allow you to set the log message on an old commit,
even though the commit itself is unchangeable.

Ideally we'd all type in the changeset message when uploading, but you
may miss out that step (e.g. Merkaartor does not automatically prompt
for a message) and in any case the best message is often not known
until later.  For example you might want to re-label an earlier
changeset as being a mistake that was later reverted.  Of course there
are also the changes made with the old API, and grouped into
changesets at the upgrade.

I imagine that only the original uploader would have permission to set
the comments.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>





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