[OSM-talk] The future of bugs in OSM

[Tom Hughes]

Frederik Ramm wrote:

> This is something that must not be lost. Yes, any application can upload 
> their bug via the REST interface, but they can hardly upload an 
> algorithm on how to deal with the bug. So in order not to lose the 
> flexibility of the ecosystem we currently have, we should make an effort 
> to tie in all that coder creativity out there, rather than saying "do it 
> in Rails and check in in to SVN, and I might perhaps run it on the 
> central web site if I like it".

I don't understand why you think the application that reports the bug 
should dictate how it will be fixed.

Surely the job of the person or application that reports the bug is just 
to document the problem. It's up to the person that decides to deal with 
it to decide what to do about it and what application they want to use 
to fix it.

Tom

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