[OSM-talk] The future of bugs in OSM

[Robert Scott]

On Tuesday 14 July 2009, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 03:15:44PM +0200, Mitja Kleider wrote:
> > There is kind of an API, it is already used by the JOSM openstreetbugs
> > plugin.  You can use it to create, comment, close or fetch bugs.  If
> > other API features are needed, they can be added. The source code and
> > database structure is available.
> >
> > I would like to see a bugtracker like this on the main page. My first
> > attempts to get in touch failed and I lost interest. Candid Dauth is
> > currently working on a client that can easily be added as a layer in
> > OpenLayers.
>
> I am in favour of including OSB in its current state in a bugs tab
> on the OSM frontpage for everybodys consumption. If it turns out to
> be tooo simple for us - make it a little less simple.
>
> But we should start gathering user feedback as soon as possible which
> currently is not an easy task for Aunt Tilly ...
>
> Flo

I'd like to ask anyone interested in this to also look at 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/My_Account/Improvements where people 
are discussing the web user interface. Wouldn't want the bugs feature to end 
up feeling like another random separate feature bolted on.


robert.