[OSM-talk] Brainstorming: Simple Revert-Tools - work for copywriters!

[Peter Körner]

John Smith schrieb:
> 2009/9/3 Peter Körner <osm-lists at mazdermind.de>:
> 
>> I'm talking about building an external tool without any integration into
>> osm.org, as this is what i'm capable of. This tool can be visited by any
>> user and any user may do OAuth-Sign-In with this tool. The tool can't
>> tell if the user is allowed to revert until he has gone through this
>> procedure, so it's got to present a notice to the user that just
>> authenticated and is still not allowed to use the tool.
> 
> Will you be able to revert a reverted changeset?

A reversion is just a new changeset, so basicaly: yes, i think. We could 
artificialy prevent a circle like this:
  - A reverts Bs changeset 1 -> results in changeset 2
  - B reverts As changeset 2 -> results in changeset 3
  - A reverts Bs changeset 3 -> results in changeset 4
  - B reverts As changeset 4 -> results in changeset 5
  - the tool prevents A from reverting changeset 5
  - others (including A) may still revert 5
  - A and B may revert other changesets from each other

Peter