[OSM-talk] Changed highway=*_link meaning?!

[John Smith]

On 3 July 2010 21:14, Dermot McNally <dermotm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Firstly, I haven't suggested anything for *_link roads, I've simply
> disagreed with your assertion that our use of the highway tagging
> represents tagging for the renderer. On balance I tend to prefer links
> that know what type of road they belong to. As noted, this is
> indispensable for motorways, because:

I fail to see how you have disagreed, you are twisting logic to suit
yourself, on one hand it's ok to arbitrarily tag various highway=*
tags, but on the other hand it's not ok to arbitrarily tag
highway=*_link...