[OSM-talk] A plea for meaning ful changeset comments

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Sat Jul 31 17:04:12 BST 2010


On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> John,
>
> John Smith wrote:
>>
>> On 31 July 2010 22:05, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> That is indeed selfish, because you're saying that your time is more
>>> valuable than theirs.
>>
>> And you are saying their time is more valuable than the person
>> contributing the data
>
> No. Equally valuable.

Maybe equally valuable to the universe.  But my time is certainly more
valuable to myself than anyone else's time is valuable to me.  Maybe
that's why I'm not on this list telling other people what to do with
their time.

> All wanted was to say: Please folks, add meaningful changeset comments. I
> think it is plain obvious that they are very useful, not only to me
> personally. Of about 20 people participating in this thread, only three seem
> to be of the opinion that changeset comments are a waste of time. Yes,
> people have their opinions and yes, some might be of that opinion, but
> luckily it is a small minority.

I'm of the opinion that good changeset comments are useful, and yes,
please folks, add meaningful changeset comments.

On the other hand, I'm quite grateful to those of you who have been
helping map the world regardless of whether or not you've been adding
good changeset comments.  Thanks.

So please, if you think changeset comments for a particular change
would be a waste of your time, don't add them.  I'd rather have you
enjoy your mapping experience than resent it.




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