On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:37 PM, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoni...@tutanota.com> wrote:
> This is not 'deprecating' landuse=forest - - > > it's still there, it can be there indefinitely, it can render correctly. > > > It is exactly deprecating it - see for example > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation > > "In several fields, *deprecation* is the discouragement of use of some > terminology, feature, > design, or practice, typically because it has been superseded or is no > longer considered > efficient or safe, without completely removing it or prohibiting its use. " > > 'Deprecation' when applied to features of computer programs usually indicatesan eventual intent to de-support them and a warning that they may be de-supported. I'm not in any way asserting that landuse=forest ought not to be used, merely suggesting that users be warned that the natural-language meaning might be misleading. It's not unsafe, it's not inefficient, it's perfectly acceptable to use it with its current meaning - but it does not describe a land use, it describes a land cover, and if a land use is intended, a different tag is needed. I had not realized that you object to 'deprecation' in so broad a sense that it comprises even a mild warning that 'landuse=forest' is a term of art in OSM that might not match the natural-language meaning.
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