Plans [was: Re: Gconf or GSettings? - leading to a wider question]

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
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> Based on the theory that a really lame implementation will motivate others to do things better, I just pushed a truly silly implementation for fixing the map behavior.

I think your italics thing is ok, but it doesn't fix the fact that the
osm maps are totally unusable.

They do entirely insane things when you touch the scroll-wheel. I
can't even figure out *what* they do. It's not a "zoom", it's
something like "zoom and translate into hyperspace". It takes you
outside the map, entirely, with no way to get back.

The default map view is also this zoomed-in thing that contains
neither hawaii nor fiji, so none of my dives that actually have GPS
maps actually shows on the "global map".

The per-dive-site map works right - until you touch the scroll wheel
again, at which point it does the "Starship Enterprise" thing and goes
into hyperspace.

It's just very odd. I really don't think the current mapping widget is
worth having.

               Linus