Author: Richard
[Added to the original trac issue at 8.18am, Friday, 4th September 2009]

Are you sure about the former? That was fixed in a reasonably recent version, I think, and certainly when I try it, it uses the existing ID. Can you provide steps to reproduce?

Are you editing live or with save?

Author: Nick Austin
[Added to the original trac issue at 6.47pm, Monday, 7th September 2009]

The first problem was described in TRAC 2108 amd fixed in Potlatch 1.2.

The second problem is still present in Potlatch 1.2a:
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a) Select a way with a positive ObjectID
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b) Select a node along that way
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c) Press X
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d) Press Z
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The way now has a negative ObjectID and no history.

Author: Richard
[Added to the original trac issue at 7.14pm, Monday, 7th September 2009]

Sure.

The problem with the latter is that the server won't let you (AIUI) overwrite a deleted node. Once a node with id n has been deleted, it stays deleted. Therefore Potlatch needs to assign a new, negative id.

This is an issue with editing live. Theoretically, in edit-with-save mode, you could preserve the id (as long as the data hasn't been saved before undoing). However I'm always a bit loth to introduce variant handling to this part of the code, as invariably there'll be an edge case that'll foul something up in complicated ways.

Changing to an enhancement and retitling accordingly.

Author: iandees
[Added to the original trac issue at 8.05pm, Monday, 9th September 2013]

Cleaning aging tickets.