[OpenLayers-Dev] "Grid funkiness"

[Paul Spencer]

I agree with you Chris.  It is a practical solution to a tricky  
problem, and has the least impact on end users.

Cheers

Paul

On 31-Jan-07, at 6:55 AM, Christopher Schmidt wrote:

> So, in our previous discussion of the post-tile loading issue, we
> decided that it was not a good idea to hide possible bugs by hiding
> images outside the grid.
>
> However, it looks like the issue, which I thought was resolved, is
> actually not, as tschaub points out in:
>
> http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/480
>
> This leaves us with two choices, neither of which I like very much.
>  * Revert change which turns off checkImgURL. This is the shortest  
> path
>    to dog food, but it has a problem in that it brings us back to the
>    hiding the problem situation.
>
>  * Go through and do an audit to figure out why the heck it's  
> breaking.
>    This is obviously the better solution long term, but I don't expect
>    to have any time for OpenLayers for another 4 weeks, and I don't  
> know
>    if anyone else has the interest in getting this done in a timeframe
>    that would let us get a 2.3 release out soon.
>
> I have a strong desire to get 2.3 out the door. We've already been
> sitting around waiting for release for a month. In that time, we've  
> seen
> a lot of improvements, but I still feel like we're lagging. My choice
> would be to:
>
>  * Turn back on checkImgURL to get a 2.3 release out
>  * Immediately after 2.3, turn it back off, with the intention that
>    fixing #480 is a blocker for 2.4
>
> Is anyone else in support of this? Does anyone else have more  
> feedback?
>
> I would love to find out that someone is interested in digging into  
> why
> the problem is happening, as well...
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
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