The February release of JOSM is now available as version 6891 :)

No killer feature this month, this is mainly a bugfix release, with some enhancements listed below, as usual :)

Notable changes

## major enhancements * Allow HTTPS access to OSM API * Do not suggest to combine conflicting values in order to reduce the wrong usage of semicolon values

minor enhancements

• Enable loading of .osm.zip files
• Verify for new versions of plugins on crashes
• GPX:
  • Allow to download compressed GPX tracks from osm.org/trace/ using “Download location”
  • Use neutral track color if speed is zero (velocity mode) or time extent is very short (time mode)
• History dialog: Show changeset source
• MapCSS: Allow (named) colours with alpha
• Presets/Map styles:
  • Add preset_name_label attribute to <item> to automatically add “[preset name]” at the beginning of dialog
  • Add highway=raceway, non-public-transport route relations, shop=bookmaker|lottery
  • “Add to toolbar” in preset list context menu (F3-right click)
  • Rendering of craft=painter|plumber|pottery|stonemason|tiler|window_construction, shop=gift
• Remote Control: new referrers argument to load_object handler
• Validator:
  • Validate population
  • Check and remove unnecessary area=yes, building=no
  • Detect sports without physical features
  • Sort results naturally

sub-minor enhancements

• Make status bar background/foregound colors configurable
• Set HTTP Accept header to expected MIME types when downloading presets, styles, plugins

major bugs

• Sensible upload order of relations to be deleted
• Performance improvements

[Summarized changelog] (https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Changelog#a2014-02-28:Stablereleaser689114.02)

[Complete changelog] (https://josm.openstreetmap.de/log/josm/?action=stop_on_copy&mode=stop_on_copy&rev=6891&stop_rev=6768&limit=300&verbose=on)

[Milestone view (need login)] (https://josm.openstreetmap.de/milestone/14.02)