JOSM produces a validation warning after encouraging 'reverse way' function

[anonymous]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Select a way (like a highway) with oneway=yes.
2. Use 'reverse way' to reverse the way.
3. The function will suggest that you change the value of oneway=yes to oneway=-1.
4. Perform a validation.
5. You are now issued a validation warning for doing what JOSM asked you to do.

What is the expected result?

Reversing a way with oneway=yes shouldn't suggest a change in that key's value. It probably SHOULD warn asking a user to verify the one way way's direction.

What happens instead?

See attached: contradictory instructions.

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if possible.

Relative:URL: ^/trunk
Repository:UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last:Changed Date: 2018-06-30 01:04:46 +0200 (Sat, 30 Jun 2018)
Revision:13985
Build-Date:2018-06-30 01:32:07
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Identification: JOSM/1.5 (13985 en) Mac OS X 10.13.5
OS Build number: Mac OS X 10.13.5 (17F77)
Memory Usage: 2077 MB / 5120 MB (797 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 10.0.1+10, Oracle Corporation, Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
Screen: Display 69680128 1440x900
Maximum Screen Size: 1440x900
Dataset consistency test: No problems found

Plugins:
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Last errors/warnings:
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- W: No configuration settings found.  Using hardcoded default values for all pools.

[anonymous]

Reverse way dialog

[anonymous]

Warning produced for...doing what you were asked to do.

[Don-vip]

The idea of this dialog is to choose what action needs to be done, not to apply blindly the default one. If we knew for sure what needs to be done there would be no dialog.

[anonymous]

I get it, this is 'wontfix'...

Just as a closing comment, I guess -- if -1 is 'not recommended' in the first place (this is what the validation warning says after all), why have a dialog that, _by default_ (when oneway=yes is present on the way), doesn't actually encourage changing the direction of the way, but instead adding 'oneway=-1'?

iD just reverses the direction of the way, full stop. I guess perhaps I don't understand what this is trying to guard against in the first place. Anyway, appreciate the response just the same.