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color: rgb(107, 116, 140);"><p>I would instead recommend a tag editor that properly tags APE files, such as puddletag. APE-using formats are less mainstream than id3 using formats. Users with APE-using formats usually know WHY they use their format of choice, and will know there are potential support shortfalls such as non-compliant tagging software, or software that allows to circumvent the accepted tagging standard, and will know how to mitigate or avoid such issues. I must also point out that stricter tag field adherence is better for APE-using formats in particular, and is better for all tag-using formats in general.</p></div>
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<p>Good luck "educating" every APE user, they will really like to be told they should do what you consider right.</p></div>
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<p>...and we should probably rip out *EVERY* other format except for mp3 with its larger installed base and because it's standard fields are more supported by other software.</p>
<p>This is a *fix* for APE tag support, not an argument over why there are *de-facto* standard tag fields or why certain users can screw up with powerful software, or why standardization is a problem and goal, especially in a tag format that permits arbitrary field names. There are 2 sources attached to this review and anecdotal evidence as to what a number of tag programs can or do write into APE tags. This is enough for an educated guess as to a broad consensus on standardized APE field names.</p>
<p>I'm also not in favour of compatibility with alternatives to the de-facto APE field names. We should not be encouraging alternatives to well-established, documented field names. It's also potential burden on the writers of other software and also on the users of APE tags, and detrimental to the APE-using format's ecosystem.</p></div>
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<p>Ever heard of:</p>
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<p>You deliberately break other users files. The only consensus you have is with yourself.</p></div></div><br /><div><strong>REPOSITORY</strong><div><div>R286 KFileMetaData</div></div></div><br /><div><strong>REVISION DETAIL</strong><div><a href="https://phabricator.kde.org/D16579">https://phabricator.kde.org/D16579</a></div></div><br /><div><strong>To: </strong>smithjd, astippich, bruns<br /><strong>Cc: </strong>bruns, astippich, kde-frameworks-devel, Baloo, ashaposhnikov, michaelh, spoorun, ngraham, abrahams<br /></div>