renaming Playlist for clarity and developer sanity

[Bart Cerneels]

2007/10/2, Ian Monroe <ian at monroe.nu>:
> On 10/2/07, Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's not just static track list file that are populating the
> > PlaylistBrowser, although those are certainly amongst them. Other
> > categories are Podcasts, Smart Playlists, Favorite streams, Suggested
> > streams, etc
>
> Not all of those are really playlists or track lists. Not that I have
> a better name for it though!

Well, in the implementation they all derive Meta::Playlist. One that
wouldn't fit this descriptions in the dynamic playlist, which is a
function rather than a predetermined list. Unless someone manages to
implement it as a meta::Playlist, which would simplify the system a
lot.

> > > >
> > > > Remember: "Amarok is about big collections, not big Playlists"
> > > > and "If you want a playlisteditor use Juk" --markey
> > >
> > > Amarok is very playlist-oriented though... you either misremember
> > > markey or he was on crack, Amarok is much better at playlist control
> > > then JuK.
> > >
> > I'm pretty sure about the quotes, but that is not the point. The
> > *focus* of Amarok is not on the playlist, the fact that Amarok is
> > better at it than JuK (which I doubt) would have to do with manpower.
>
> Well JuK has a collection-listing instead of a playlist. Its a different focus.
>

Bart