Compilations with >60 songs

[Maximilian Kossick]

The limit to 60 tracks keeps the computational complexity of
findAlbumArtist at O(1). Otherwise it would be O(n*n) iirc.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Leo Franchi <lfranchi at kde.org> wrote:
> hey guys,
>
> is there a particular reason we ban compilations from having more than 60
> tracks? I have an album (SXSW Showcasing Artists) that has ~1200 tracks, so
> amarok categorizes that as *not* a compilation, and 1200 individual albums
> get created in the DB. This also means that if i select them all in the
> playlist, and choos Show Under Various Artists, only 1 of these many many
> albums actually moves there. This is not exactly ideal.
>
> what was the original reasoning behind the 60-track limit? If there are a
> bunch of tracks with the *same* album in one folder, seems to me they should
> at least be grouped under the same album, not individual copies of the same
> album name.
>
> leo
>
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