New compilation handling in 1.4.1
Adeodato Simó
dato at net.com.org.es
Tue Jul 4 00:56:01 UTC 2006
> Yes please, makes me terribly unhappy as well.
Okay, let's be constructive instead. This is my opinion about the issue:
- the implementation in 1.4.0 was IMHO a very good one: given song S by
artist A in compilation album B, always include it under "Various
Artists", and show it again under "Artist A" __if and only if__ artist
A has more songs in the collection which do not belong to a
compilation album.
- the reason this is a very good implementation is that manages not to
clutter the artist listing in the collection with "probably
uninteresting" artists (IOW who one only knows through compilations),
but (very importantly) at the same time helping the user notice that
artist A, which they like, happens to have a song in compilation
"Beatles versioned".
- given the reasoning above, it is my understanding that the bug, as
explained by the submitter, is not a bug but a feature, one of those
details that makes amaroK better than others, if you ask me.
- if the developers can't view the above as a feature and only as a bug,
please consider not giving authors without non-compilation songs their
own entry in the collection, in order not to clutter it.
Thanks in advance.
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Adeodato Simó dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org
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