dynamic collection merge

[Maximilian Kossick]

Hi

the dynamic collection branch is ready to be merged back into trunk. We would 
like it to be included in 1.4.2. To make that goal, it has to be merged soon 
so that we can get some testers from the #amarok crowd. 

Does anybody have objections to the merge, or require some further details for 
a decision? 

For all of you who don't know what "dynamic collection" is:
Dynamic collection improves Amarok's support for removable devices ( e.g. USB 
hdds, mounted NFS shares ). Amarok is able to detect which devices are 
connected and determine on which device the files in its database are 
actually stored. This allows Amarok to dynamically hide the songs on a device 
from the user (they are not shown in the Collection Browser or used in 
dynamic/smart playlists) when the device in question is not mounted. 
Hiding/unhiding is done dynamically at runtime. Another advantage is that 
Amarok can handle changing mount points. With dynamic collection, it is no 
problem anymore to mount your external USB HDD as /media/sdb1 instead 
of /media/sda1 ... Amarok will detect that it is the same device and unhides 
all tracks on that device in its collection.



Max
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