dynamic collection merge

[Mark Kretschmann]

On Sunday 16 July 2006 21:32, Maximilian Kossick wrote:
> 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.

Sounds good to me. I support the merge into trunk, especially since Maximilian 
has promised to maintain his code (as opposed to the Moodbar telenovela, soon 
to be syndicated on your TV network of choice).

Max, not having looked at your code, I do hope that you have documented it 
well. This is vital for others to understand and further develop your code.

-- 
Mark