"The" mangling, take 2

Eldad Zack eldadzack at gmail.com
Sat May 27 16:46:57 UTC 2006


Alright, I took a peek and it looks just right, so I can take out my 
auto-patch now :)

Thanks!

On Friday 26 May 2006 22:58, Andrew Turner wrote:
> It's been changed basically like you describe. For a better
> explanation, take a look at the SVN commit log which you can find
> here: http://svntalk.pwsp.net/project/amaroK/revision/544368
>
> I did CC that commit to the mailing list, but perhaps you didn't get
> it in the list changeover.
>
> Andrew
>
> On 26/05/06, Eldad Zack <eldadzack at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm all for no mangling, but if you insist, I'd rather have it influnence
> > just the sorting, but please don't drop the "The".
> > Though I do apply my own patch each release to keep myself happy (very
> > easy with gentoo), and beside that, amarok is just perfect for me.
> >
> > So on the whole I'm very very happy with it... :)
> >
> > On Wednesday 24 May 2006 01:09, Andrew Turner wrote:
> > > Actually, I think that's a great idea; not only would it be prettier,
> > > but I believe it would even make the code simpler, so I might make the
> > > change sooner than later.
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > On 23/05/06, Shane King <kde at dontletsstart.com> wrote:
> > > > Personally, I'd rather that artists sorted as though they didn't have
> > > > a "The", but displayed without mangling. Mangling is ugly, there's a
> > > > reason virually nobody stores their music as "Lennon, John", so I
> > > > don't see why they'd want to do it for "The". If mangling must be
> > > > done, I'd rather drop the "The" altogether from the name rather than
> > > > tacking it on at the end.
> > > >
> > > > Shane.
> >
> > --
> > Eldad Zack <eldadzack at gmail.com>
> > Key/Fingerprint at pgp.mit.edu, ID 0x96EA0A93
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Amarok mailing list
> > Amarok at kde.org
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok
>
> _______________________________________________
> Amarok mailing list
> Amarok at kde.org
> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok

-- 
Eldad Zack <eldadzack at gmail.com>
Key/Fingerprint at pgp.mit.edu, ID 0x96EA0A93
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 200 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/amarok/attachments/20060527/c220e669/attachment.sig>


More information about the Amarok mailing list