[Feedback] Request: A way to locally sort artists under same name

[Daniel Svoren]

Ian Monroe wrote:
> On 6/22/07, Andrew Ash <ash211 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Editing destroys the file integrity for P2P filesharing programs such
>> as BitTorrent.  The protocol works on the principle that the local
>> copies of the files that everyone has are identical.  So if Daniel
>> edits the tags of those files then they are no longer useful for the
>> network as a whole.  He would have to make another copy of the file
>> just to fix the tags for display in Amarok.
>>
>> Think of the files as read-only, since that's closer to what they are
>> in this case.
>>
>> > Having some sort of parallel tag/sorting system on top of the current
>> > would be a mess to implement and would be confusing.
>>
>> I agree, it would be a mess and confusing, but it has a use case.
>> Hopefully, if Amarok devs decide to take a shot at this case, it can
>> be implemented cleanly.
>>
>> I'm thinking that Amarok can internally use the tags of the files as a
>> starting point for its database, and then allow the user to change the
>> attributes on the internal database but still have that entry
>> associated with the read-only file.  Maybe an option in the Collection
>> setup could be 'these files are read-only' (or be detected as such)
>> and then this behavior could be applied to those files.
>>
>> Just an idea.
>>
>> > Ian
>> Andrew
>
> Pirates can just keep a copy of their shared music somewhere else. Yeesh!
>
> Ian
>
It was only a wish.
I thought that this affects a big group of amarok users, therefore I 
reasoned that it made sense to suggest a way to address the issue.

Daniel