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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: FS#12107 - Remove track-number generation heuristic from databaseFS#12107 - Remove track-number generation heuristic from database
From: sideral <asieoniezi_at_gmx.net>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:41:22 +0200 Rockbox developers, This is a heads-up that I'm going to remove the current track-number guessing from database unless I face some major opposition from this group. This heuristic seems to be getting in the way much more often than it helps. For a detailed discussion, please see FS#12107. Removing this feature means that, in database views, tracks that have no track-number tag will now be sorted by track name instead of by guessed track number. Previously, track-number guessing approximated sorting by file name, which (I'd argue) is more general and more robust anyway. If sorting tracks by file name is desired, the user can use either the file browser or a custom tagnavi %format. The only viable alternatives I see to removing the guessing feature are to try to make it better, or to make it optional. I don't think making the current feature optional serves any purpose; and I don't see a good path to making it better other than offering an option for filename sorting, which we already do. sideral Received on 2011-05-30 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |