Public bug reported: Currently, the file "/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml" stores information for both the music library and any user-added radio stations. These should be separated into two (2) separate files for the following reasons:
1) Users may wish to drop all of their music data and rescan their libraries. As there is no means by which to do this from the UI (unlike Banshee), users must delete this file. However, this action forces them to delete radio station data as well, when they probably would not wish to do so. 2) Users may wish to back up their radio station data as it is personal configuration information. This is quite different from music library data which can be regenerated automatically; it generally does not need to be backed up. The point here is that these two data sets are essentially different types of data. As such, they should not be stored in the same file. One is dynamically generated; the other is not. References: * How does one clear the Rhythmbox music library database? (http://askubuntu.com/questions/56328/wipe-rhythmbox-database) * How can I backup RhythmBox internet radio stations? (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/102634) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: rhythmbox 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.29-generic 3.0.20 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Mar 10 21:27:08 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh PATH=(custom, user) SourcePackage: rhythmbox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-02 (160 days ago) ** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug apport-lpi oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951977 Title: Music library and radio station data should be stored separately To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/951977/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
