2007/12/3, Philipp Wolfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Dec 3, 2007 4:19 PM, Olivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So that third way means I'm left with a half-done job, half-backed > > releases, no data consistency - which will probably disastisfy > > everybody (specially me :-)). > > Why no data consistency? I don't understand how identical ARs on two > identical tracks can be inconsistent.
I'll try to formulate clearer: - track A is performed by Doe (set) - track A is composed by Doe (set) Case 1: - track A is the earliest release of track B1 - no AR set on track B1 => no data on B1 Case 2: - track A is the earliest release of track B2 - track B2 is performed by Doe => partial data on B2 Case 3: - track A is the earliest release of track B3 - track B3 is performed by Doe - track B3 is composed by Doe (set) => all data on B3 We have three later releases of track A, but inconsistent data. What to do? > > I understand that plan A is really impractical. We should instead aim > for getting the ARs for the original releases correct. It's surely Ok > to just remove wrong ARs from later releases. Sure. > But I still don't see > the reason for removing correct ARs. Having consistent data accross a subset of the database (see the examples above). > If I spent some time adding all > ARs to a later release I surely don't want them removed. Well... I can understand that certainly, work has to be respected, but really the fact some work has been done in one way on something doesn't mean we can't have our practice/dataset evolve. And again, I'm obviously speaking about a border case, concerning a handful of editors, for a very small subset of the database. > > My suggestions are: > * Normally we can just ese plan B when adding ARs Agreed. > * Don't touch existing (correct) ARs Mmmm, what if I added the AR myself, and now regret I did (in regard of your previous point)? Does it give me the right to remove it? :-) - Olivier _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
