[mb-style] Cover style

[Simon Reinhardt]

Sami Sundell wrote:
> However, I was wondering if the current way I'm doing it makes any
> sense. Or rather, I know it doesn't make any sense, but it's derived
> from the general principle of "link to the earliest", so I was wondering
> if the cover AR needs a bit tuning.

Note that this principle does not neccessarily mean you should link later releases of the covered version to the original. Indeed there is no guideline for this yet.

> To make things clearer, I think it would be better if the "covers" AR
> would only be added from the earliest version of the covered song to the
> earliest version of that particular cover version. That way under P.J.
> Proby's track there would be a more manageable list of different artists
> covering that particular track. What do you think?

I've attached a picture to the wiki page to make it easier understandable. :)
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/CoverRelationshipType?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=coverlinking.png
So you prefer variant 1 over variant 2.

Simon (Shepard)