[mb-style] Cover style

[Kerensky97]

It's a good point some of the songs in the database will be swamped with
cover links, so I prefer variant 1.  I'm not sure how it will affect NGS or
whatever when it gets implemented but it still makes sense to me.

-Dustin (Kerensky97)


Simon Reinhardt wrote:
> 
> 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)
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