[mb-style] RFC: Clarify CoverRelationshipType not for Classical, takes 1st release

[Bogdan Butnaru]

On Feb 12, 2008 9:52 PM, Olivier <viapanda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/2/12, Jim DeLaHunt <from.nabble at jdlh.com>:
> > The MusicBrainz StyleGuideline is to always use the earliest released Track or Release as the target of this relationship. This applies even if the earliest-released one was obscure, and a later one is more famous. This lets us sidestep subjective debates about which release is most important or influential. It also lets us capture the relationship between performances with a smaller number of AdvancedRelationship links.
> This should preferably live in a "style" section (see
> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/RelationshipTypeTemplate)
> Otherwise I kind of think this is a bit long for what it says...
>
> Maybe:
> "You should always use the earliest released Track or Release as the
> target of this relationship, as to avoid subjective debates about
> which release is most important or influential."

Since we're discussing this: Is there some criteria for what to do
with simultaneous releases? I've seen in some (admittedly rare) cases
two or three versions of an album, and maybe a single too, released on
the same date. Which do we pick?

I seem to remember a question about this earlier, but not the decision.
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