[mb-style] RFC: Change BoxSetNameStyle

[Paul C. Bryan]

So far, the only two options I've heard that make any degree sense to me
are:

a) whatever is entered first is fine (boxed or unboxed) -- a form of
EditorIntent
b) earliest release takes precedence (my suggestion; so far only I seem
to like it)

The options I've heard, but so far disagree with are:

c) always promote towards the bigger set
d) always promote towards the smallest set (possibly a singleton)
e) duplicate the release to allow both to exist without contention

Am I missing any?

On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 23:14 +0100, Lauri Watts wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Chris B <chris at whenironsattack.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 24/03/2008, Brian Schweitzer <brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >  > Just maybe 3 days ago I was part of a discussion in IRC where someone
> >  >  was debating whether something some release was a bonus disc, or a
> >  >  disc #2; it basically came down to "if it's not a bonus disc, and is a
> >  >  disc #1, BDS would prevent the need, so if BDS doesn't apply, then we
> >  >  need a new disc #1 entry to match with it, rather than having the (no
> >  >  disc #) and (disc 2) without also a (disc 1)".
> >
> >  you've totally lost me, and i wrote (well, re-wrote and amended) that
> >  guideline a few weeks ago :)
> >
> 
> 
> The scenario is pretty common actually.
> 
> Artist releases album, let's say "Album X".  Later (some years later,
> usually) it gets reissued, in a 2 disc set.  The second disc has maybe
> some live cuts of songs from the album, some studio session outtakes,
> whatever.  The two cd's are in a single jewel case, explicitly marked
> CD 1 and CD 2.  But CD 1 is exactly identical to the original "Album
> X".
> 
> MB currently has one listing, "Album X" with original release date.'
> 
> User buys second release, with two discs.  Do they:
> a) Duplicate disc 1, as "Album X (disc 1)" and enter the second cd as
> "Album X (disc 2)"
> b) Enter just the second cd, and call it "Album X (disc 2)"... which
> leaves it an orphan without a (disc 1)
> or c) Enter just the second cd and call it "Album X (bonus disc)",
> even though it's quite explicitly called disc 2 several times across
> the packaging.
> 
> I am pretty sure we could dig through the DB and come up with plenty
> of times when all three choices have been made, because it's currently
> a bit non-obvious, and all three might make sense, at the time,
> depending somewhat on context.
>