[mb-users] Linking Disc IDs to Release events

[Kuno Woudt]

On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 09:54:07AM +0200, Bernd Kuemmerlen wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> after some recent confusion with the 40th anniversary release of Pink
> Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn, I was wondering why it isn't possible
> to link Disc IDs to specific release events?
> 
> Take for example http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=643044
> We have now confirmed that
> http://musicbrainz.org/show/cdtoc/?cdtocid=206244 belongs to the 2007
> release and http://musicbrainz.org/show/cdtoc/?cdtocid=24927 belongs to
> the 1997 release, but there is no way to capture this information.
> 
> Wouldn't this make sense? I know that the DiscIDs of different releases
> often might be identical, but in the case that they are not, I think it
> might be helpful to identify a release.

I think in most cases where the disc id differs, it would warrant a
seperate entry in the database.  mastering ARs and whatnot will likely
be different, etc...

--kuno.