[mb-users] Remastered releases added through events (same track listing)

[Kuno Woudt]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 01:59:57PM +0400, Atedos wrote:
> Well, some time ago I've discovered a 'a remaster of' relationship type. 
> I guess it's of great use, but there are tons of remastered releases, 
> which are added just through release events (mostly because of same 
> track listing) with later dates.
> The question is, should we add the same release as a separate one (even 
> if it would be identical), and relate it with previous through this 
> relationship, or just keep adding release events to already existing 
> releases?

For now, I think current practice is to keep adding release events to
existing releases, unless there is a compelling reason to create a
seperate entry.

Obvious reasons to do so are a different track listing, but even minor
differences in ARs will usually be enough to warrant an duplicate. 

Still, try to keep duplicates to a minimum, the current user interface
and DB schema don't deal with duplicates very well :)

-- kuno / warp.