[mb-users] playlists and picard designs

[Chad Wilson]

Will Holcomb wrote:
> I was looking to try and lend a hand if I could, but looking at:
>
> http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/query?component=Picard+Tagger&milestone=Picard+Qt&order=status 
> <http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/query?component=Picard+Tagger&milestone=Picard+Qt&order=status>
>
> It seems like there are no open bugs. Am I understanding correctly?
Nope :D Picard QT was the development name for what is now Picard 0.9.0 
(final). 0.7.0 was wxWidgets based and was plagued with GUI bugs as well 
as a lack of flexibility for new widgets, not supporting drag'n'drop 
correctly, etc etc. A design was made to replace this with a Qt-based 
interface which would enable the 2-pane design seen as more intuitive to 
the bulk of users. (although we still have issues with that, going by 
the number that actually made the effort to post on the forums about 
Picard being difficult to use)

All open Picard bugs/enhancements:
http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Picard+Tagger&order=priority

As the only active development is done by Lukas/luks (under guidance 
from rob/mayhem), he manages the milestones. If you want to help out, 
I'm guessing you could start by submitting some patches for luks to 
apply. The next milestone is 0.9.1.

I try and help a little by performing a semi-bug triage type role on the 
Picard tickets, updating versions for latest confirmed version with bug, 
trying to close old/invalid/duplicate ones but there are still quite a 
few old tickets; a lot of 0.7.0 tickets need Close/WontFixing and there 
are some earlier ones which may actually be fixed/invalid for Picard 
0.9.0/Qt; but difficult to fix. I'd concentrate on the ones affecting 
0.9.0a8+.

All open bugs, grouped by version, shows milestones:
http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=version&component=Picard+Tagger&type=!enhancement&order=priority

Chad / voiceinsideyou