[mb-users] Edit types (was: Feedback/testing: track merging)

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Lukáš Lalinský <lalinsky at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> here is another question, relevant to my current work on track merging.
> Currently we have different edit types for each possible track change.
> With added track merging we would need at least two new edit types -
> "edit track disambiguation comment" and "edit release track title". That
> would be not such a problem, but if we add e.g. ISRC codes, we again
> need a new edit type. So I wonder if it wouldn't be better to have just
> "edit track" and "edit release track". It could possibly reduce the
> voting queue a little, and make it easier to do code changes, but it
> would be harder to search for specific edits. Another option, which is
> even bigger change, would be "edit track" for master tracks and "edit
> release" for all release-related edits. Any ideas which way should we
> go? Or some other options?
>

What about both? A general and unique Edit Track code, which would make code
changes easier, and a sub-code to explain the precise nature of the edit
when such information is useful? I have no idea what the code looks like (so
many "code"s here :-) ), so this may be completely silly...

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
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