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List:       amarok-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 149408] New: Sort Years by Ascending;
From:       Matt Hubert <matt () cfxnetworks ! com>
Date:       2007-08-31 7:03:53
Message-ID: 20070831090352.149408.matt () cfxnetworks ! com
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           Summary: Sort Years by Ascending; Current Method Incorrectly
                    Sorts Numbers
           Product: amarok
           Version: 1.4.5
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: CollectionBrowser
        AssignedTo: amarok-bugs-dist kde org
        ReportedBy: matt cfxnetworks com


Version:           1.4.5 (using KDE 3.5.6, Kubuntu (feisty) 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu14.1)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.20-16-generic

Currently Amarok sorts albums chronologically descending by year both in the \
collection browser and the context viewer. It didn't used to be this way, and I found \
the bug that changed it (#109975). This is very counterintuitive and creates a number \
of issues.

First, every other website sorts artists chronologically ascending. Look at AllMusic \
or any discography entry on Wikipedia and the oldest albums are first. Why? Because \
when you listen to a band, you start from when they started, and move in the same \
direction that they did: forward. It wouldn't make any sense to start in the future \
and move backwards?

Second, descending creates actual sorting errors when you are sorting "Volumes" of \
albums. Here is an excerpt out of my collection exactly how Amarok has it sorted:

2005 - Volume 6
2005 - Volume 7 [Disc 1]
2005 - Volume 7 [Disc 2]
2004 - Volume 4
2004 - Volume 5
2003 - Volume 3
2002 - Volume 1
2002 - Volume 2

That's simply a mess. It looks as if there was some sort of hack written to display \
multiple discs in the correct order, because unlike true descending order, the Disc 1 \
and Disc 2 are correct. However, this messes up every other album that was recorded \
in the same year. Apparently Amarok couldn't decide whether to sort ascending or \
descending, so it chose both! 

Sorting that artist ascending would fix that entire problem, and would natively work \
with Disc 1...Disc n.

It just makes more sense that way, because we don't listen to our music backwards. \
How do I know this for sure? Because drag any artist name into your playlist that has \
a bunch of albums, and it will queue it up in ascending order by year! (Despite the \
fact that it is sorted opposite in the collection viewer.) How about that... \
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