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      • ruaok
        the hard thing is figuring out what really needs to be done.
      • 2008-10-02 27625, 2008

      • ruaok
        people will scream for everything all the time.
      • 2008-10-02 27607, 2008

      • Muzzz screams
      • 2008-10-02 27626, 2008

      • luks
        I've personally never seen a box set of a sets that is identifiable on it's own (e.g. by EAN or catalog number)
      • 2008-10-02 27627, 2008

      • Muzzz
        I meant to type 'creams' there
      • 2008-10-02 27628, 2008

      • srotta
        nikki: And yeah, I think that's ugly as hell, isn't really logical, and now we have multiple copies of AC/DC albums where the only difference is that one's named after a box set and the other one's not.
      • 2008-10-02 27637, 2008

      • ruaok
        luks: now the question is this: Can we come up with some sort of schema that uses our current schema and adds the BBC's CI while taking us a step towards NGS>
      • 2008-10-02 27627, 2008

      • luks
        ruaok: if I understand what they mean by CI, then yes
      • 2008-10-02 27636, 2008

      • nikki is sure japanese box sets have their own catalogue numbers
      • 2008-10-02 27606, 2008

      • ruaok
        luks: would you do me a favor and sketch out how you see that could be done?
      • 2008-10-02 27624, 2008

      • nikki
        hmm... guess it depends exactly what you mean by it, I guess the box would have a barcode, the discs within the box set have catalogue numbers
      • 2008-10-02 27639, 2008

      • ruaok
        then we could take that fluff it up and toss it over to the BBC as a first stab at defining it and seeing if it fits their needs....
      • 2008-10-02 27606, 2008

      • luks
        nikki: yes, but you said you have a box set that includes box sets
      • 2008-10-02 27607, 2008

      • warp
        srotta: i think that's part of a larger problem, there are many other reasons to duplicate a release with the current schema. and _that_ is the problem.
      • 2008-10-02 27617, 2008

      • luks
        nikki: does the top level box set have a catalog number?
      • 2008-10-02 27631, 2008

      • luks
        nikki: in my experience is just a package to sell more items at once
      • 2008-10-02 27605, 2008

      • luks
        ruaok: I'd simply take the part of http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ngs3.png from medium to right bottom
      • 2008-10-02 27614, 2008

      • luks
        ruaok: ignoring artist changes, ignoring track changes
      • 2008-10-02 27654, 2008

      • warp
        luks: i think the brilliant classics Bach Edition qualifies.
      • 2008-10-02 27656, 2008

      • ruaok
        including the label changes?
      • 2008-10-02 27610, 2008

      • nikki doesn't have all her CDs handy
      • 2008-10-02 27619, 2008

      • luks
        technically there are no label changes
      • 2008-10-02 27632, 2008

      • nikki
        well technically I do, I just don't have the key to open the box handy
      • 2008-10-02 27639, 2008

      • ruaok
        except for separating the label and labelname tables?
      • 2008-10-02 27647, 2008

      • luks
        yep
      • 2008-10-02 27601, 2008

      • luks
        which isn't really that useful for labels
      • 2008-10-02 27603, 2008

      • ruaok
        so then medium would connect to our current album?
      • 2008-10-02 27617, 2008

      • srotta
        The whole box set thing is sort of a mystery to me, particularly the way it's documented and how it's implemented in edits, in practice. For example, me and inhouseuk have some differing views about an Elton John album (http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=9432442)
      • 2008-10-02 27633, 2008

      • warp
        luks: the whole thing is one box with 155 cds in it, barcode and catalog. but the box has also been released in seperate volumes. Same music content, but the package uses a different volume/disc numbering scheme.
      • 2008-10-02 27652, 2008

      • luks
        ruaok: I'd like album AND tracklist to be the current album. album would take the meta data, tracklist would take the list of tracks and discids
      • 2008-10-02 27628, 2008

      • luks
        ruaok: er, sorry, I meant from tracklist to right buttom
      • 2008-10-02 27632, 2008

      • ruaok
        ah.
      • 2008-10-02 27611, 2008

      • ruaok
        and that would then essentially replace the album and release tables?
      • 2008-10-02 27623, 2008

      • ruaok
        albumjoin would be where tracklisttrack is now?
      • 2008-10-02 27628, 2008

      • luks
        yes
      • 2008-10-02 27649, 2008

      • ruaok
        I think that is imminenty doable.
      • 2008-10-02 27604, 2008

      • ruaok
        and I think the BBC will likely be ok with that.
      • 2008-10-02 27607, 2008

      • luks
        release technically stays untouched, except it has a title and multiple catalog numbers instead of one
      • 2008-10-02 27645, 2008

      • ruaok
        would it make sense to do albumtitle in this round or wait til next?
      • 2008-10-02 27624, 2008

      • ruaok
        and the release.gid == summit8.PackageId ?
      • 2008-10-02 27638, 2008

      • luks
        every release needs a title, so either we have heavily duplicated data or we separate albumtitle from album
      • 2008-10-02 27642, 2008

      • luks
        yes
      • 2008-10-02 27603, 2008

      • ruaok
        one go sounds smarter
      • 2008-10-02 27609, 2008

      • ruaok
        ok, I think I grok.
      • 2008-10-02 27623, 2008

      • ruaok
        thats a perfect sized chunk for an intermediary step.
      • 2008-10-02 27644, 2008

      • ruaok
        and from the looks of it artistcredit might make another one.'
      • 2008-10-02 27637, 2008

      • luks
        I had one idea about how the *title/name tables are handled, but I want to benchmark it before
      • 2008-10-02 27602, 2008

      • ruaok is curious
      • 2008-10-02 27650, 2008

      • luks
        in my current schema they are bound to artist/album, the idea was to move the link to artist/album to artistcreditname and release
      • 2008-10-02 27615, 2008

      • luks
        that would mean less text duplication in albumtitle, but a little more data in release
      • 2008-10-02 27628, 2008

      • luks
        it would also mean a direct link from release to album
      • 2008-10-02 27620, 2008

      • luks
        currently it can save ~100k album titles
      • 2008-10-02 27653, 2008

      • ruaok
        thats a significant change on the CI proposal, no?
      • 2008-10-02 27609, 2008

      • ruaok
        how much effort to benchmark that?
      • 2008-10-02 27616, 2008

      • luks
        not really, I'd say it's just a technical detail
      • 2008-10-02 27624, 2008

      • luks
        the core schema is still the same
      • 2008-10-02 27649, 2008

      • ruaok
        granted, but its a decision we need to make before we start on CI
      • 2008-10-02 27601, 2008

      • luks
        yes
      • 2008-10-02 27645, 2008

      • ruaok
        how will you benchmark that?
      • 2008-10-02 27612, 2008

      • luks
        implementing both in postgres
      • 2008-10-02 27634, 2008

      • nikki leaves to get a train to uni
      • 2008-10-02 27608, 2008

      • luks
        but I think for album/release it's quite easy decision
      • 2008-10-02 27620, 2008

      • luks
        for artists it's harder
      • 2008-10-02 27648, 2008

      • ruaok
        since we can't quantify the data in the new structure.
      • 2008-10-02 27626, 2008

      • ruaok
        well, since the core schema doesn't change, I don't really have to address this issue *now*.
      • 2008-10-02 27641, 2008

      • luks
        I'll try to draw some diagram how I'd integrate into the current schema
      • 2008-10-02 27604, 2008

      • luks
        and some SQL how to convert the data
      • 2008-10-02 27651, 2008

      • ruaok
        awesome.
      • 2008-10-02 27607, 2008

      • ruaok
        I'll start the conversation with the BBC to see if we can get this on the road.
      • 2008-10-02 27644, 2008

      • Wizzcat
        "321,271,968 4.74M/s eta 2m 45s" speedy pipe you got :>
      • 2008-10-02 27659, 2008

      • luks
        ruaok: still awake?
      • 2008-10-02 27606, 2008

      • ruaok
        barely.
      • 2008-10-02 27620, 2008

      • luks
        ok, let's talk tommorow :)
      • 2008-10-02 27629, 2008

      • ruaok
        Wizzcat: downloads off that machine are throttled.
      • 2008-10-02 27642, 2008

      • ruaok
        I hope to fix that before too long, now that we have a better switch.
      • 2008-10-02 27600, 2008

      • ruaok
        luks: will you be around in 8 hours or so?
      • 2008-10-02 27609, 2008

      • luks
        yes
      • 2008-10-02 27618, 2008

      • ruaok
        cool.
      • 2008-10-02 27626, 2008

      • ruaok
        then again, I'm curious. again. :)
      • 2008-10-02 27644, 2008

      • ruaok
        I can always re-read the logs in the morning, so hit me. :-)
      • 2008-10-02 27646, 2008

      • luks
        well, why is dateadded in table album? :)
      • 2008-10-02 27654, 2008

      • luks
        it obviously should be in albummeta
      • 2008-10-02 27616, 2008

      • ruaok
        urm. ya.
      • 2008-10-02 27624, 2008

      • ruaok makes a note
      • 2008-10-02 27610, 2008

      • ruaok
        my GF will be out of town this weekend and there is rain forecast.
      • 2008-10-02 27615, 2008

      • ruaok hopes for a nice coding weekend
      • 2008-10-02 27637, 2008

      • luks has similar plans
      • 2008-10-02 27609, 2008

      • warp
        :D
      • 2008-10-02 27614, 2008

      • ruaok
        natta everyone...
      • 2008-10-02 27618, 2008

      • ruaok has quit
      • 2008-10-02 27622, 2008

      • ruaok joined the channel
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      • ruaok
        so I managed to close my eyes...
      • 2008-10-02 27653, 2008

      • ruaok
        and I figured out why dateadded is in album, not albummeta
      • 2008-10-02 27620, 2008

      • luks
        why?
      • 2008-10-02 27624, 2008

      • ruaok
        dateadded is not derivable from other datat. the moderation tables may not be present. or they may be pruned.
      • 2008-10-02 27634, 2008

      • ruaok
        albummeta can be easily regenerated.
      • 2008-10-02 27640, 2008

      • luks
        hmm
      • 2008-10-02 27651, 2008

      • ruaok
        if you have any ideas, I'll read the chatlog in the am.
      • 2008-10-02 27652, 2008

      • ruaok
        bad time.
      • 2008-10-02 27654, 2008

      • ruaok
        natta
      • 2008-10-02 27657, 2008

      • ruaok has quit
      • 2008-10-02 27607, 2008

      • aCiD2 joined the channel
      • 2008-10-02 27614, 2008

      • FauxFaux
        aCiD2: Back at uni? \o/
      • 2008-10-02 27638, 2008

      • UncleRemus has quit
      • 2008-10-02 27620, 2008

      • Muzzz
        His hostmask says yes :P
      • 2008-10-02 27656, 2008

      • Muzzz is now at Birmingham New Street waitinh for his Welsh connection :/
      • 2008-10-02 27601, 2008

      • FauxFaux
        Lucky you.
      • 2008-10-02 27601, 2008

      • Muzzz
        Or not
      • 2008-10-02 27613, 2008

      • Muzzz
        my train was JUST cancelled :/
      • 2008-10-02 27631, 2008

      • Muzzz
        Time to take the long route, sigh
      • 2008-10-02 27642, 2008

      • FauxFaux
        Ow.
      • 2008-10-02 27652, 2008

      • FauxFaux
        Leaves on the line!
      • 2008-10-02 27608, 2008

      • Muzzz
        heh
      • 2008-10-02 27603, 2008

      • FauxFaux
        I asusme you noticed, they have a pair of dates within which they expect leaves on the line.
      • 2008-10-02 27625, 2008

      • FauxFaux
        Iirc it's after 2:30pm on 4th Dec that no more leaves are allowed on the line.
      • 2008-10-02 27628, 2008

      • Muzzz
        I've seen sheep on the line before
      • 2008-10-02 27638, 2008

      • FauxFaux
        Welcome to wales.
      • 2008-10-02 27600, 2008

      • Muzzz
        Only in Wales
      • 2008-10-02 27648, 2008

      • Muzzz runs to get the Pendolino to Wolverhampton
      • 2008-10-02 27642, 2008

      • stillLotR wonders why Muzzz is going into wales
      • 2008-10-02 27637, 2008

      • Muzzz
        Girlfriend
      • 2008-10-02 27644, 2008

      • Muzzz
        I wouldn't bother otherwise , it's shit there
      • 2008-10-02 27601, 2008

      • aCiD2
        FauxFaux: yessir
      • 2008-10-02 27615, 2008

      • stillLotR
        ah, so that's how you met her.. the sheep on the line you mentioned before ;)
      • 2008-10-02 27650, 2008

      • aCiD2
        "Oh, so you're into that TOO!"
      • 2008-10-02 27659, 2008

      • Muzzz
        Heh, I met her in London not knowing she'd feck off to uni in Wales :|
      • 2008-10-02 27634, 2008

      • Muzzz
        I feel conned etc
      • 2008-10-02 27648, 2008

      • Muzzz also feels FauxFaux's mum
      • 2008-10-02 27659, 2008

      • aCiD2
        You feel her pain when she sees your face?
      • 2008-10-02 27620, 2008

      • Muzzz
        "face"
      • 2008-10-02 27629, 2008

      • Muzzz
        "pain"
      • 2008-10-02 27602, 2008

      • inhouseuk
        Where the Reading -> London Waterloo line crosses the River Thames at Egham, there are regularly Swans on the line. As they are protected birds, the trains have to stop until they can be tempted to leave.
      • 2008-10-02 27600, 2008

      • trotek has quit
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      • aCiD2
        that's ridiculous
      • 2008-10-02 27640, 2008

      • UncleRemus joined the channel
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      • aCiD2
        Muzzz: why does http://www.last.fm/music/Cycles not show my "Experiments" album?
      • 2008-10-02 27645, 2008

      • aCiD2
        i can't figure it out for the life of me :(
      • 2008-10-02 27628, 2008

      • FauxFaux
        inhouseuk: Reading to waterloo as in the one that takes 1h20 and goes through hell^Wbracknell?
      • 2008-10-02 27650, 2008

      • milosz has quit
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      • alastairp
        hmm
      • 2008-10-02 27603, 2008

      • CatCat
        rah!
      • 2008-10-02 27656, 2008

      • milosz joined the channel
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      • CatCat
        this Uriah heep album is pissing me off. i got release dates for july, june (propagated from a faulty amazon source, I am sure) and august
      • 2008-10-02 27635, 2008

      • alastairp
        how handah
      • 2008-10-02 27614, 2008

      • CatCat
        the problem is that for some unknown reason Teleguise has taken an intereest to this spesifically
      • 2008-10-02 27624, 2008

      • CatCat
        so i have to find more info on it
      • 2008-10-02 27644, 2008

      • CatCat
        the problem is that a lot, and I mean A LOT ofplaces takes it source from amazon
      • 2008-10-02 27626, 2008

      • Wizzcat
        nuke them all and pick the earliest?
      • 2008-10-02 27637, 2008

      • CatCat
        yea, the probløem is that tele changed it
      • 2008-10-02 27600, 2008

      • CatCat
        and is pissed becasue i apperantly broke code of conduct when i changed it back