I was working on LB-1878, its about listen history exports in JSON formats. The reporter argued that recording_msid should be kept as a top level attribute across all JSON formats (API, Inspect, and JSONL exports). It is a top level attribute for api and inspect but not JSONL. should I move forward with it and implement it?
On Saturday, we got some terrible, horrible, very bad and not good at all news that we really hoped never to hear
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reosarevok[m]
Rob (mayhem) has passed away suddenly and unexpectedly
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harizz076[m]
What-
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reosarevok[m]
There will be an official statement from the board up soon, and a lot more details about the short term will be decided and published as soon as possible
2026-02-23 05448, 2026
reosarevok[m]
The board met last night, and it is working to make sure the transition is as smooth as possible for the Foundation
2026-02-23 05413, 2026
reosarevok[m]
For us as people, the transition is probably not going to be smooth - it fucking sucks.
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reosarevok[m]
And we're still getting used to the idea and trying to cope with it
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Clint
:(
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LupinIII
clint matrix bridge is down again 😔
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zas666[m]
(For those in this channel that don't know, Rob was the founder and executive director of MetaBrainz Foundation)
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reosarevok[m]
(good point, thanks zas)
2026-02-23 05409, 2026
reosarevok[m]
So I think the only right choice for today is to just skip the reviews and the usual meeting structure because, honestly, most of our reviews would be "this week was the worst"
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monkeypython[m]
FSDFSDG I am shock
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zas666[m]
MonkeyPython: we are all...
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rdswift[m]
He often referred to himself as BDFL. I guess that was truly the case.
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monkey[m]
It's been a BAD couple of days
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_discord_1122526
Sad news 🙁
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aerozol[m]
Such a shock. Thank you to everyone who has been stepping in to try to manage a transition/pick up the pieces. If anyone needs support personally or with MeB work please reach out in the chat. We're all separated by distance but not in spirit
2026-02-23 05408, 2026
aerozol[m]
And thanks Rob for putting in a bit of an emergency plan a few years ago, I believe - open-sourcing to the end
2026-02-23 05413, 2026
harizz076[m]
Losing a friend or family is so fucking hard, that realisation that they are not going to reply or talk to you hits so bad. Denial is the worst. My condolences to the entire team and his family. May his soul rest in peace…
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monkey[m]
100%. I can't say that I totally appreciate the little bits of humor peppered in his emergency plan, just yet, but I am grateful for his always active long term vision.
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faizanakhtar[m]
May his soul rest in peace and his legacy continue to multiply
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jade[m]
I've been spending most of the time since I found out crying. I'm not quite sure how to process it
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aerozol[m]
That his emergency plan is messing with you in death would bring him great joy @monkey:chatbrainz.org, there's no doubt
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reosarevok[m]
I would not have been surprised if the first thing we saw when we opened his emergency "something happened" vault was a rickroll
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reosarevok[m]
But I guess in that way he did never give us up, so
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monkeypython[m]
we need to play rickroll in his honour. it's what he would have wanted.
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reosarevok[m]
There's that!
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aerozol[m]
Worlds first rickroll funeral. I would not at all be surprised if that was in his will
Yes. For some of us I think Rob was more like a friend, for others almost an extra-weird extra dad
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reosarevok[m]
For some, probably both
2026-02-23 05429, 2026
reosarevok[m]
For all, probably, sometimes, a pain in the ass, but in a way which made it hard to stay angry with him
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reosarevok[m]
So yes, we are going to be processing this for a while
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monkeypython[m]
I had such a.. complicated relationship with him. I'm still sad, no way to make amends and become better friends. this is so.. 🫡 rip rob, you fucker 😭
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aerozol[m]
Definitely *that* uncle. I'm sad but I also know that he would prefer us to party and cause mayhem in his honour. Give me a few days Rob and then I'll get to that part x
2026-02-23 05440, 2026
reosarevok[m]
For the community at large, all I can say right now is that we are all planning to keep working to make sure his creation and his purpose goes on as he would have wanted to
2026-02-23 05444, 2026
rdswift[m]
May he be forever remembered for being a visionary. RIP Rob / mayhem / ruaok
2026-02-23 05404, 2026
reosarevok[m]
Among other things which we will get to later this week, the board says that
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reosarevok[m]
"Rob built MetaBrainz to be bigger than any one person. The best way to honour him is to support one another and keep building thoughtfully and deliberately, just as he would have wanted."
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reosarevok[m]
And although he would probably have rolled his eyes a bit at the serious writing, I think that is what he would have wanted
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monkey[m]
Rob himself told me much to the same effect.
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reosarevok[m]
So let's keep kicking ass
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reosarevok[m]
And keep being there for each other
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outsidecontext[m
<kellnerd[m]> "MetaBrainz feels like family. So..." <- Indeed. Last time we met on the last summit I told him that my parents regularly asked about how he is doing, even though they never met. It amused him :)
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lioncat6[m]
I wish I had gotten to know him... but I'm glad to be a part of his legacy
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reosarevok[m]
My wife met him three times, and she says she is missing him
2026-02-23 05405, 2026
reosarevok[m]
Yes, that is very much the kind of person he was
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reosarevok[m]
If someone has any questions, feel free to ask and I can either answer or let you know I don't yet have an answer
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aerozol[m]
I'm sad that Lucy-Belle never got to meet him. But she got to hear me sing his praises *and* moan about him - so definitely family!
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jade[m]
Even though I didn't know him for anywhere as long as I wanted to, he was a friend and a mentor
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reosarevok[m]
Otherwise, we can keep on grieving here - it feels weird to end this meeting, so let's say it is an
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reosarevok[m]
</INTERRO-BANG?!>
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jade[m]
‽
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mamanullah7[m]
Its very hard to realise he is no more with us we gonna miss him, Where ever you're i know you're doing great!
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monkeypython[m]
uh also, uh the matrix bridge is down again 😬
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reosarevok[m]
jade[m]: You know this is MetaBrainz because someone immediately comes back to fix it to a proper Unicode symbol
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julian45[m]
monkeypython[m]: irc or discord?
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jade[m]
reosarevok[m]: 🤭
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LupinIII
julian45[m]: irc
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monkeypython[m]
uh irc
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julian45[m]
irc is working (you can tell by chatlogs updating when there are messages between page refreshes) - the irc channel just requires nicks to be registered bc we had a bad spamwave around christmastime
2026-02-23 05445, 2026
julian45[m]
discord is working too for the record
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monkeypython[m]
I mean irc messages aren't comming to matri is what I mean
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julian45[m]
ah. i will look into that in a moment and see if there's anything i can do on my side
