#5252: Remove auto pick release country feature
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Reporter: Prodoc | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: important | Milestone:
Component: MusicBrainz Server | Version: Server 2009-05-24
Resolution: | Keywords:
Browser: Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla (Gecko) | Os: Linux
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Comment (by Prodoc):
I have it set to none, unlike a lot of others not knowing the change in
behaviour.
The problem is that this feature is now causing more problems than it's
worth. Not having to specify a date is a good thing, not always can this
info be determined while (some of) the rest can. The same goes for just
the release country. Making this a special case by not storing it if only
the country is specified is unexpected behaviour and would be a step
backwards. What if you only want to store the release country? A user
supplies it (by default or not) and it's completely ignored. Yes, we would
prefer more info then just that but this at least allows you to provide
some indication about the country in which it was released.
Does the convenience of not having to manually specify the country, one
easy additional step, really outweigh it increased risk of invalid data?
Now a release with just a country in the release event can never be
trusted. This would be different when a user specifically provided this
info. There's not a direct way of knowing what was the case in the current
situation. Did he overlooked the country and therefore forgot to set the
country to unknown or did he consciously set or left it on that country?
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