From: Gregory P. <gre...@gm...> - 2010-01-24 15:00:44
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On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 03:41:49PM +0100, Michael Piotrowski wrote: > In the case of a "real" artist, chronological order makes perfect sense. > After all, it is common to talk about "their first album," "their latest > album," etc. > > In the case of compilations, however, it doesn't make sense. If you > have a number of compilations in your library, you're looking for them > by name, not by the date of the first track, as a compilation may > contain tracks from many different years. Ordering compilations by the > date of their first tracks also leads to series of compilations getting > broken up, e.g., > > ... > Back To Mine compil... > Easy Tempo Vol. 2: ... > Easy Tempo Vol. 6: ... > The Old Grey Whistl... > Easy Tempo Vol. 1: ... > Easy Tempo Vol. 9: ... > Mojo Club Dancefloo... > ... Thanks for the good explanation -- I tend to agree with you after reading it. If you want to create a patch for this, 'void tree_add_track(struct tree_track *)' from tree.c is a good starting point. Gregory |