Release Notes - MusicBrainz Server - Version NGS - Beta 3 - HTML format

Sub-task

  • [MBS-513] - Migrate MOD_ADD_ARTIST_ANNOTATION
  • [MBS-521] - Migrate MOD_ADD_LINK
  • [MBS-554] - Migrate MOD_EDIT_TRACKTIME
  • [MBS-568] - Migrate MOD_REMOVE_ISRC
  • [MBS-570] - Migrate MOD_REMOVE_LABELALIAS
  • [MBS-571] - Migrate MOD_REMOVE_LINK
  • [MBS-577] - Migrate MOD_REMOVE_RELEASE_GROUP
  • [MBS-578] - Migrate MOD_REMOVE_RELEASES
  • [MBS-581] - Migrate MOD_SET_RELEASE_DURATIONS
  • [MBS-811] - ws/1 doesnt understand the track-level-rels parameter
  • [MBS-812] - ws/1 Puid lookup doesnt work
  • [MBS-813] - When include disc count and tracks for a release lookup it shows <track-list count="3+3"/> instead of <track-list count="3"/>
  • [MBS-817] - Lookup tags via /tag
  • [MBS-818] - Post a single tag via /tag
  • [MBS-819] - Post multiple tags via /tag
  • [MBS-820] - Lookup rating for an entity via /rating
  • [MBS-821] - Submit a single rating via /rating
  • [MBS-822] - Submit multiple ratings via /rating
  • [MBS-823] - Add releases to collections
  • [MBS-824] - Removing releases from collections
  • [MBS-825] - List releases in a collection
  • [MBS-826] - Submitting PUIDs
  • [MBS-829] - Support old style urls such as http://test.musicbrainz.org/show/release/?mbid=0ed9e9e8-8c4e-4f01-8502-94bf6d062dd0
  • [MBS-831] - "Can't call method "meta" on an undefined value"
  • [MBS-836] - Error 500 when look up puid that doesn't exist

Bug

  • [MBS-57] - Remove "normal artist" functionality from Various Artists
  • [MBS-92] - Edit relationship submits edits when no changes made
  • [MBS-117] - Pager links in edit search don't work
  • [MBS-135] - Error on applying edit release edits
  • [MBS-148] - Release event display issues
  • [MBS-207] - CD lookup that returns CDs by different artists lists wrong artist
  • [MBS-212] - Duplicate artist checkbox shouldn't be ticked by default
  • [MBS-226] - Release url-rels request is also returning label url-rels
  • [MBS-235] - Change /ws/2 to conform to the new spec (core entity browse requests with paging).
  • [MBS-256] - Label and catno only shown for one track per release on recording page
  • [MBS-278] - The return URI on the login page can serve as a potential phishing gateway/forwarder
  • [MBS-280] - Cannot view "remove relationship" edit type
  • [MBS-300] - Cannot view "create relationship" edit type
  • [MBS-302] - Direct search for recordings thinks every recording appears as track 1.1.
  • [MBS-306] - Line breaks & edit note syntax don't work in edit notes
  • [MBS-322] - Edit recording edits show changes backwards
  • [MBS-327] - 'add label comment' edit shows changes to the begin/end dates on the edit's page
  • [MBS-336] - recordings not merged despite transliteration AR between their albums
  • [MBS-348] - Slow rendering performance on release editor
  • [MBS-360] - Additional filter attributes don't work for track searches alongside PUID
  • [MBS-361] - Track searches in the webservice return the number of tracks but lookups don't
  • [MBS-382] - Problem sending email with non-ascii characters
  • [MBS-471] - Release groups on Various Artist don't display release count
  • [MBS-494] - Release editor edit suite base
  • [MBS-601] - The same vote can be entered twice in a row
  • [MBS-621] - The Web Service returns all the isrsc for the release for each recording
  • [MBS-623] - The Web Service returns all the Puids for the release for each recording also they are returned as ISRCs
  • [MBS-662] - Hide work editing link when not logged in
  • [MBS-677] - Couple of problems with the donate check page
  • [MBS-697] - Registration form doesn't show error messages
  • [MBS-699] - Server error when deleting link attribute types
  • [MBS-700] - uninitialized value in string eq at PartialDate.pm line 46
  • [MBS-702] - Edit recording does not load the recording length
  • [MBS-703] - URLs with pending edits don't get highlighted
  • [MBS-706] - Amazon image displaying on release page
  • [MBS-712] - Pending editing highlight doesn't work on even-numbered tracks
  • [MBS-713] - Some edits which should be auto-edits for auto-editors aren't auto-edits
  • [MBS-714] - Edit Release/Release Group Type edits are migrated incorrectly
  • [MBS-717] - Webservice v2 lookup on release can fail if release-group is one of the inc values
  • [MBS-718] - On ws/2 lookup inc=aliases doesnt work (also tried alias)
  • [MBS-719] - on ws/2 if do lokup for nonexistent resource it just returns nothing, should give error
  • [MBS-721] - Puid lookup is really slow
  • [MBS-724] - Incomplete dates when adding an artist or label give an error
  • [MBS-726] - ws/2 Browse Request on Release doesnt like labels parameter in contrast with documentation
  • [MBS-727] - Labels are still highlighted after the add edit closes
  • [MBS-728] - Can't edit aliases
  • [MBS-729] - Labels aren't always highlighted when they should be
  • [MBS-731] - Artist isn't visible on a work's aliases page
  • [MBS-732] - Editing only the language for an alias gives an error
  • [MBS-734] - Release editor unsets times
  • [MBS-735] - Tabs on the profile disappear when switching tabs
  • [MBS-737] - Subscribers link in the menu is broken
  • [MBS-738] - Everyone's subscriptions are public
  • [MBS-740] - Superfluous "the" in Merge Recordings UI
  • [MBS-742] - recordings not merged despite later release AR between their pre-NGS tracks
  • [MBS-743] - When editting recordings, recording times turn into question marks.
  • [MBS-745] - Lookup of any work fails with error
  • [MBS-746] - in Webservice Browse Requests the limit and offset parameters do not appear to be implemented
  • [MBS-747] - ws/2 tag, cdstub and freedb indexes are not searchable even though available on search server
  • [MBS-748] - in ws/2 lookup Type parameter has no effect
  • [MBS-749] - Track Editing in Release Editor failed with exception
  • [MBS-752] - Edit submit button is inconsistent
  • [MBS-753] - Create relationship sometimes gets the order wrong for reverse relationships
  • [MBS-754] - release editor removes all track times
  • [MBS-755] - track edits don't link to the track in question
  • [MBS-756] - Allow adding new works
  • [MBS-758] - Pages which list edits should catch errors better
  • [MBS-759] - Merge recordings edits link to http://test.musicbrainz.org/recording/ (404)
  • [MBS-760] - DropIndexes.sql misses the new recording_puid_idx_puid
  • [MBS-763] - PUIDs have a grey background for some reason
  • [MBS-766] - Should be possible to retrieve tags for releasegroup associated with release to match existing behaviour
  • [MBS-767] - When do recording lookup and inc the matching releases/medium it should show the offset of where the recording is on the release/medium like it does in ws/1
  • [MBS-772] - The WET0WEST timezone is not migrated
  • [MBS-773] - Release editor assumes ReleaseLabel objects have a valid label object
  • [MBS-774] - tag/not_found.tt is missing
  • [MBS-775] - Timezone Etc/GMT+3 is an invalid timezone
  • [MBS-778] - Slave servers don't prevent editing
  • [MBS-779] - Adding artists should be an auto-edit
  • [MBS-781] - Release editor can't submit edits
  • [MBS-782] - Direct search for recordings doesn't show any results
  • [MBS-783] - links broken when merging recordings
  • [MBS-785] - t/data_covertart.t tests are broken.
  • [MBS-789] - t/sql/vote_stats.sql is missing
  • [MBS-792] - Total tracks sometimes missing in recording direct search
  • [MBS-793] - Webserice Query fails with 500 Internal Server Error when contains escaped ampersand
  • [MBS-794] - Webservice calls complaing Can't call method "releases" on an undefined value
  • [MBS-795] - WS/2 inc=ratings does not work for labels
  • [MBS-796] - WS/2 inc=ratings does not work for releases
  • [MBS-808] - Release editor forgets edits made on the tracklist tab when navigating back to information.
  • [MBS-815] - Not setting the number of search results per page gives an error
  • [MBS-827] - Querying for releases by disc ID with multiple matches returns the same artist for each match
  • [MBS-841] - /account/ pages don't have a search box at the top
  • [MBS-844] - Removing ISRCs shouldn't be an auto-edit
  • [MBS-850] - Can't preview an annotation change
  • [MBS-851] - Edit links break if you're not already logged in
  • [MBS-854] - Searching for release groups named "aag"
  • [MBS-866] - Change release group edits have a random "u"

New Feature

  • [MBS-6] - View annotation history & differences between revisions
  • [MBS-21] - Allow removing disc IDs
  • [MBS-28] - Allow editing works
  • [MBS-31] - Allow adding new releases
  • [MBS-142] - Implement POSTable resources in Web Service
  • [MBS-149] - List of editors with extra privileges
  • [MBS-225] - Allow fetching all releases from a label
  • [MBS-247] - Add track parser
  • [MBS-387] - allow PUID look ups in web interface
  • [MBS-399] - Bring back the comprehensive search page
  • [MBS-491] - Convert rowid links in the edit notes and annotations
  • [MBS-516] - Allow submitting new disc IDs
  • [MBS-590] - Add Artist Credit editor
  • [MBS-682] - Artist lookup tab on Release Editor
  • [MBS-839] - Add Puid/Mid Submission to ws/2

Task

  • [MBS-633] - Add new release formats (per passed RFC-93)
  • [MBS-685] - Create some realistic test data to test /ws/1 and /ws/2
  • [MBS-686] - Change /ws/2 to conform to the new spec (core entity lookups).
  • [MBS-687] - Change /ws/2 to conform to the new spec (non-core entities).
  • [MBS-847] - Update discogs.dat used to dispatch Discogs ARs to NGS releases

Improvement

  • [MBS-115] - Not forward to "Browse edits" after approving/cancelling
  • [MBS-156] - Standardize between /user, /account, and anything else
  • [MBS-218] - Convert spaces in URLs to %20
  • [MBS-231] - Disc title is optional; the default should say "add title" instead of "unknown"
  • [MBS-232] - Replace "add another track" button with icon
  • [MBS-249] - Allow switching relationships round
  • [MBS-311] - Query entry field is too small for advanced search
  • [MBS-362] - Support inc or provide more information when doing lookups with PUIDs
  • [MBS-404] - Language and script dropdowns aren't sorted alphabetically
  • [MBS-674] - Users with non-verified email addresses receive 401 and 403 errors
  • [MBS-711] - Limit the number of decimal places in voting statistics
  • [MBS-730] - Works have a gap where there should be an icon
  • [MBS-744] - No way to change the number of results shown when searching
  • [MBS-800] - Add a message to notify users if their edit would make no changes
  • [MBS-804] - works pages should include "has performance" on overview
  • [MBS-828] - Link also to artists on AR pages.
  • [MBS-845] - Link to ISRCs in ISRC edits
  • [MBS-846] - Show better error when ISRC not found
  • [MBS-858] - Add artist edits include empty dates
  • [MBS-862] - Add label edits include empty dates

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