One of the very few issues surrounding the submission of digital releases where there appears (to me) to be a significant consensus is that a separate barcode equals a separate release. So can we not expend any more energy relitigating it?
Also, the repeated mention of ISRCs in the context of barcodes make no sense to me. Barcodes are a release level attribute and ISRCs are a recording level attribute. It’s perfectly possible for a recording with a given ISRC to be included on multiple releases with different barcodes. ISRCs can be helpful with regards to identifying releases, but only under very specific circumstances.
Also, can we try to keep this thread on topic please? If you wish to continue the discussion could I ask that you post on this thread: