Notes from #MetaBrainz meeting 2018-03-05

#MetaBrainz Meeting 2018-03-05

Meeting start: https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132645/

Agenda

Reviews

@iliekcomputers

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132658/

@Rob

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132664/

@zas

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132684/

@chhavi

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132701/

@samj1912

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132716/

@CatQuest

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132727/

@reosarevok

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132735/

@Freso

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132753/

@bitmap

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132793/

@yvanzo

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132811/

@vishichoudhary

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132820/

@akhilesh

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132834/

@kartikeyaSh_ircc

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132841/

@bukwurm_

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132863/

@uditgulati0

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132882/

@little_rsh

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132881/

Release “variants”

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132894/

A fair amount of discussion ensued; comparing “variants” to alternative tracklists, some questions about current practices, some discussion about when a new entry would be a Release vs. a “Variant” of another Release.

Ultimately, too many unanswered questions and concerns, so @zas agreed to try and make a more “formal”/in-depth specification of it or similar and post that on the forums in its own topic for further discussion before bringing it back up at the meeting.

Summit date

https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/msg/4132990/

@Freso said that the summit would most likely be in Barcelona again sometime in late Summer or early Autumn, but that it would probably make more sense to discuss this with @Rob present (@Rob had to leave the meeting due to travel during Reviews), so it was ultimately decided to decide nothing for now and bring it up again at the next meeting.

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Get well wishes to Freso.
(Don’t want you beating my record for that damn fluey thing coming back.)

And the rest of it looks good.

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