[abcde] Re: abcde 1.9.2 released

[mostly harmless <jredburn@wso.williams.edu>]

What's the status of supporting CDs with multiple artists? I checked on
1.9.1 and it seemed to have changed but I wasn't clear exactly how it
worked.

thanks,
jeremy redburn

Quoting Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>:
> Hello, it's been a while, but I've managed to put out another development
> release. Here's the changelog:
> 
> abcde 1.9.2
> 
> * The "Very Long Changelog Entries Can Become Addicting" Release.
> * Switched default output type to ogg, default encoder to oggenc
> * Since 1.9.x prompts for CDDB edits by default there is now a -N switch
>   for non-interactivity.
> * Handles cddb entries with random sprinklings of CR's and LF's
> * You can now specify niceness for the reader and encoders, thanks to
>   Kevin Everets <kevin.everets@alcatel.com>
> * -j 0 will now disable local encoding, thanks to Antonio Fiol
>   <Antonio.FIOL@enst-bretagne.fr>
> * Vorbize should actually work now, thanks to Kevin Everets and James
>   LewisMoss
> * Oggenc/Vorbize commenting support
> * Made TRACKNUM available for playlist generation
> * Fleshed out the TODO list a bit more
> * mungefilename() now translates ':' to ' -' by default. Rationale: You
>   can't put ':' on a FAT filesystem. It also wreaks havoc with Samba.
> 
> I've uploaded this version to Debian unstable to get more people testing it.
> 
> If you've mailed me a patch against 1.9.1 and it's not in this version, that
> means I've probably lost it. Please resend it.
> 
> Any bugs/patches should now be fed to the Debian Bug Tracking System, it's
> better at keeping track of things than I am.
> 
> The before-releasing-2.0 TODO list is currently:
> 
> Update README and manpages.
> 
> Reintegrate various artists handling.
> 
> Secondary CDDB server support, switch primary to FreeDB.
> 
> ID3v2 support (make ID3TAGV= do something).
> 
> Make sure OUTPUTTYPE=ogg results in a default ogg encoder being run if
> ENCODERSYNTAX isn't set.
> 
> Make -a do stuff.
> 
> default to id3v2 if OUTPUTTYPE=mp3.
> 
> Make a README supplement that lists changes from v1 that users will notice.
> -- 
> Robert Woodcock - rcw@debian.org
> "Yes I do believe there is a violent thing inside of me" -- Everclear
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