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unity-scope-mediascanner package

[Music App and Scope] Consistent use of "Songs" or "Tracks" between Music app and Music scope

Bug #1378143 reported by Victor Thompson
10
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Music App
Fix Released
Low
Victor Thompson
Ubuntu Music App ota10
Ubuntu UX
Fix Released
Low
Paty Davila
unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
unity-scope-mediascanner (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

It'd be ideal if both the Music app (which currently uses "Songs") and the Music scope (which uses "Tracks") used similar terminology.

Related branches

lp://staging/~vthompson/music-app/fix-1378143
Jenkins Bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
Andrew Hayzen: Approve
Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (community): Approve
Diff: 426 lines (+78/-78)
8 files modified
app/components/Helpers/UserMetricsHelper.qml (+3/-3)
app/ui/AddToPlaylist.qml (+1/-1)
app/ui/ContentHubExport.qml (+1/-1)
app/ui/Playlists.qml (+1/-1)
app/ui/Songs.qml (+1/-1)
app/ui/SongsView.qml (+2/-2)
debian/changelog (+1/-0)
po/com.ubuntu.music.pot (+68/-69)
David Planella (dpm)
Changed in music-app:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Giorgio Venturi (giorgio-venturi-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in ubuntu-ux:
assignee: nobody → Jouni Helminen (jounihelminen)
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
John Lea (johnlea)
summary: - Consistent use of "Songs" or "Tracks" between Music app and Music scope
+ [Music App and Scope] Consistent use of "Songs" or "Tracks" between
+ Music app and Music scope
Revision history for this message
Jouni Helminen (jounihelminen) wrote :

Agreed, will check which one to go with.

Changed in ubuntu-ux:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Christian (kurisu666) wrote :

I would prefer "tracks"!

It isn't just right to title epic rock songs as "songs", just to name an example: Nobody would consider "Stairway To Heaven", "Echoes"(Pink Floyd) a "song"!

A "song" is more like a definition for short/simple musical pieces, while "tracks" can be anything, whether it's a 20mins long classic track or a 30mins long prog song. :)

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
Changed in ubuntu-ux:
assignee: Jouni Helminen (jounihelminen) → Paty Davila (dizzypaty)
Revision history for this message
Jouni Helminen (jounihelminen) wrote :

I would probably use the word "track" myself but looking at other media players "songs" seems to be the standard word.

Michi Henning (michihenning)
no longer affects: unity-scope-mediascanner
Revision history for this message
Michi Henning (michihenning) wrote :

"Track" is preferable. That's because not all audio that ends up in user's collection is a song. It may be university lectures, voice memos, audio books, etc.

iTunes is inconsistent there too. It uses "Songs" as a column heading, but "Track #" for numbering, and "Items" when I look at the summary for a music (yes, music only) collection. They are doing worse than we are! :-)

Anyway, my vote goes to "Track".

Revision history for this message
Paty Davila (dizzypaty) wrote :

Let's go with 'tracks', since everyone seems to agree is a better term and users will understand both.

Changed in ubuntu-ux:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Michi Henning (michihenning) wrote :

See Paty's comment. Music app should change to "Track".

Changed in music-app:
status: Triaged → Confirmed
Changed in unity-scope-mediascanner (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen)
Changed in music-app:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Victor Thompson (vthompson)
Changed in music-app:
milestone: none → ota10
Victor Thompson (vthompson)
Changed in music-app:
status: Triaged → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Victor Thompson (vthompson)
Revision history for this message
Michi Henning (michihenning) wrote :

Added unity-greeter and re-opened for Ubuntu UX because the greeter also uses "songs" but should probably use "tracks" too, for consistency. (Currently, the greeter says "X songs played today".

Changed in ubuntu-ux:
status: Fix Committed → New
Revision history for this message
Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen) wrote :

@Michi, the "X songs played today" comes from the usermetrics inside the music-app not the unity-greeter.

Revision history for this message
Victor Thompson (vthompson) wrote :

The greeter that is driven by libusermetrics comes from the Music app. Or does the music scope also do this?

Revision history for this message
Michi Henning (michihenning) wrote :

Ah, sorry, my ignorance. It's a non-issue then. The music scope doesn't do anything like this.

Changed in ubuntu-ux:
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in unity-greeter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Jenkins Bot (ubuntu-core-apps-jenkins-bot) wrote :

Fix committed into lp:music-app at revision 972, scheduled for release in music-app, milestone ota9

Changed in music-app:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Victor Thompson (vthompson)
Changed in music-app:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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