Author: yvanzo

MusicBrainz Server update, 2019-04-26

We finally have a new release! Some large conversions of the MusicBrainz website templates to React happened during the past three months, leading to a long delay between releases – sorry about that! This release also fixes several bugs and adds some small improvements.

Thanks to Cyna, Ge0rg3, and spellew for their contributed code, mostly written during GCI. Also, thanks to alpinetux, amCap1712, chirlu, culinko, cyberskull, derobert, Griomo, hibiscuskazeneko, Jeluang, jessew, kepstin, Kid Devine, ListMyCDs.com, Lotheric, mfmeulenbelt, rafwuk, RavenWorks, samj1912, yindesu, yurim, and everyone who tested beta version, reported issues, or updated website translations.

The git tag is v-2019-04-26.

Bug

  • [MBS-6895] – Cannot inc=tags when browsing releases
  • [MBS-8634] – Privileged user accounts page still mentions the style council
  • [MBS-9013] – Removing specific ordering of relationships doesn’t create an edit
  • [MBS-9276] – Transient test failure in Edit::Instrument::Merge
  • [MBS-9297] – “Set track lengths” from Disc ID with no change should not be allowed
  • [MBS-9309] – Mediums fail to merge when two recording positions are swapped
  • [MBS-9400] – Tags are missing from artist nodes in /ws/2/release JSON requests
  • [MBS-9413] – Older “Remove relationship” edits can’t be loaded
  • [MBS-9669] – UI language menu not available in Spanish and Greek
  • [MBS-9845] – country.null stats not being collected
  • [MBS-9893] – Batch voting check boxes disappeared
  • [MBS-9899] – Recording and recording artist tags/genres missing in JSON WS
  • [MBS-9943] – Autocomplete.js is pretty much untranslatable
  • [MBS-9975] – Clicking the “A-a” button (guess sort name) to add a release alias sort name does not work.
  • [MBS-9983] – Non-group artists statistics does not include characters
  • [MBS-9985] – “Last updated on Invalid date” on release sidebar
  • [MBS-9986] – RG types not translated on sidebar
  • [MBS-9991] – Relationship names are not translatable
  • [MBS-9993] – MusicBrainz server should allow CORS requests to /oauth/token
  • [MBS-9995] – Space missing in autoeditor election text
  • [MBS-10009] – Some sidebar types are not translated
  • [MBS-10021] – ArtistRoles is not translatable
  • [MBS-10027] – t::MusicBrainz::Server::Controller::Admin::EditBanner fails randomly
  • [MBS-10031] – Tooltip says ‘null’ for artist names in ‘writer’ column of ‘work’ search results
  • [MBS-10033] – Missing space after Wikipedia blurb
  • [MBS-10045] – Regression: External links to Anison Generation in the sidebar appends https
  • [MBS-10075] – Release with no mediums disappears from release collection when sorting on format/no. of tracks
  • [MBS-10081] – Invalid last updated date on search result pages
  • [MBS-10084] – Unable to add CDBaby URL containing “ï”
  • [MBS-10085] – Long URL fails to wrap on release page in Chrome
  • [MBS-10088] – Example search for relationships breaks with cardinality
  • [MBS-10090] – Loading a doc page containing %3F loads full wikipage html
  • [MBS-10099] – Lyrics URL relationship uses the wrong link phrase on work edit page

Improvement

  • [MBS-6574] – Recursive area tabs
  • [MBS-7463] – Add redirect from /tag to /tags
  • [MBS-8782] – Show artist name on “Edit Note” tab of “Edit Release” page
  • [MBS-8922] – User reporting: Remove “Reveal my email address” option (or default it to on)
  • [MBS-9340] – Don’t allow more languages if [No lyrics] is selected
  • [MBS-9656] – [Change release quality] → [Change data quality]
  • [MBS-9935] – Indicate what to do with annotation reports
  • [MBS-9936] – Move from CJS style to ES6 (imports, exports)
  • [MBS-9988] – On /tags page, allow to go back to not showing downvoted tags
  • [MBS-9989] – Add new “Not applicable” gender option to stats
  • [MBS-9990] – Make formatUserDate error rather than return wrong date if given object
  • [MBS-9998] – Improve cleanup of Facebook URLs
  • [MBS-10008] – Generalize and localize CPDL link’s title in the sidebar
  • [MBS-10010] – Simplify sidebar_name methods for URLs
  • [MBS-10029] – When viewing edits by editor X, include editor X in the page title
  • [MBS-10032] – Detect and clean iTunes “author” URLs for artists
  • [MBS-10063] – “No linguistic content” → “[No lyrics]” in work edits display
  • [MBS-10074] – Display – on release search results for format/tracks if no medium exists
  • [MBS-10094] – Right-justify barcode on release group page
  • [MBS-10101] – Allow SecondHandSongs performance URLs for Recordings
  • [MBS-10102] – Use the containing country area of artists and labels for country statistics
  • [MBS-10103] – Update Bandsintown URL cleanup to strip languages

New Feature

  • [MBS-10011] – Congratulate/thank users on their birthdays
  • [MBS-10022] – Event tab for areas

React conversion task

  • [MBS-9632] – Convert statistics to React
  • [MBS-9699] – Convert the user account pages to React
  • [MBS-9904] – Convert the list of privileged users to React
  • [MBS-9909] – Convert report templates to React
  • [MBS-9926] – Convert entity subscribers pages to React
  • [MBS-10005] – Convert “Details” and ”Tags” tabs, for each entity, to React
  • [MBS-10007] – Convert “Add annotation” edit display to React
  • [MBS-10014] – Convert “Add area” edit display to React
  • [MBS-10015] – Convert “Add artist” edit display to React
  • [MBS-10016] – Convert “Add event” edit display to React
  • [MBS-10017] – Convert artist/cannot_split.tt to React
  • [MBS-10018] – Convert artist/special_purpose.tt to React
  • [MBS-10019] – Convert the artist and place event pages to React
  • [MBS-10026] – Convert the Labels page for Area to React
  • [MBS-10042] – Convert “Aliases” tab, for each entity, to React
  • [MBS-10046] – Convert /admin/banner/edit to React
  • [MBS-10049] – Convert user/report to React
  • [MBS-10086] – Convert attributes admin lists to React
  • [MBS-10091] – Convert root/components/relationships.tt to React

Other task

  • [MBS-8360] – Show BookBrainz relationships in the sidebar
  • [MBS-9082] – Standardize SecondHandSongs URLs
  • [MBS-9932] – Remove or update “Releases with superfluous data tracks” report
  • [MBS-9999] – Allow setting custom redirect URI while registering applications to be installed
  • [MBS-10035] – Add text to the “Report editor” page asking for links
  • [MBS-10036] – Add ccMixter.org to other database whitelist
  • [MBS-10037] – Send editor reports to MB user admin mailing list
  • [MBS-10080] – Relabel “MusicBrainz Blog” link as “MetaBrainz Blog” on MusicBrainz frontpage

Server update, 2019-01-22

More bugs fixed, that’s our wish for 2019! Additionally, this release comes with usual update of URL handlers and a heap of code being rewritten behind the scenes. Thanks to Jaykin for the patch he wrote during GCI. Thanks to culinko, drsaunde, jesus2099, johnlinp, jrv, outsidecontext, silentbird, thomasboehm, zastai for having reported issues. The git tag is v-2019-01-22.

Sub-task

  • [MBS-9954] – Convert the tag cloud and tag entity list pages to React

Bug

  • [MBS-4469] – Annotation syntax : lists syntax only partly working
  • [MBS-4709] – Can’t use square brackets in annotations
  • [MBS-8978] – Schema does not include id attribute for <packaging> element of a release
  • [MBS-8979] – Schema does not include <cdstub> as top-level subelement of <metadata>
  • [MBS-8980] – Schema says a <cdstub> has a <comment> element, but the webservice returns a <disambiguation> instead.
  • [MBS-9089] – “change all artists on this release that match…” does nothing if you hit “Next” instead of “Done”
  • [MBS-9605] – Tracklist editor badly converts track length over 1 h
  • [MBS-9865] – Release editor’s artist credit recently broken
  • [MBS-9867] – Slave server cannot display page with annotation
  • [MBS-9941] – Some edit pages are missing JS gettext domains in non-English translations
  • [MBS-9957] – Cover art image types not updated properly
  • [MBS-9966] – Event creation on place page does not seed
  • [MBS-9967] – Regression: Subscribers tab in user profile is broken
  • [MBS-9971] – Regression: Sidebar ISNI code is not a link anymore
  • [MBS-9980] – Regression: “Edit User” tab link is shown to own non-admin user

Improvement

  • [MBS-8803] – Document [<entity>:<mbid>|<name>] links in annotation editor page
  • [MBS-9470] – Expose UUID of relationship attribute type
  • [MBS-9838] – Update 22 external link formats from http to https
  • [MBS-9969] – Display external links to lyrics in the sidebar
  • [MBS-9970] – Display links to Anison Generation, B.R.A.H.M.S. (Ircam), and Classical Archives in the sidebar

Server update, 2018-12-18

This release features four new reports of data that might need fixing. Pages with the MBID of entities that have been merged are now redirected to use the MBID of the merged entity. This release also includes a significant amount of bug fixes and updates genres list and external link handler. Thanks to coders G30rg3, TheFaR8, PROTechThor (all GCI students!) and dominikh for their contributed patches, and thanks to issue reporters bgstewart, cyberskull, jesus2099, hibiscuskazeneko, michelv, paulakreuzer, salo.rock, suriv, and wcw1966 for their input. The git tag is v-2018-12-18.

Bug

  • [MBS-8311] – Annotation field in the release editor does not mention licenses
  • [MBS-9402] – Empty “Lyrics languages” column in “Merge works” edits
  • [MBS-9859] – Amazon cover art source stats don’t count https URLs
  • [MBS-9863] – License links are ignored if https
  • [MBS-9844] – Cannot cancel removing/revoking application’s access
  • [MBS-9872] – “Ended” flag change not shown in edit relationship page
  • [MBS-9889] – Release page “Found in N user collections” links to incorrect URL
  • [MBS-9892] – Unable to add Australian ASIN
  • [MBS-9895] – Regression: Approving link removals is now harder (auto editors)
  • [MBS-9896] – Release pages throw an internal server error when CritiqueBrainz is down
  • [MBS-9905] – Tipeee language subdomains are not recognised
  • [MBS-9906] – Link to profile when preferences have been saved is broken

New Feature

  • [MBS-3685] – New Report: Releases with label and artist of the same name
  • [MBS-6232] – New Report: Releases with cover art archive images but no front image
  • [MBS-8178] – New Report: Events with sequential numbering that are neither part of a series nor part of a larger event
  • [MBS-9907] – New report: Places without coordinates

Task

  • [MBS-9901] – Normalize Dailymotion URLs to HTTPS
  • [MBS-9930] – Disable CAA images on the homepage for Chrome-based browsers
  • [MBS-9934] – Update blog and JIRA links to metabrainz.org

Improvement

  • [MBS-7192] – Show work types in inline search
  • [MBS-9277] – Handle Mixcloud social network URLs
  • [MBS-9748] – Handle Ko-fi patronage URLs
  • [MBS-9765] – Do not display event dates twice in search results
  • [MBS-9827] – Redirect merged entity MBID pages to new MBID
  • [MBS-9831] – Handle Bandcamp lyrics URLs
  • [MBS-9847] – Show event collections in reverse chronological order by default
  • [MBS-9873] – Handle Discogs composition URLs
  • [MBS-9883] – Show Wikidata: QID rather than just QID on sidebar
  • [MBS-9900] – Add information on requesting instruments/genres to their lists
  • [MBS-9944] – Handle niconico video URLs
  • [MBS-9947] – Allow linking to podcast episode on Spotify and Deezer

Server update, 2018-11-01

This release includes a first implementation of genres – expect more information as a blog post in the following days. The search results page has been converted to React for every type of search except the edit search, which is implemented separately. The homepage, the ISWC page and the sidebars have been converted too. Additionally, the password hashes have been strengthened, external URL handlers have been updated as usual, and ten bugs have been fixed. Thanks to issue reporters chirlu, darwinx0r, jesus2099, hibiscuskazeneko, ravenworks, spellew, yeeeargh, and zastai for their input.  The git tag is v-2018-11-01.

Sub-task

  • [MBS-9604] – Convert ISWC index page to React
  • [MBS-9813] – Convert the homepage to React
  • [MBS-9830] – Convert taglookup templates to React
  • [MBS-9850] – Convert sidebars to React
  • [MBS-9877] – Convert all search results pages to React

Bug

  • [MBS-8062] – Event indexed search doesn’t show artists/location/date
  • [MBS-9422] – Attach CD TOC page shows all tracks in tracklists as deleted
  • [MBS-9438] – Event dates and times display as “(Object object)” in drop-down search results
  • [MBS-9641] – Label-Series relationship does not show on series page
  • [MBS-9788] – Series edit history indicates wrong entity type
  • [MBS-9804] – Label dates do not appear on direct search
  • [MBS-9816] – Cannot change password if logged in with a different letter-cased username
  • [MBS-9817] – Regression: Client-side rendered components are not localized
  • [MBS-9846] – Beatport URL with numeric slug cannot be linked to
  • [MBS-9856] – Regression: Buggy formatting on some web search results

New Feature

  • [MBS-9492] – Add genres as a subset of tags

Task

  • [MBS-9208] – Increase bcrypt cost parameter
  • [MBS-9721] – Add GDPR links
  • [MBS-9763] – Normalize setlist.fm URLs to HTTPS
  • [MBS-9766] – Normalize worldcat.org URLs to HTTPS

Improvement

  • [MBS-9210] – Re-hash passwords on login
  • [MBS-9503] – Add a link to AcousticBrainz on the Details tab of recordings
  • [MBS-9764] – Allow adding events from places and artists

Server update, 2018-08-14, with new virtual machine

A new virtual machine for running your own mirror of MusicBrainz is now available. Thanks to InvisibleMan78 for the continuous feedback and to Jeff Sturgis for his work with Docker Compose! This is the last virtual machine to include the soon defunct search server. Links:

Main changes:

  • Added helper script set-web-server-name to allow connecting to the web site from a remote host;
  • Added helper script turn-port to allow turning service ports on/off for db (postgresql), musicbrainz, redis, and search;
  • Fixed docker containers startup on VM boot;
  • Fixed potential access token loss due to helper scripts reindex;
  • Fixed and improved documentation (now copied inside the VM);
  • Improved error handling in helper scripts;
  • Updated MusicBrainz server, search server, base image and dependencies.

This server release converts more search results pages to React and fixes seven bugs. Thanks to @riipah for fixing @TouhouDB handler. Search scores are no longer displayed on search results page for clarity as they misleadingly weighed down the the importance of results appearing on the first page but not in the first place. The git tag is v-2018-08-14.

Sub-task

  • [MBS-9760] – Convert the event search results page to React
  • [MBS-9761] – Convert the series search results page to React

Bug

  • [MBS-9687] – Field error messages are not always translated
  • [MBS-9694] – TouhouDB URLs are not recognized
  • [MBS-9705] – URL overview header link is now appended with /show
  • [MBS-9744] – OAuth userinfo endpoint returns latin1 encoded JSON
  • [MBS-9755] – Fix unknown search in statistics for scripts
  • [MBS-9757] – Search page form is sometimes in the wrong language
  • [MBS-9784] – IMDb verification too strict (# of digits)

Task

  • [MBS-9780] – Normalize Creative Commons URLs to HTTPS

Improvement

  • [MBS-9767] – Remove search score display from the UI

We’ve finally released our new Solr search (Server update, 2018-06-30)

The new search is live on MusicBrainz with this server update, as announced in previous blog post. This release also continues the rewrite to React, improves and fixes the handling of external URLs. The git tag is v-2018-06-30.

Sub-task

  • [MBS-9736] – Convert the artist search results page to React

Bug

  • [MBS-8334] – Digest auth with username containing non-ascii characters fails
  • [MBS-9730] – Cannot link to a Bandcamp Daily review page in release group relationships
  • [MBS-9734] – Inconsistency between the JSON search API and the lookup/browse one in ws/2/
  • [MBS-9742] – Some Library of Congress URLs are not recognised
  • [MBS-9743] – Beatport URL cleanup fails for names starting with digit

Improvement

  • [MBS-9408] – Add Juno Download links to the sidebar
  • [MBS-9439] – Make changing a URL between HTTP and HTTPS an autoedit
  • [MBS-9740] – Update Facebook URL cleanup

Many people thought this day would never come. 🙂

Server update, 2018-05-30

React migration resumes with this server release which features rewritten area search results page and fixes a few regressions in editing forms. Thanks to reosarevok who added support for crediting label in relationship. Beatport, Musopen (score) and six other databases are now handled as external links. Some more small issues have been addressed too, including web service/collection bugfix, release display improvement, and other external links updates. The git tag is v-2018-05-30.

Sub-task

  • [MBS-9719] – Convert the area search results page to React

Bug

  • [MBS-9675] – Lyrics language dropdown missing while creating works from the relationships editor
  • [MBS-9676] – Cannot select work attributes on non-English localisations
  • [MBS-9704] – 400 Bad Request error when requesting user-tags (or user-ratings) and user-collections
  • [MBS-9710] – Release editor: Add a new recording: You haven’t made any changes!
  • [MBS-9715] – Non-standard barcode entering broken

New Feature

  • [MBS-9630] – Extend relationship credits to labels

Task

  • [MBS-9565] – Update the CD Baby logo used in the sidebar
  • [MBS-9609] – Update the Bandsintown logo used in the sidebar
  • [MBS-9646] – Normalize Bandcamp URLs to https
  • [MBS-9670] – Update the Facebook logo used in the sidebar
  • [MBS-9700] – Extend BnF URLs auto-select, cleanup and validation to instruments

Improvement

  • [MBS-6130] – Clean and validate Beatport URLs
  • [MBS-8629] – Hide part works from release view
  • [MBS-9326] – Add Beatport links to the sidebar
  • [MBS-9614] – Match musa24.fi with the “purchase for download” release-URL relationship type
  • [MBS-9618] – Extend setlist.fm URL auto-select and validation to series/festivals
  • [MBS-9682] – Allow selection of “download for free” with Google Play
  • [MBS-9684] – Add DRAM to the other databases whitelist
  • [MBS-9685] – Auto-select, clean and validate Musopen URLs as score download for free for works
  • [MBS-9694] – Add TouhouDB to other database whitelist
  • [MBS-9697] – Add the Library of Congress Name Authority File to the other DBs whitelist
  • [MBS-9698] – Add SNAC to the other dbs whitelist
  • [MBS-9702] – Add Prog Archives to the other DBs whitelist
  • [MBS-9717] – Add NDL Authorities to the other DBs whitelist

Server update, 2018-05-09

This bugfix release mainly addresses UI regressions from the previous server release. Thanks to reosarevok, it now handles license links for works and SoundCloud links for places. Another change is that emails sent with a hidden address from the website by other editors are now using noreply@musicbrainz.org like other emails from the website do. The git tag is v-2018-05-09.

Bug

  • [MBS-9658] – /instruments page breaks if a new instrument type is added but not used
  • [MBS-9673] – Entity search options in the header are no longer translated
  • [MBS-9693] – Tags without vote are not immediately visible
  • [MBS-9705] – Overview tab link is now appended with /show
  • [MBS-9708] – Querying area containments is very slow

Task

  • [MBS-9639] – Extend Soundcloud relationship to places
  • [MBS-9688] – Add autoselect and cleanup for work license rel
  • [MBS-9692] – Normalize VocaDB and UtaiteDB URLs to HTTPS
  • [MBS-9696] – Replace @users.musicbrainz.org with noreply@musicbrainz.org in hidden email From field

Server update, 2018-04-23

After two months of rewriting parts of the website renderer to React/JSX, it was about time for an intermediate release. We tried hard to make as little changes to the rendered web pages as possible. Thanks to spellew for rewriting the ISRC and “not found” pages. MusicBrainz finally gets rid of Google Analytics, thanks to chirlu’s early contribution. Besides, this release contains a few small user interface improvements and bugfixes, as well as usual additions to the lyrics whitelist. The git tag is v-2018-04-23.

Sub-task

  • [MBS-9606] – Rewrite ISRC index page to React/JSX
  • [MBS-9607] – Rewrite “not found” pages to React/JSX
  • [MBS-9626] – Rewrite entity headers to React/JSX
  • [MBS-9635] – Rewrite Wikipedia extract to React/JSX
  • [MBS-9689] – Rewrite the election pages to React/JSX
  • [MBS-9690] – Rewrite the aliases pages to React/JSX

Bug

  • [MBS-9374] – Langcode not displayed when searching works
  • [MBS-9548] – Same link showing twice on the sidebar
  • [MBS-9628] – Items from main menu do not expand down in IE11 on MusicBrainz
  • [MBS-9636] – Edit annotation tab in Work uses the wrong sub header even if work type is available
  • [MBS-9668] – Non-English breaks the instrument list

Task

  • [MBS-3643] – Add Musixmatch to the lyrics whitelist
  • [MBS-6530] – Remove Google Analytics
  • [MBS-9645] – Extend Geonames autoselect to places
  • [MBS-9648] – Add a bunch of lyrics sites to the whitelist

Improvement

  • [MBS-8417] – Wikipedia extract language fallback should be smarter
  • [MBS-9681] – Group core entity types in search options

Server update, 2018-02-09

This server release mainly introduces a confirmation request when adding a new release (or a new medium to a release) without setting a format, because entering this information is often skipped, yet the editor usually knows it. It also contains URL cleanup updates and localization bugfixes, and the instrument list template has been rewritten in React. The git tag is v-2018-02-09. Thanks to naiveaiguy and spellew for their contributions!

Sub-task

  • [MBS-9590] – Rewrite the instrument list in React/JSX

Bug

  • [MBS-9599] – Translations are not applied on the 404 page
  • [MBS-9600] – Work attribute type and value names are not translated on the work edit form
  • [MBS-9603] – Series ordering type descriptions are not translated on the series edit form

New Feature

  • [MBS-9368] – Ask for confirmation when leaving format empty

Task

  • [MBS-9587] – Add a few Japanese lyrics sites to the whitelist

Improvement

  • [MBS-9562] – Improve Deezer URL cleanup
  • [MBS-9597] – Update VGMdb URL cleanup to use https
  • [MBS-9612] – Remove locale from Last.fm URLs