Changelog context
@@ -4,7 +4,32 @@ Changelog
1.4.7 (in development)
----------------------
-New features:
+This new release includes lots of new features in the importer and the
+metadata source backends that it uses.
+We've changed how the beets importer handles non-audio tracks listed in
+metadata sources like MusicBrainz:
+
+* The importer now ignores non-audio tracks (namely, data and video tracks)
+ listed in MusicBrainz. Also, a new option, :ref:`ignore_video_tracks`, lets
+ you return to the old behavior and include these video tracks.
+ :bug:`1210`
+* A new importer option, :ref:`ignored_media`, can let you skip certain media
+ formats.
+ :bug:`2688`
+
+
+There are other subtle improvements to metadata handling in the importer:
+
+* In the MusicBrainz backend, beets now imports the
+ ``musicbrainz_releasetrackid`` field. This is a first step toward
+ :bug:`406`.
+ Thanks to :user:`Rawrmonkeys`.
+* A new importer configuration option, :ref:`artist_credit`, will tell beets
+ to prefer the artist credit over the artist when autotagging.
+ :bug:`1249`
+
+
+And there are even more new features:
* :doc:`/plugins/replaygain`: The ``beet replaygain`` command now has
``--force``, ``--write`` and ``--nowrite`` options. :bug:`2778`
@@ -21,9 +46,6 @@ New features:
option lets in-browser clients communicate with the server even when it is
protected by an authorization mechanism (a proxy with HTTP authentication
enabled, for example).
-* A new importer configuration option, :ref:`artist_credit`, will tell beets
- to prefer the artist credit over the artist when autotagging.
- :bug:`1249`
* A new :doc:`/plugins/sonosupdate` plugin automatically notifies Sonos
controllers to update the music library when the beets library changes.
Thanks to :user:`cgtobi`.
@@ -34,20 +56,9 @@ New features:
:bug:`2336`
* :doc:`/plugins/discogs`: Fetch the original year from master releases.
:bug:`1122`
-* In the MusicBrainz backend, beets now imports the
- ``musicbrainz_releasetrackid`` field. This is a first step toward
- :bug:`406`.
- Thanks to :user:`Rawrmonkeys`.
-* A new importer option, :ref:`ignored_media`, can let you skim some media
- formats.
- :bug:`2688`
-* The importer now ignores non-audio tracks (namely, data and video tracks)
- listed in MusicBrainz. Also, a new option, :ref:`ignore_video_tracks`, lets
- you return to the old behavior and include these video tracks.
- :bug:`1210`
-Fixes:
+There are lots and lots of fixes:
* :doc:`/plugins/replaygain`: Fix a corner-case with the ``bs1770gain`` backend
where ReplayGain values were assigned to the wrong files. The plugin now
@@ -132,7 +143,7 @@ Fixes:
first track has a missing MusicBrainz recording ID. :bug:`2920`
-For developers:
+There are a couple of changes for developers:
* Plugins can now run their import stages *early*, before other plugins. Use
the ``early_import_stages`` list instead of plain ``import_stages`` to
