[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 569311] [NEW] Unable to sort by Artist then Song Name

[Vaughan Chandler]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: banshee

When you sort your music by the artist column, the album name is always
used as the secondary sort field, followed by track number, even if
those columns are not being shown. This makes the songs seem to be
sorted randomly for each artist, since the song names are not taken into
account by the sort algorithm.

For example, with only the artist and track name columns showing, you would see the following:
ARTIST | NAME
Guns N' Roses | Patience
Guns N' Roses | Don't Cry
Guns N' Roses | November Rain

That appears to be sorted incorrectly, and only seems ok when the other columns are also visible, example:
ARTIST | ALBUM | NUMBER | NAME
Guns N' Roses | G N' R Lies | 5 | Patience
Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I | 4 | Don't Cry
Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I | 10 | November Rain

Perhaps Banshee should automatically ignore hidden columns when sorting,
or maybe just allow the user to specify a sort variable, such as "%A -
%T" to sort by artist then track name.

I am using Banshee 1.6.0-1 on Lucid (pre-release), but I've noticed this
since I started using Banshee, several releases back.

** Affects: banshee (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Unable to sort by Artist then Song Name
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: banshee

When you sort your music by the artist column, the album name is always used as the secondary sort field, followed by track number, even if those columns are not being shown. This makes the songs seem to be sorted randomly for each artist, since the song names are not taken into account by the sort algorithm.

For example, with only the artist and track name columns showing, you would see the following:
ARTIST | NAME
Guns N' Roses | Patience
Guns N' Roses | Don't Cry
Guns N' Roses | November Rain

That appears to be sorted incorrectly, and only seems ok when the other columns are also visible, example:
ARTIST | ALBUM | NUMBER | NAME
Guns N' Roses | G N' R Lies | 5 | Patience
Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I | 4 | Don't Cry
Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I | 10 | November Rain

Perhaps Banshee should automatically ignore hidden columns when sorting, or maybe just allow the user to specify a sort variable, such as "%A - %T" to sort by artist then track name.

I am using Banshee 1.6.0-1 on Lucid (pre-release), but I've noticed this since I started using Banshee, several releases back.