diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst index d3915704d..8a0c66c6f 100644 --- a/docs/changelog.rst +++ b/docs/changelog.rst @@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ New features - Add native support for multiple genres per album/track. The ``genres`` field now stores genres as a list and is written to files as multiple individual - genre tags (e.g., separate GENRE tags for FLAC/MP3). The single ``genre`` - field is automatically synchronized to contain the first genre from the list - for backward compatibility. The :doc:`plugins/musicbrainz`, - :doc:`plugins/beatport`, and :doc:`plugins/lastgenre` plugins have been - updated to populate the ``genres`` field as a list. + genre tags (e.g., separate GENRE tags for FLAC/MP3). The + :doc:`plugins/musicbrainz`, :doc:`plugins/beatport`, :doc:`plugins/discogs` + and :doc:`plugins/lastgenre` plugins have been updated to populate the + ``genres`` field as a list. **Migration**: Existing libraries with comma-separated, semicolon-separated, or slash-separated genre strings (e.g., ``"Rock, Alternative, Indie"``) are @@ -39,19 +38,23 @@ Bug fixes than 500 tracks. :bug:`6355` - :doc:`plugins/badfiles`: Fix number of found errors in log message -.. - For plugin developers - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +For plugin developers +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- If you maintain a metadata source plugin that populates the ``genre`` field, + please update it to populate a list of ``genres`` instead. You will see a + deprecation warning for now, but support for populating the single ``genre`` + field will be removed in version ``3.0.0``. Other changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - :doc:`plugins/lyrics`: Disable ``tekstowo`` by default because it blocks the beets User-Agent. -- :doc:`plugins/lastgenre`: The ``separator`` configuration option is - deprecated. Genres are now stored as a list in the ``genres`` field and - written to files as individual genre tags. The separator option has no effect - and will be removed in a future version. +- :doc:`plugins/lastgenre`: The ``separator`` configuration option is removed. + Since genres are now stored as a list in the ``genres`` field and written to + files as individual genre tags, this option has no effect and has been + removed. 2.6.1 (February 02, 2026) -------------------------