- Add Library._make_table() override to automatically migrate genres when database schema is updated
- Migration splits comma/semicolon/slash-separated genre strings into genres list
- Writes changes to both database and media files with progress reporting
- Remove lazy migration from correct_list_fields() - now handled at database level
- Remove migration-specific tests (migration is now automatic, not lazy)
- Update changelog to reflect automatic migration behavior
Related PR review comment changes:
- Replace _is_valid with _filter_valid method in lastgenre plugin
- Use unique_list and remove genre field from Beatport plugin
- Simplify LastGenre tests - remove separator logic
- Document separator deprecation in lastgenre plugin
- Add deprecation warning for genre parameter in Info.__init__()
Simplify multi-genre implementation based on maintainer feedback (PR #6169).
Changes:
- Remove multi_value_genres and genre_separator config options
- Replace complex sync_genre_fields() with ensure_first_value('genre', 'genres')
- Update all plugins (Beatport, MusicBrainz, LastGenre) to always write genres as lists
- Add automatic migration for comma/semicolon/slash-separated genre strings
- Add 'beet migrate genres' command for explicit batch migration with --pretend flag
- Update all tests to reflect simplified approach (44 tests passing)
- Update documentation
Implementation aligns with maintainer vision of always using multi-value genres
internally with automatic backward-compatible sync to the genre field via
ensure_first_value(), eliminating configuration complexity.
Migration strategy avoids problems from #5540:
- Automatic lazy migration on item access (no reimport/mbsync needed)
- Optional batch migration command for user control
- No endless rewrite loops due to proper field synchronization
See this line in https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_API#Lookups
> To include more than one subquery in a single request, separate the arguments to inc= with a + (plus sign), like inc=recordings+labels.
Introduce a new RequestHandler base class to introduce a shared session,
centralize HTTP request management and error handling across plugins.
Key changes:
- Add RequestHandler base class with a shared/cached session
- Convert TimeoutSession to use SingletonMeta for proper resource
management
- Create LyricsRequestHandler subclass with lyrics-specific error
handling
- Update MusicBrainzAPI to inherit from RequestHandler
## Description
Fixes#5625
When `convert.never_convert_lossy_files` is enabled, `beet convert` was
ignoring the explicit `--format` option and just copying the lossy files
without
transcoding them. For example:
- `beet convert format:mp3 --format opus`
would still produce MP3 files instead of OPUS.
Change:
- Allows to override options `never_convert_lossy_files`, `max_bitrate`
or `no_convert` for `beet convert` as well as trying to convert to the
same format as existing already with a new option `--force`. That way,
for example lossy files selected by the query are transcoded to the
requested format anyway.
- Keeps existing behavior for automatic conversion on import (no CLI
override there).
- Adds tests to cover checking whether `--force` correctly overrides
settings or CLI options.
- Documents the behavior in the convert plugin docs
Co-authored-by: J0J0 Todos <jojo@peek-a-boo.at>
