Added an option to select how to sort albums in the artist view, fixes #498

src/libs/database/impl/Migration.cpp

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace lms::db
 {
     namespace
     {
-        static constexpr Version LMS_DATABASE_VERSION{ 69 };
+        static constexpr Version LMS_DATABASE_VERSION{ 70 };
     }
 
     VersionInfo::VersionInfo()
@@ -872,6 +872,12 @@ SELECT
         session.getDboSession()->execute("UPDATE scan_settings SET scan_version = scan_version + 1");
     }
 
+    void migrateFromV69(Session& session)
+    {
+        // Add a field in UI settings
+        session.getDboSession()->execute("ALTER TABLE user ADD COLUMN ui_artist_release_sort_method NOT NULL DEFAULT 7"); // 7 = ReleaseSortMethod::OriginalDateDesc
+    }
+
     bool doDbMigration(Session& session)
     {
         constexpr std::string_view outdatedMsg{ "Outdated database, please rebuild it (delete the .db file and restart)" };
@@ -917,6 +923,7 @@ SELECT
             { 66, migrateFromV66 },
             { 67, migrateFromV67 },
             { 68, migrateFromV68 },
+            { 69, migrateFromV69 },
         };
 
         bool migrationPerformed{};

src/libs/database/include/database/User.hpp

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ namespace lms::db
         static inline constexpr TranscodingOutputFormat defaultSubsonicTranscodingOutputFormat{ TranscodingOutputFormat::OGG_OPUS };
         static inline constexpr Bitrate defaultSubsonicTranscodingOutputBitrate{ 128000 };
         static inline constexpr UITheme defaultUITheme{ UITheme::Dark };
+        static inline constexpr ReleaseSortMethod _defaultUIArtistReleaseSortMethod{ ReleaseSortMethod::OriginalDateDesc };
         static inline constexpr SubsonicArtistListMode defaultSubsonicArtistListMode{ SubsonicArtistListMode::AllArtists };
         static inline constexpr ScrobblingBackend defaultScrobblingBackend{ ScrobblingBackend::Internal };
         static inline constexpr FeedbackBackend defaultFeedbackBackend{ FeedbackBackend::Internal };
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ namespace lms::db
         void setSubsonicDefaultTranscodintOutputFormat(TranscodingOutputFormat encoding) { _subsonicDefaultTranscodingOutputFormat = encoding; }
         void setSubsonicDefaultTranscodingOutputBitrate(Bitrate bitrate);
         void setUITheme(UITheme uiTheme) { _uiTheme = uiTheme; }
+        void setUIArtistReleaseSortMethod(ReleaseSortMethod method) { _uiArtistReleaseSortMethod = method; }
         void clearAuthTokens();
         void setSubsonicArtistListMode(SubsonicArtistListMode mode) { _subsonicArtistListMode = mode; }
         void setFeedbackBackend(FeedbackBackend feedbackBackend) { _feedbackBackend = feedbackBackend; }
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ namespace lms::db
         TranscodingOutputFormat getSubsonicDefaultTranscodingOutputFormat() const { return _subsonicDefaultTranscodingOutputFormat; }
         Bitrate getSubsonicDefaultTranscodingOutputBitrate() const { return _subsonicDefaultTranscodingOutputBitrate; }
         UITheme getUITheme() const { return _uiTheme; }
+        ReleaseSortMethod getUIArtistReleaseSortMethod() const { return _uiArtistReleaseSortMethod; }
         SubsonicArtistListMode getSubsonicArtistListMode() const { return _subsonicArtistListMode; }
         FeedbackBackend getFeedbackBackend() const { return _feedbackBackend; }
         ScrobblingBackend getScrobblingBackend() const { return _scrobblingBackend; }
@@ -138,6 +141,7 @@ namespace lms::db
             Wt::Dbo::field(a, _subsonicDefaultTranscodingOutputBitrate, "subsonic_default_transcode_bitrate");
             Wt::Dbo::field(a, _subsonicArtistListMode, "subsonic_artist_list_mode");
             Wt::Dbo::field(a, _uiTheme, "ui_theme");
+            Wt::Dbo::field(a, _uiArtistReleaseSortMethod, "ui_artist_release_sort_method");
             Wt::Dbo::field(a, _feedbackBackend, "feedback_backend");
             Wt::Dbo::field(a, _scrobblingBackend, "scrobbling_backend");
             Wt::Dbo::field(a, _listenbrainzToken, "listenbrainz_token");
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ namespace lms::db
         std::string _passwordHash;
         Wt::WDateTime _lastLogin;
         UITheme _uiTheme{ defaultUITheme };
+        ReleaseSortMethod _uiArtistReleaseSortMethod{ _defaultUIArtistReleaseSortMethod };
         FeedbackBackend _feedbackBackend{ defaultFeedbackBackend };
         ScrobblingBackend _scrobblingBackend{ defaultScrobblingBackend };
         std::string _listenbrainzToken; // Musicbrainz Identifier
@@ -172,5 +177,4 @@ namespace lms::db
         Wt::Dbo::collection<Wt::Dbo::ptr<AuthToken>> _authTokens;
         Wt::Dbo::collection<Wt::Dbo::ptr<UIState>> _uiStates;
     };
-
 } // namespace lms::db