Party Shuffle Changelog

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vect’s Biased Party Shuffle (Party Shuffle 3.2)
osmosis’ Winamp Party Shuffle (Party Shuffle 2.8)

Winamp Party Shuffle

Base	May 19,		2005	(neFAST)

2.0α	April 16,	2006	(osmosis)
	- Can be triggered via the Script menu.
	- Starts with correct base # of items (builds the backlog as it goes, as per iTunes).
	- On track change, maintains PL item total if any have been removed, skipped, etc.

2.0β	April 21,	2006	(osmosis)
	- Randomization now includes all artists and is audio only.

2.0	May 10,		2006	(osmosis)
	- Script quits when playback is completely stopped.
	- Dialog on launch to choose whether to clear the playlist.
	- Switched to a Scripting Dictionary for faster querying/randomized loading.

2.5	July 15,	2006	(osmosis)
	- Caches previously enqueued songs to stop repeats (thanks to MarquisEXB).

2.6	August 27,	2006	(osmosis)
	- Optimization; created GetTracks subfunction/removed redundant code.

2.7	January 27,	2007	(osmosis)
	- Logs user added tracks in the song cache (thanks to vect).

2.8	February 1,	2007	(osmosis)
	- Bugfix to song cache, changing way files are referenced.
	- Fixed Rand out of bounds error (thanks to Anreal).

3.0	February 23,	2008	(osmosis)
	- Merged code into vect's superiorly fast "Biased Party Shuffle 1.01"
	- Effectively makes it Winamp Party Shuffle 3.0

3.1	April 26,	2008	(vect)
	- Initially "Biased Party Shuffle 1.1"
	- Removed QuickSort code; changed how the chance of tracks being kept is evaluated.
	- Rewrote bias functionality with a new configurable (easily coded) system of 
	  rating altering based on any track attribute.
	- Detects ML updates and automatically restarts using the tracks on-screen.
	- Warning messages for various possible script errors added.

3.2	May 13,		2008	(osmosis)
	- Rebranded to Winamp Party Shuffle 3.2
	- Added clearPrev config option to allow further customization of startup actions.
	- Formatted code, removed some debug code and rewrote some error messages.