From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jul 09 10:02:59 2020 Received: (at 42289) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Jul 2020 14:02:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41436 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jtX8d-0002Uk-6g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2020 10:02:59 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-f170.google.com ([209.85.160.170]:39503) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jtX8Y-0002UQ-HX for 42289@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2020 10:02:57 -0400 Received: by mail-qt1-f170.google.com with SMTP id o38so1708543qtf.6 for <42289@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 09 Jul 2020 07:02:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=nnFJeVVyH3BqmbWw3kbVLzC2fcI5CCC5BwkqK7rxCvg=; b=L1rcyBDIqvXy3LchM6p07COsraE70hxjugaC1KOC0Ci27Bu4MBReaZQ9GQe58N0ZpD H6VN29pJulfLkzAr0Pa4yu760qzjx3jl3zAD7PWkhk8keYZ1FAyaJwTjYDWnWG6WlTBY MXpUJ3joerxroyuygjn7P1KFdjViKnUuSnyYXhpk+qyCAFJEHi+kwyO/B8nUXZXC392B golSdaLCf9STdp/xZm9+tLWQNdxb2wi+UdOu0W4tEyynCMABGRTvaJE6aM7P7HpCLT2J zkLCT9DME9yS/WZ/RVpGpHW/c7SM9aVuIWQ4JsHqekHdA78t+18yesVPpZOSIsC9pt5i c4tw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=nnFJeVVyH3BqmbWw3kbVLzC2fcI5CCC5BwkqK7rxCvg=; b=aH5eHpq5cmHR1t7vKKy4eSoPjjosEFsAyxqmY0m/TAC/AEBhQMe0v1AZoS0YmpnjHM 8u7F9/zdl5sTMx57KXkdGnAaqGFgx9t6OQC6J+vnkC+9QcdbxB2cxlcUtspAqwStwzdP u9IVznn/FRXuVVhBLDYFGatRTrIN35qvPURG0k77o8XFib68jVDmuwhga5fYxwjSxFOo PeXgIdmw+XI6iTNvgdFxqiDDeEqHce1QXf9HTZt7Sw4S9WfMKFxOYtFbXQCGOpadp7tZ ERj3nuIVZbtqkjEaxUgslA9oVTJ80r6LQ0ZlaaWVWPXP6Ceg+uwBgrOpB7VYu8z+HdtZ kbXA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532V4fUBfPi0HFzJAZbU36N/aHApl4RM21G/Tfz0iGAw+qi2yPP8 No/fQt64FZjYrUtD1j5AThNvZ6ScWnbpLmmKHuaYJ953HQk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwzz/NBrdp6bIdZ3u6tVl+Ktou2QsM4e1G3U8UJM9gU4oQ4oGsHGh6d574s4QkN+0dbxjDQzbDPzARgNRNVoFs= X-Received: by 2002:ac8:7698:: with SMTP id g24mr13131919qtr.217.1594303368905; Thu, 09 Jul 2020 07:02:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <86zh89av3c.fsf@gmail.com> <87692d5d-0650-c2bd-1533-54b38677d97e@crazy-compilers.com> In-Reply-To: <87692d5d-0650-c2bd-1533-54b38677d97e@crazy-compilers.com> From: zimoun Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 16:02:37 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#42289: recursive import does not dort alphabetically To: Hartmut Goebel Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 42289 Cc: 42289@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 13:26, Hartmut Goebel wrote: > > Because they are generally not alphabetically sorted. > > Most file I've been working on ask for sorting alphabetically. (And IMHO > this is a good recommendation to follow.) Well, I get: 295 gnu/packages/unsorted-file.scm 204 gnu/packages/sorted-file.scm And the top 10 bigger files are unsorted: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- crates-io.scm sort: -:6: disorder: (define-public rust-afl-0.4 emacs-xyz.scm sort: -:2: disorder: (define-public emacs-ac-geiser cran.scm sort: -:3: disorder: (define-public r-dot python-xyz.scm sort: -:2: disorder: (define-public python-colorlog bioinformatics.scm sort: -:9: disorder: (define-public blasr-libcpp haskell-xyz.scm sort: -:238: disorder: (define-public ghc-llvm-hs java.scm sort: -:2: disorder: (define-public drip games.scm sort: -:13: disorder: (define-public foobillard++ lisp-xyz.scm sort: -:2: disorder: (define-public cl-alexandria perl.scm sort: -:17: disorder: (define-public perl-b-hooks-endofscope --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- BTW, I agree that alphabetical sorting is a good recommendation. All the best, simon