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Improve sorting of USE flags containing numbers (such as python_targets_python3_10) #86
Hi,
At the moment, running eix -e setuptools shows PYTHON_TARGETS="pypy3 python3_10 python3_7 python3_8 python3_9".
Could you please look into improving the algorithm to sort those in a more human-friendly way?
Since the spec allows [A-Za-z0-9+_@-], I think the regex [A-Za-z0-9]+ could define a "word". And if that "word" is numeric, it should be sorted accordingly.
EDIT: actually, maybe any number should be treated specifically so that version10 comes after version2.
vaeth
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Hi, At the moment, running
eix -e setuptoolsshowsPYTHON_TARGETS="pypy3 python3_10 python3_7 python3_8 python3_9".Could you please look into improving the algorithm to sort those in a more human-friendly way?
Since the spec allows
[A-Za-z0-9+_@-], I think the regex[A-Za-z0-9]+could define a "word". And if that "word" is numeric, it should be sorted accordingly.EDIT: actually, maybe any number should be treated specifically so that
version10comes afterversion2.There is a similar bug report for portage itself.