On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 13:26, Hartmut Goebel <h.goe...@crazy-compilers.com> 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