From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Landscheidt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#69715: RFE: Order of package-selected-packages should be persistent/predictable Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:49:25 +0000 Organization: https://www.tim-landscheidt.de/ Message-ID: <87bk7lu816.fsf@vagabond.tim-landscheidt.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33965"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.3 (gnu/linux) To: 69715@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 10 21:50:50 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ89-0008jk-Uz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:50:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ7t-0001Lo-9p; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:50:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ7p-0001LK-KD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:50:30 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ7p-0000cZ-CH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:50:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ8M-0004jX-CN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Tim Landscheidt Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 69715 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.171010381118130 (code B ref -1); Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Mar 2024 20:50:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38068 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ7W-0004iM-P2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:50:10 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:43988) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ7U-0004iC-Qk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ6w-0001Bc-Vq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:49:34 -0400 Original-Received: from gavdos.tim-landscheidt.de ([2a01:4f8:1c0c:4bd6::1]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ6v-0000Gk-5V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:49:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [146.0.225.174] (port=40784 helo=vagabond) by gavdos.tim-landscheidt.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1rjQ6o-00F6L4-1Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:49:26 +0000 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f8:1c0c:4bd6::1; envelope-from=tim@tim-landscheidt.de; helo=gavdos.tim-landscheidt.de X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:281438 Archived-At: Severity: wishlist Currently, the order of the elements of package-selected-packages is depending on when which package command was executed. If one tracks ~/.emacs in a version- ing system, additions/removals of a single package can therefore be hard to decipher. It would be nice if the order was persistent/predictable. Sorting the elements lexicographically (string<) by their symbols' names would be sufficient.