ID

57e5ee3

date

2026-08-09 11:06:32+00:00

author

Alex Chan <alex@alexwlchan.net>

parent

9796569

message

python/depanalysis: sort versions by version number, not frequency

This makes it easier for me to spot outdated/older versions of packages.

changed files

1 file, 7 additions, 1 deletion

• python/depanalysis.py

Changed files

python/depanalysis.py (1518 → 1862)

diff --git a/python/depanalysis.py b/python/depanalysis.py
index c5c1431..9a14ff0 100755
--- a/python/depanalysis.py
+++ b/python/depanalysis.py
@@ -36,8 +36,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         if len(tally) == 1:
             print(f"{len(versions):3d}  {package} {versions[0]}")
         else:
+            # Break each version into a tuple of ints, then sort them.
+            # This will break for non-numeric versions but it's fine for
+            # now, and makes it easy to spot outdated packages.
+            sorted_versions = sorted(
+                tally.items(), key=lambda kv: tuple([int(p) for p in kv[0].split(".")])
+            )
             version_info = ", ".join(
-                f"{v_str} ({count})" for v_str, count in tally.most_common()
+                f"{v_str} ({count})" for v_str, count in sorted_versions
             )
             print(f"{len(versions):3d}  {package} {coloured(version_info, 'blue')}")