bug#31142: guix package --upgrade reverses the order of packages

[Maxim Cournoyer]

On March 28, 2019 12:49:04 PM UTC, "Ludovic Courtès" <address@hidden> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> This issue fixes the list order, but it was initially supposed to
>address
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2018-04/msg00070.html.
>>
>> In the linked conversation, the issue that was raised is that "guix
>> package --upgrade" always upgrades some (propagated?) inputs, even
>when
>> there is nothing to upgrade.
>>
>> I can still reproduce this issue on latest Guix.
>> Anyone else?
>> Shall we open a new bug?
>
>Yes, and I think we’ll close it as “wontfix”.  :-)

May I ask why? It seems it'd be ideal if packages got upgraded only when 
needed; the false upgrades pollute the output of an upgrade and makes it less 
useful.

Maxim