bug#63757: 29.0.91 order of package paths changed: random old versions of packages in load-path

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: Евгений Бойков <artscan@list.ru>,
>   monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>   63757@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 07:47:50 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Is this problem new in Emacs 29, or did it exist in Emacs 28 as well?
> > If it is new, which change(s) caused the incorrect ordering of
> > versions in Emacs 29?
> 
> It is new, and the simplest solution that should revert the issue could
> be just to have `package-load-all-descriptors' sort the files when
> loading descriptors.

Can you show a patch for this, please?

> I am not sure if the issue that Stefan raised,
> with `sort' in `package--get-activatable-pkg' destructively modifying
> `package-alist', but if anything that has been an issue before Emacs 29
> as well.

Евгений says that the call to 'sort' in package--get-activatable-pkg
didn't exist before commit fb87d500.