The wrong Python version is tested when testing automatic updates

[robmoss2k]

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What You Are Seeing?

When testing automatic updates, streams are sorted lexicographically descending. This means that Python 3.9 is tested instead of Python 3.14. The same is most likely true of many packages.

What is Expected?

Python 3.14.0-a2 should be the recipient of the test install.

How Did You Get This To Happen?

1. I created a PR against chocolatey-packages.
2. AppVeyor shows Python 3.9 as the recipient of the test install.

System Details

• Operating System: Windows 11
• Windows PowerShell version: 7.4.6
• Chocolatey CLI Version: v2.4.1
• Chocolatey Licensed Extension version: N/A
• Chocolatey License type: Free
• Terminal/Emulator: Terminal

Installed Packages

I'm not sure, this is the hosted environment used for testing.

Output Log

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/chocolateycommunity/chocolatey-packages/builds/51144306

Additional Context

The problem is here. I'm not enough of a PowerShell guru to know how to test this, but I believe the fix is:

if ($res.Streams -is [HashTable]) { $streams = $streams | Sort-Object { [System.Version]::Parse($_) } -Descending }

[TheCakeIsNaOH]

When testing automatic updates, streams are sorted lexicographically descending. This means that Python 3.9 is tested instead of Python 3.14. The same is most likely true of many packages.

The names of steams are not necessarily versions, for example some packages have streams based on the release type (e.g "alpha", "beta" and "stable" steams).
https://github.com/TheCakeIsNaOH/chocolatey-packages/blob/master/looking-glass-host/update.ps1
https://github.com/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-packages/blob/master/automatic/libreoffice-streams/update.ps1

So it would not be appropriate to blindly try to parse the steam names as versions.