galaxyproject / galaxyproject/galaxy
Collection order is ~~the reverse of what is expected~~ not obvious
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Description
Datasets in a collection are ordered by dataset index in reverse:

If I now use the collection in a tool which depends on collection order, the datasets will be ordered as they are shown above, i.e. the first dataset is 153, the second is 152, etc. This is unexpected.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the collection ordering shown in the issue and trace where dataset indexes are used to present or pass collection members to a tool. Done means the displayed and tool-consumed order is explicitly consistent with the expected first-to-last dataset order.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
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- 35/100