type: use custom comparable for comparable functions

src/ahriman/application/handlers/search.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from ahriman.core.alpm.remote import AUR, Official
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.exceptions import OptionError
 from ahriman.core.formatters import AurPrinter
+from ahriman.core.types import Comparable
 from ahriman.models.aur_package import AURPackage
 from ahriman.models.repository_id import RepositoryId
 
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ class Search(Handler):
             raise OptionError(sort_by)
         # always sort by package name at the last
         # well technically it is not a string, but we can deal with it
-        comparator: Callable[[AURPackage], tuple[str, str]] =\
+        comparator: Callable[[AURPackage], Comparable] = \
             lambda package: (getattr(package, sort_by), package.name)
         return sorted(packages, key=comparator)
 

src/ahriman/application/handlers/status.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from ahriman.application.application import Application
 from ahriman.application.handlers.handler import Handler, SubParserAction
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.formatters import PackagePrinter, StatusPrinter
+from ahriman.core.types import Comparable
 from ahriman.core.utils import enum_values
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus, BuildStatusEnum
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class Status(Handler):
 
         Status.check_status(args.exit_code, packages)
 
-        comparator: Callable[[tuple[Package, BuildStatus]], str] = lambda item: item[0].base
+        comparator: Callable[[tuple[Package, BuildStatus]], Comparable] = lambda item: item[0].base
         filter_fn: Callable[[tuple[Package, BuildStatus]], bool] =\
             lambda item: args.status is None or item[1].status == args.status
         for package, package_status in sorted(filter(filter_fn, packages), key=comparator):

src/ahriman/core/report/jinja_template.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.sign.gpg import GPG
+from ahriman.core.types import Comparable
 from ahriman.core.utils import pretty_datetime, pretty_size, utcnow
 from ahriman.models.repository_id import RepositoryId
 from ahriman.models.result import Result
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ class JinjaTemplate:
         Returns:
             list[dict[str, str]]: sorted content according to comparator defined
         """
-        comparator: Callable[[dict[str, str]], str] = lambda item: item["filename"]
+        comparator: Callable[[dict[str, str]], Comparable] = lambda item: item["filename"]
         return sorted(content, key=comparator)
 
     def make_html(self, result: Result, template_name: Path | str) -> str:

src/ahriman/core/report/rss.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.report.jinja_template import JinjaTemplate
 from ahriman.core.report.report import Report
 from ahriman.core.status import Client
+from ahriman.core.types import Comparable
 from ahriman.models.event import EventType
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
 from ahriman.models.repository_id import RepositoryId
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class RSS(Report, JinjaTemplate):
         Returns:
             list[dict[str, str]]: sorted content according to comparator defined
         """
-        comparator: Callable[[dict[str, str]], datetime.datetime] = \
+        comparator: Callable[[dict[str, str]], Comparable] = \
             lambda item: parsedate_to_datetime(item["build_date"])
         return sorted(content, key=comparator, reverse=True)
 

src/ahriman/core/types.py

@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-from typing import Protocol
+from typing import Any, Protocol
+
+
+class Comparable(Protocol):
+    """
+    class which supports :func:`__lt__` operation`
+    """
+
+    def __lt__(self, other: Any) -> bool: ...
 
 
 class HasBool(Protocol):

src/ahriman/web/views/v1/distributed/workers.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from aiohttp.web import HTTPBadRequest, HTTPNoContent, Response, json_response
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import ClassVar
 
+from ahriman.core.types import Comparable
 from ahriman.models.user_access import UserAccess
 from ahriman.models.worker import Worker
 from ahriman.web.apispec.decorators import apidocs
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class WorkersView(BaseView):
         """
         workers = self.workers.workers
 
-        comparator: Callable[[Worker], str] = lambda item: item.identifier
+        comparator: Callable[[Worker], Comparable] = lambda item: item.identifier
         response = [worker.view() for worker in sorted(workers, key=comparator)]
 
         return json_response(response)

src/ahriman/web/views/v1/packages/packages.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from aiohttp.web import HTTPNoContent, Response, json_response
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import ClassVar
 
+from ahriman.core.types import Comparable
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
 from ahriman.models.user_access import UserAccess
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ class PackagesView(StatusViewGuard, BaseView):
         repository_id = self.repository_id()
         packages = self.service(repository_id).packages
 
-        comparator: Callable[[tuple[Package, BuildStatus]], str] = lambda items: items[0].base
+        comparator: Callable[[tuple[Package, BuildStatus]], Comparable] = lambda items: items[0].base
         response = [
             {
                 "package": package.view(),

src/ahriman/web/views/v1/service/search.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import ClassVar
 
 from ahriman.core.alpm.remote import AUR
+from ahriman.core.types import Comparable
 from ahriman.models.aur_package import AURPackage
 from ahriman.models.user_access import UserAccess
 from ahriman.web.apispec.decorators import apidocs
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ class SearchView(BaseView):
         if not packages:
             raise HTTPNotFound(reason=f"No packages found for terms: {search}")
 
-        comparator: Callable[[AURPackage], tuple[bool, bool, str]] = lambda item: (
+        comparator: Callable[[AURPackage], Comparable] = \
+            lambda item: (
                 item.package_base not in search,  # inverted because False < True
                 not any(item.package_base.startswith(term) for term in search),  # same as above
                 item.package_base,