Ticket #2029: admin_model_list_sort_by_name.patch

django/contrib/admin/templatetags/adminapplist.py

@@ -42 +43 @@
                             })
 
                 if model_list:
-                    model_list.sort()
+                    # Sort model_list by name key.
+                    # We have to use verbose decorate-sort-undecorate pattern
+                    # instead of key argument to sort() for python 2.3 compability
+                    # http://wiki.python.org/moin/SortingListsOfDictionaries
+                    decorated = [(x['name'], x) for x in model_list]
+                    decorated.sort()
+                    model_list = [x for key, x in decorated]
+
                     app_list.append({
                         'name': app_label.title(),
                         'has_module_perms': has_module_perms,