Ticket #2450: sort.patch

django/views/generic/date_based.py

@@ -7 +7 @@
 def archive_index(request, queryset, date_field, num_latest=15,
         template_name=None, template_loader=loader,
         extra_context=None, allow_empty=False, context_processors=None,
-        mimetype=None, allow_future=False):
+        mimetype=None, allow_future=False, sort_ascending=False):
     """
     Generic top-level archive of date-based objects.
 
@@ -27 +27 @@
         raise Http404, "No %s available" % model._meta.verbose_name
 
     if date_list and num_latest:
-        latest = queryset.order_by('-'+date_field)[:num_latest]
+        if sort_ascending:
+            latest = queryset.order_by(date_field)[:num_latest]
+        else:
+            latest = queryset.order_by('-'+date_field)[:num_latest]
     else:
         latest = None