python-manilaclient version is 1.23.0
Problem：
When I use "manila list --sort-key name --sort-dir asc" command to sort the queried shares, sort options --sort-key and --sort-dir are not working. I have tried to sort by name but the list is always the same and sorted only according to ID.
Analyse：
The do_list() method in manilaclient/v2/shell.py file use cliutils.print_list(shares, list_of_keys) to output information of manila shares, which will always sort by "ID" filed.
manilaclient/v2/shell.py
-----
@cliutils.service_type('sharev2')
def do_list(cs, args):
...
cliutils.print_list(shares, list_of_keys)
-----
and the definition of print_list(）method is as below:
manilaclient/common/cliutils.py
-----
def print_list(objs, fields, formatters=None, sortby_index=0,
mixed_case_fields=None, field_labels=None):
"""Print a list or objects as a table, one row per object.
:param objs: iterable of :class:`Resource`
:param fields: attributes that correspond to columns, in order
:param formatters: `dict` of callables for field formatting
:param sortby_index: index of the field for sorting table rows
:param mixed_case_fields: fields corresponding to object attributes that
have mixed case names (e.g., 'serverId')
:param field_labels: Labels to use in the heading of the table, default to
fields.
"""
...
if sortby_index is None:
kwargs = {}
else:
kwargs = {'sortby': field_labels[sortby_index]}
pt = prettytable.PrettyTable(field_labels)
pt.align = 'l'
....
if six.PY3:
print(encodeutils.safe_encode(pt.get_string(**kwargs)).decode())
else:
print(encodeutils.safe_encode(pt.get_string(**kwargs)))
-----
so the the value of sortby_index will fixed to 0, and the value of variable kwargs will fixed to "{'sortby': 'ID'}".
This appears to affect the upstream project as well as the Ubuntu package. I've targeted this at upstream python-manilaclient as well.