From 0f03a05207b8988b10eb4545ff8821b4a54ca13a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pradyun Gedam <pradyunsg@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 14:00:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Sort applicable candidates before computing best candidate

---
 src/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py b/src/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py
index 9b338e693..74e3299d6 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py
@@ -473,12 +473,14 @@ class CandidateEvaluator(object):
             c for c in candidates if str(c.version) in versions
         ]
 
-        return filter_unallowed_hashes(
+        filtered_applicable_candidates = filter_unallowed_hashes(
             candidates=applicable_candidates,
             hashes=self._hashes,
             project_name=self._project_name,
         )
 
+        return sorted(filtered_applicable_candidates, key=self._sort_key)
+
     def _sort_key(self, candidate):
         # type: (InstallationCandidate) -> CandidateSortingKey
         """