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@ -182,12 +182,11 @@ user, and other user preferences, etc.
Specifically, the class has a ``get_applicable_candidates()`` method.
This accepts the ``InstallationCandidate`` objects resulting from the links
accepted by the ``LinkEvaluator`` class's ``evaluate_link()`` method, and
it further filters them to a list of "applicable" candidates.
accepted by the ``LinkEvaluator`` class's ``evaluate_link()`` method, filters
them to a list of "applicable" candidates and orders them by preference.
The ``CandidateEvaluator`` class also has a ``sort_best_candidate()`` method
that orders the applicable candidates by preference, and then returns the
best (i.e. most preferred).
that returns the best (i.e. most preferred) candidate.
Finally, the class has a ``compute_best_candidate()`` method that calls
``get_applicable_candidates()`` followed by ``sort_best_candidate()``, and