getRequires(), $package->getDevRequires()) as $link) { /** @var Link $link */ $target = $link->getTarget(); $usageList[$target][] = $package->getName(); } } $computing = array(); $computed = array(); $computeImportance = function ($name) use (&$computeImportance, &$computing, &$computed, $usageList) { // reusing computed importance if (isset($computed[$name])) { return $computed[$name]; } // canceling circular dependency if (isset($computing[$name])) { return 0; } $computing[$name] = true; $weight = 0; if (isset($usageList[$name])) { foreach ($usageList[$name] as $user) { $weight -= 1 - $computeImportance($user); } } unset($computing[$name]); $computed[$name] = $weight; return $weight; }; $weightList = array(); foreach ($packages as $name => $package) { $weight = $computeImportance($name); $weightList[$name] = $weight; } $stable_sort = function (&$array) { static $transform, $restore; $i = 0; if (!$transform) { $transform = function (&$v, $k) use (&$i) { $v = array($v, ++$i, $k, $v); }; $restore = function (&$v) { $v = $v[3]; }; } array_walk($array, $transform); asort($array); array_walk($array, $restore); }; $stable_sort($weightList); $sortedPackages = array(); foreach (array_keys($weightList) as $name) { $sortedPackages[] = $packages[$name]; } return $sortedPackages; } }