fix(merge): Fix merging CN Json (#11574)

Author: lucasssvaz

.github/scripts/merge_packages.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Usage:
 #   python merge_packages.py package_esp8266com_index.json version/new/package_esp8266com_index.json
 # Written by Ivan Grokhotkov, 2015
+# Updated by lucasssvaz to handle Chinese version sorting, 2025
 #
 
 from __future__ import print_function
@@ -36,20 +37,19 @@ def merge_objects(versions, obj):
 
 
 # Normalize ESP release version string (x.x.x) by adding '-rc<MAXINT>' (x.x.x-rc9223372036854775807)
-# to ensure having REL above any RC
+# to ensure having REL above any RC. CN version will be sorted after the official version if they happen
+# to be mixed (normally, CN and non-CN versions should not be mixed)
 # Dummy approach, functional anyway for current ESP package versioning
 # (unlike NormalizedVersion/LooseVersion/StrictVersion & similar crap)
 def pkgVersionNormalized(versionString):
-
-    verStr = str(versionString)
+    verStr = str(versionString).replace("-cn", "")
     verParts = re.split(r"\.|-rc|-alpha", verStr, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
 
     if len(verParts) == 3:
-        if sys.version_info > (3, 0):  # Python 3
-            verStr = str(versionString) + "-rc" + str(sys.maxsize)
-        else:  # Python 2
-            verStr = str(versionString) + "-rc" + str(sys.maxint)
-
+        if "-cn" in str(versionString):
+            verStr = verStr + "-rc" + str(sys.maxsize // 2)
+        else:
+            verStr = verStr + "-rc" + str(sys.maxsize)
     elif len(verParts) != 4:
         print("pkgVersionNormalized WARNING: unexpected version format: {0})".format(verStr), file=sys.stderr)
 

.github/scripts/release_append_cn.py

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 def append_cn_to_versions(obj):
     if isinstance(obj, dict):
-        # dfu-util comes from arduino.cc and not from the Chinese mirrors, so we skip it
-        if obj.get("name") == "dfu-util":
+        # Skip tools that are not from the esp32 package
+        packager = obj.get("packager")
+        if packager is not None and packager != "esp32":
             return
 
         for key, value in obj.items():