Two aspects: 1. Sorted, set is a contraction in terms: `packaging` and other tooling have interpreted it to mean just "set," which implies unsorted. 2. The qu

Two aspects: 1. Sorted, set is a contraction in terms: `packaging` and other tooling have interpreted it to mean just "set," which implies unsorted. 2. The quoted language there isn't from the wheel filename definition itself (and isn't linked to it), so it's unclear whether it's intended to be normative. Similarly, "can" is weaker than "should."