Notes for the next person who finds this in search:
After applying bugfix, admin/config/product info/prev next sort order DOES set order for product by selection, but no DESC is available.
That select box is drawn on line 255 for featured. 2 lines up is an ORDER BY function. Unfortunately, it doesn't do anything that I can find.
Bad fix for now: insert between </div> tags at lines 257
Code:
<script>
var select = $('select');
select.html(select.find('option').sort(function(x, y) {
var num1 = parseInt($(x).text());
var num2 = parseInt($(y).text());
return num1> num2 ? 1 : -1;
}));
</script>
It's an ugly hack, but it works.
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