I'm unsure if this ITP was filed as a reaction to my closure of #571575, or without knowledge of it. But ..
a) I am really suprised that many people would care that du -h | sort -h doesn't list files in strict order of size. Does which of two "1.0G" files is largest really tend to matter? Enough to have a whole other package? b) If you do care which "1.0G" file is biggest, then an option to have du include some additional precision in its -h output would easily solve your problem. Or there's the small modification I suggest to du at <http://bugs.debian.org/563118#70> would allow sorting its output exactly by size, without the ugliness of needing a sort -h, and while still providing human-readable file sizes. c) I'd certianly be willing to consider for moreutils a filter that converts block or byte sized input into human-readable sizes. That would be the full-on unix way to go. -- see shy jo
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