Well we got the bug fix update, but not quite with everything that we had hoped for.
In a 1.1 update that landed this late last night, Niantic removed the footprints for nearby Pokemon so players only see the Pokemon, with no reference to distance.
Niantic Labs has been promising an update for Pokemon Go to fix some bugs and perhaps even introduce trading and individual battles.
If the latter happens, Ninatic hopefully will have fixed and added the footsteps back for nearby Pokemon.