For the record:
There is some online documentation for the 'fixed-upstream' tag here:
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#tags
fixed-upstream
The bug has been fixed by the upstream maintainer, but not yet in the
package (for whatever reason: perhaps it is too complicated to backport
the change or too minor to be worth bothering).
It also shows a perhaps more appropriate tag:
fixed-in-experimental
The bug has been fixed in the package of the experimental distribution,
but not yet in the unstable distribution.
I think there's probably a separate bug in this: that version vagueness
is possible, (mechanically possible), if a precise answer exists; as it did
in this instance.
"version vagueness" illustrated. NOT VAGUE:
#405609: nethogs: crashes when eth0 is not available
Package: nethogs (nethogs 0.6.0-1; fixed: nethogs 0.6.0-2); Severity:
important; Reported by: Cesar Martinez Izquierdo <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
Done: Bart Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
The second line "fixed: nethogs 0.6.0-2" is just what users need to know.
Compare bug #374824, (VAGUE):
#374824: nethogs: 'ppp0' doesn't work.
Package: nethogs (nethogs 0.6.0-1); Reported by: "A. Costa" <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>; Tags: fixed-upstream
Done: Bart Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
The second line fails to mention which version fixed it. Better it should say:
Package: nethogs (nethogs 0.6.0-1; fixed: nethogs 0.6.0+cvs20070620-1);
Reported by: "A. Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
HTH...
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