On 11 July 2012 14:23, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: > On 2012-07-11 12:17 PM, Alex Schuster <wo...@wonkology.org> wrote: >> >> Then you probably need portage 2.2 for this. Which will never ever become >> stable it seems, > > > Can anyone comment on *why* it is taking so long? It is beginning to border > on ridiculous - if it is ready (which I seem to recall lots of references to > 'why are you still using 2.1??), why not just stabilize it already? I try > really hard not to run anything unstable unless I absolutely have to (for > obvious reasons)... >
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210077 <--- This is why it's taking so long, there are still MANY bugs that should really be fixed. Part of why it's taking so long for those bugs to be fixed is because programmatic sets and preserve-libs aren't a priority, but things like supporting new EAPIs and such are a far bigger priority.
