Future EAPI/EAPI 9 tentative features
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This is a working page that contains references to all features that have been suggested for EAPI 9.
Accepted
The following list of features accepted for EAPI 9 is based on the Gentoo Council meetings of 2022-02-13, 2024-12-08, 2025-01-12, 2025-02-09, 2025-05-11 and 2025-06-08.
| Feature | Bug | Spec | Implementation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage | Pkgcore | ||||
| New features | |||||
use.stable and package.use.stable
|
bug #955833 | done | not done | not done | |
pipestatus
|
bug #566342 | done | in progress | done | |
ver_replacing
|
bug #947530 | done | in progress | done | |
edo
|
bug #744880 | done | in progress | done | |
| Other changes | |||||
| EAPI of profiles defaults to repository EAPI | bug #806181 | done | not done | not done | |
| Bash 5.2 | bug #946193 | done | in progress | done | |
| Variables no longer exported | bug #721088 bug #948001 | done | not done | not done | |
| No longer rewrite absolute symlinks | bug #934514 | done | in progress | not done | |
econf: Ensure proper end of string in configure --help output
|
bug #815169 | dropped | partially | partially | Added retroactively for option names beginning with with-, disable- or enable-
|
| Removals and bans | |||||
Ban assert
|
bug #566342 | done | in progress | done | |
Ban domo
|
bug #951502 | done | in progress | done | |
Not accepted
| Feature | Bug | Spec | Implementation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage | Pkgcore | ||||
| New features | |||||
| Eclass revisions | bug #806592 | not done | not done | not done | |
edov
|
bug #744880 | not done | not done | not done | |