Future EAPI/EAPI 9 tentative features

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This article is a work in progress; treat its contents with caution - ulm (talk | contribs).

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 and 2025-02-09.

Feature Bug Spec Implementation Notes
Portage Pkgcore
New features
pipestatus bug #566342 done not done not done
ver_replacing bug #947530 done not done not done
Eclass revisions bug #806592 not done not done not done
Other changes
Bash 5.2 bug #946193 done not done not done
EAPI of profiles defaults to repository EAPI bug #806181 done not done not done
Variables no longer exported bug #721088 bug #948001 done not done not done
No longer rewrite absolute symlinks bug #934514 done not done 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 not done not done