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 meeting of 2022-02-13.

Feature	Bug	Spec	Implementation		Notes
		PMS	Portage	pkgcore
New features
Eclass revisions	bug #806592	not done	not done	not done
Other changes
EAPI of profiles defaults to repository EAPI	bug #806181	done	not done	not done
econf: Ensure proper end of string in configure --help output	bug #815169	dropped	done	done	Added retroactively for option names beginning with with-, disable- or enable-

Not yet accepted

Feature	Bug	Spec	Implementation		Notes
		PMS	Portage	pkgcore
Other changes
No longer rewrite absolute symlinks	bug #934514	done	not done	not done