On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 18:55 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
[...]
> You have yet to provide an alternative for fixing the arbitrary and
> pointless version format restrictions that are currently in place.

Create an EAPI for the required changes, fast track inclusion to a
stable portage.

If this is not viable, make an unrecognised version string cause the
same fallback as an unsupported EAPI => ignore the ebuild. Again, fast
track to stable portage, and not so long after, you're done.

-- Arun