I would like to apply the attached patch to python.eclass. This is a port from Progress overlay. This patch allows python_mod_optimize to be used in cases where a different set of python modules is installed depending on the python abi. For example, dev-python/feedparse-5.1 (not yet in the tree) installs the _feedparser_sgmllib.py module only in python-3*. The only difference from Arfrever's original changeset (Progress r1408) is the "return_status" variable. For some reason, he has renamed this to "exit_status". Please provide any comments/questions/objections you may have.