Re: [gentoo-dev] Why adding python3_8 to Gentoo sucks?

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Michael Orlitzky wrote:

> Two things on that page are outright wrong:

>   1. If the package has stable keywords, they should be moved to the
>      new revision without dropping. To commit the ebuild, repoman
>      commit --straight-to-stable option should be used.

> That violates our other stabilization policies and common sense.

This is in the context of revision bumps, not version bumps. Also, the
item immediately preceding it clarifies that any non-trivial changes
require dropping to ~arch.

Ulrich