The point is more that 4.0 should be the default, and 4.1 should be just as easy to install if you want to. As time moves on more and more applications will become 4.1 or even 5.0 compliant, and it won't be as much of an issue to drop 4.0 once it's unmaintained. Right now it seems that folks are trying to force it the other way around; pull the system up to working with 4.1 so it can become the default, rather than allowing those who can progress to do so more easily in the meantime.
echo '<dev-db/mysql-5.0' > /etc/portage/package.unmask
That's not so hard is it? True, the version you'd get is 4.1.8 rather than the latest, but it's definitely not difficult to access what is available.
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