As python-2.7 was EOL'ed I find some packages are being retired and have/will fall off the tree; e.g. app-office/taskcoach. I keep a version of taskcoach running in a VM in the hope the devs/maintainer will come up with a version updated to run on later python releases. Then I see this:
=============================================== !!! The following installed packages are masked: - app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-5.2.40.137108::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Michał Górny <[email protected]> (2020-08-22) # These packages (or package versions) still require Python 2.7. # They are either dead upstream, their Python 3 porting efforts are # not progressing or their maintainers are simply unresponsive. # Please do not remove any packages from this list unless you actually # port it to Python 3. # Removal in 30 days. Tracker bug #694800. For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. ===================== I have a number of VBox VM systems, some with active software licenses running on them and the VBox-bin is a low-maintenance and convenient way to run them. I'd prefer to avoid emerging a non-bin VBox. Is there some way I could keep older packages running in Gentoo, until more up to date versions appear again in the tree (if ever)?
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