News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
+portage-2.1.2
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+
+* ACCEPT_LICENSE and package.license allow packages with unaccepted licenses to
+ be masked.
+* Ebuilds support default USE flags via +flag in IUSE.
+* New-style virtuals are now usable for packages that depend on themselves for
+ bootstrap.
+* Profiles support multiple inheritance and package.use.
+* CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK both support files (not just
+ directories).
+* Collision protection handles symlinks properly.
+* Dependencies can be satisfied by installed packages that do not have matching
+ ebuilds in the portage tree or overlay.
+* Emerge automatically ignores blockers that are made irrelevant by an upgrade.
+* Emerge builds a complete dependency graph in order to ensure correct merge
+ order and detection of circular dependencies.
+* The world and system sets allow automatic update of all installed slots.
+* DEPEND atoms support SLOT dependencies of the form ${CATEGORY}/${PN}:${SLOT}.
+* Development: Extend PYTHONPATH support to allow overriding the hardcoded
+ /usr/lib/portage/pym for development/testing purposes
+
portage-2.1.1
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* Profiles support use.force, package.use.force, and package.use.mask files.
-* New depclean algorithm is much safer than the old one.
-* Now emerge --newuse detects changes in IUSE that previously went undetected.
portage-2.1 (ongoing via pre releases)
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