meld 0.8.5 has been released. ebuild just has to be version bumped, but the patch has to be updated, I attach the new one Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Created attachment 16869 [details, diff] meld-0.8.5-gentoo.diff
thanks for the updated diff. the new meld is now in portage
and also closing