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Would you be willing to keyword 3.28 instead? (posted 14 Jan, so it does squeek under the 30 day rule). Contains fixes for the test that is killing 3.26 is why I ask.
3.28 indeed passes all tests, so I will update my list of to-be-stabilized ebuilds with this version. Thanks for your time.