RDEPEND="examples? ( =dev-libs/glib-2* )" should be RDEPEND="examples? ( dev-libs/glib:2 )" Reproducible: Always
It is a style choice, assigning to maintainer.
the way it's done now is inferior and has no advantages. i'm using git ebuild for glib which is in slot 2 but obviously doesn't match =dev-libs/glib-2* :)
This is not the kind of thing that get's updated unless someone notices... We have no objection to it, we just don't go looking for slot deps to fix. Fixed without a bump.
that's all i'm asking for ;-) cheers.