dev-python/dbus-python-0.83.1 was released on 2010-02-18.
I will fix this bug if you don't object.
+*dbus-python-0.83.1 (01 Mar 2010) + + 01 Mar 2010; Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@gentoo.org> + +dbus-python-0.83.1.ebuild, + +files/dbus-python-0.83.1-workaround-broken-test.patch: + Version bum, bug #306329. Workaround test problems, bug #288629. + thanks for reporting