The commit [1] landed in 2.32, and removed the only usage of the libgnome python binding, namely the one in the invest applet. The commit log carries the URL to upstream bug. [1] http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-applets/commit/?id=169b8f99e370f1577593ef5071c33d8ec641f4ee
./convert-split-python.sh /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.32.1.1/work/gnome-applets-2.32.1.1/ cPickle csv currencies datetime dbus gconf getopt gettext gnomeapplet gobject gtk invest locale networkmanager os pango quotes sys time unittest urllib * Mapping gconf: dev-python/gconf-python * Mapping gobject: dev-python/pygobject * Mapping gtk: dev-python/pygtk confirming.
+ 17 Jan 2011; Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> gnome-applets-2.32.1.1.ebuild: + libgnome-python is no longer needed as reported by Xake in bug #351601 and + confirmed by Gilles, but gnome-base/libgnome is still needed by invest applet + or, otherwise, it's no longer offered for adding to panel.