Current stable version of dev-util/ctags is 5.7, which is from 2007. Version 5.8 is from 2009 and includes many fixes. Maybe it's time to mark it as stable. http://ctags.sourceforge.net/news.html
Arches, go ahead.
amd64: pass
Archtested on x86: Everything fine
forgot to mention. not a blocker just a warning: dev-util/ctags/ctags-5.8.ebuild: RDEPEND is not explicitly assigned
amd64 ok Improvement filed at bug 387261
x86 stable
Stable for HPPA.
+ 19 Oct 2011; Tony Vroon <chainsaw@gentoo.org> ctags-5.8.ebuild: + Marked stable on AMD64 based on arch testing by Elijah "Armageddon" El + Lazkani & Agostino "ago" Sarubbo in bug #387175.
arm stable
alpha/ia64/m68k/s390/sh/sparc stable
ppc done
+ 12 Feb 2012; Tony Vroon <chainsaw@gentoo.org> ctags-5.8.ebuild: + Marked stable on PPC64 as requested by Denilson Sá in bug #387175. + Compile tested on a PowerMac7,3 (64UL) with GCC 4.5.3. The PPC64 team has returned to keywording. My apologies for the delay.