Since sys-apps/portage-2.1.10.41 is being stablized (bug #394695), app-portage/portage-utils-0.8 should also be stabilized due to bug 394457.
bug 394457 didn't have anything to do with the stabilization of portage. the 0.7 ebuild had a bug where EPREFIX defaulted to "" instead of "/".
oh, i guess you meant Bug 395315 (which is really Bug 307625). i happened to fix that independently for the 0.8 release. i don't have a problem with stabilizing 0.8 for that. there's quite a bit of new code in there though, so stuff might break. but if it does, it just means we lack test coverage and so it'll force us to add more ;).
amd64 stable
Stable for HPPA.
Don't rush. CONFIG_PROTECT="-*" in /etc/make.conf causes an infinite loop during parsing.
bug reports do not belong here. if you've found a problem, file a *new* bug.
alpha/arm/ia64/m68k/s390/sh/sparc/x86 stable
ppc/ppc64 now stable