KDE 4.8.4 is out for about a week and its just a bug-fix release. But nothing is in portage, any blockers?
It's not just a bugfix release - it's a 'new patch level release' and it introduced quite a few bugs to figure out first.
Exactly. We just want to ride the storm for a few days, and see what it might let loose... Expect it in a few days.
See also http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/kde.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/maintainers/meetings/meeting-2012-06;hb=HEAD
Just to make clear, why I thought it would be a bugfix release: http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.8.4.php > As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. So I thought it would be fast in portage, as 4.8.3 was in portage instantly ;)
4.8.4 is now in the tree, enjoy!