This entry in profiles/base/package.use.mask reads: # Tim Harder <radhermit@gentoo.org> (22 Mar 2012) # Masked since skype isn't stable net-im/bitlbee skype Now that we have EAPI-5 profiles, this can/should be moved to package.use.stable.mask so that unstable users can automatically use this feature w/o tweaks in /etc/portage/profile. Thanks!
Fixed in the tree.