Plex Media Server version 1.8.1 has been released to public: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1503565/#Comment_1503565 Changing the ebuild file version and updating the MINOR_VERSION environment variable in the ebuild allows the new Plex version to be installed. Reproducible: Always
Alright, it has been updated to 1.8.1. https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=41070cb736f3524a6d87d96a3cce9d931fe8b895