In 2016, "qt5" use flag was masked with this comment: # Tobias Klausmann <klausman@gentoo.org> (2016-06-07) # We currently do not have the resources to AT qt5 packages. # This may change when/if qt4 goes away. qt5 Since then, all alpha stable keywords disappeared, so no more effort is taken into checking regularly if qt5 would work. Actually it builds, and works well. With the mask in place, VLC media player displays without GUI (which requires qt5 under linux X). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: make.conf: accept_keywords="alpha -~alpha *" emerge --ask media-video/vlc qt5 is masked. Expected Results: qt5 use flag can be set
Probably best to submit a pull request via GitHub that removes the mask, so CI can check if there are any missing dependencies that need keywording.
Should the PR also include the required/needed keyword changes in dev-qt/* ?
Oh, I didn't realize the extent of it. dev-qt/qtgui doesn't have alpha keywords. I don't think I'm interested in keywording dev-qt/*. Since you're likely the only user of Qt on Gentoo/Alpha, I'd suggest just unmasking things locally.
