The latest version of dev-perl/POE in portage is version 0.26, which is too old for many newer POE modules and programs. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge POE. Actual Results: It merges 0.26 instead of 0.3007 Expected Results: Preferrably merged a 0.3 version.
Good news - 3009 is in the tree now. I played with the version number so portage didn't get confused later down the road.