pysqlite should not be installed with python2.5, yet sqlalchemy's dependencies require it for the sqlite flag.
Created attachment 102335 [details, diff] dev-python/sqlalchemy-0.2.8.ebuild.diff changes: changed USE="sqlite" RDEPEND's to python-2.5* OR pysqlite changed src_test() to follow instructions from README.unittests
Created attachment 102338 [details, diff] dev-python/sqlalchemy-0.2.8.ebuild.diff after submitting the previous patch i noticed the ebuild fails to dohtml most files. this diff is the same, plus a workaround for bug #149745.
Created attachment 103770 [details, diff] dev-python/sqlalchemy-0.2.8.ebuild.patch original ebuild and previous patch installed examples to /usr/share/doc/${PV} this update inserts examples in /usr/share/doc/${P}
Thanks for reporting and the patch. Solved with the version bump to 0.3.3.