I was told that PROVIDE is now considered an invalid method of specifying virtuals.
Created attachment 216026 [details] logger-0.ebuild Sample virtual ebuild
(In reply to comment #0) > I was told that PROVIDE is now considered an invalid method of specifying > virtuals. > Who told you this? There are profiles that specify a default provider for virtual/logger. Something that is not possible with new style virtuals.
Old style and new style virtuals will live side by side until better solution will be found: both have pro and cons. Without real need we don't move packages to use new style virtuals.