* The official portage tree needs to be cloned via Git, which basically enables one to:
** keep the control over portage tree updates
** provide an old/stable version of the tree** cherry pick updates...--[[User:Tiziano|Tiziano]] ([[User talk:Tiziano|talk]]) 14:24, 3 January 2014 (CET) this should be avoided at all cost since it can lead to various sorts of breakages (ebuild <-> ebuild, ebuild <-> eclass, ebuild <-> profile, eclass <-> profile interaction)
* Support for a development, staging and production branch
** Ability to automatically sync from upstream