diff --git a/dev-python/celery/Manifest b/dev-python/celery/Manifest
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+DIST celery-5.1.0_beta2.tar.gz 1459863 BLAKE2B 1b5a49728fa97e00112cc31731998ac06b2bb77ed621321b119d44d8cf0e4ec347d92b0857f316bda48f61a0ce0bd5c9d55392a8e3053369577d503af7aafc35 SHA512 d430a33cbc34950d68cf228707e8e868834f80a7f6c40491d8a67b056af5395c03e27c2b2ba1e2b9a390598d7d8bb3609bd88b388dfb18a34d0441ed54245192
diff --git a/dev-python/celery/celery-5.1.0_beta2.ebuild b/dev-python/celery/celery-5.1.0_beta2.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="7"
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8} )
+
+inherit bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1 eutils optfeature
+
+MYPV="${PV/_beta/b}"
+DESCRIPTION="Asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	http://celeryproject.org
+	https://pypi.org/project/celery
+	https://github.com/celery/celery
+"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/celery/celery/archive/v${MYPV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+# There are a number of other optional 'extras'
+IUSE="examples"
+#RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+RESTRICT="test" #'celery' not found in `markers` configuration option
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MYPV}"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/billiard-3.6.4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/billiard-4.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/click-7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/click-8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/click-didyoumean-0.0.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/click-plugins-1.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/click-repl-0.1.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/kombu-6.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/kombu-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pytz[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/vine-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/vine-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/boto3-1.9.178[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/case-1.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/moto-1.3.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/pytest-6.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-celery[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-subtests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/pytest-timeout-1.4.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/python-dateutil-2.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/pyyaml-3.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/pyzmq-13.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	doc? (
+		dev-python/docutils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/sphinx_celery-2.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/sphinx-click-2.5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/jinja[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/sqlalchemy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+# testsuite needs it own source
+DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+distutils_enable_sphinx docs --no-autodoc
+
+python_install_all() {
+	# Main celeryd init.d and conf.d
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/celery.initd-r2" celery
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}/celery.confd-r2" celery
+
+	if use examples; then
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc -r examples/.
+		docompress -x "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples"
+	fi
+
+	newbashcomp extra/bash-completion/celery.bash "${PN}"
+
+	distutils-r1_python_install_all
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "zookeeper support" dev-python/kazoo
+	optfeature "msgpack support" dev-python/msgpack
+	#optfeature "rabbitmq support" dev-python/librabbitmq
+	#optfeature "slmq support" dev-python/softlayer_messaging
+	optfeature "eventlet support" dev-python/eventlet
+	#optfeature "couchbase support" dev-python/couchbase
+	optfeature "redis support" dev-db/redis dev-python/redis-py
+	optfeature "gevent support" dev-python/gevent
+	optfeature "auth support" dev-python/pyopenssl
+	optfeature "pyro support" dev-python/pyro:4
+	optfeature "yaml support" dev-python/pyyaml
+	optfeature "memcache support" dev-python/pylibmc
+	optfeature "mongodb support" dev-python/pymongo
+	optfeature "sqlalchemy support" dev-python/sqlalchemy
+	optfeature "sqs support" dev-python/boto
+	#optfeature "cassandra support" dev-python/cassandra-driver
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/celery/files/celery.confd-r2 b/dev-python/celery/files/celery.confd-r2
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+# /etc/conf.d/celery
+
+##############################################################################
+# GLOBAL CONFIGURATION
+
+# User and group
+#CELERY_USER="celery"
+#CELERY_GROUP="celery"
+
+# This is generaly a good idea to set the environment correctly
+# because a lot of python package try to use HOME on init
+#export HOME="/var/lib/myproject"
+
+# Full path to the python project directory.
+#CELERY_PROJDIR="/var/lib/myproject"
+
+##############################################################################
+# CELERYD
+
+# Start the Celery worker daemon
+#CELERYD_ENABLED="yes"
+
+# celeryd notes
+#CELERYD_NODES="celery"
+
+# celeryd options
+# Example: set a 5 minute hard time limit for tasks, disable queue process prefetching and specify an app module from CELERY_PROJDIR
+#CELERYD_OPTS="--time-limit=300 -Ofair -A celeryapp"
+
+# Location and level of the celeryd log file
+#CELERYD_LOG_FILE=/var/log/celery/celeryd@%n.log
+#CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
+
+# Location of the celeryd pid file
+#CELERYD_PID_FILE=/run/celery/celeryd@%n.pid
+
+##############################################################################
+# CELERYBEAT
+
+# Start the Celery task scheduler daemon
+#CELERYBEAT_ENABLED="yes"
+
+# celerybeat options
+#CELERYBEAT_OPTS=""
+
+# Location and level of the celerybeat log file
+#CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE=/var/log/celery/celerybeat.log
+#CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
+
+# Location of the celerybeat pid file
+#CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE=/run/celery/celerybeat.pid
diff --git a/dev-python/celery/files/celery.initd-r2 b/dev-python/celery/files/celery.initd-r2
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+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the BSD license
+
+extra_started_commands="reload"
+
+depend() {
+	need net
+	use rabbitmq redis logger dns
+}
+
+CELERYD_ENABLED=${CELERYD_ENABLED:-"no"}
+CELERYD_PID_FILE=${CELERYD_PID_FILE:-"/run/celery/celeryd@%n.pid"}
+CELERYD_LOG_FILE=${CELERYD_LOG_FILE:-"/var/log/celery/celeryd@%n.log"}
+CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL=${CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL:-"INFO"}
+CELERYD_NODES=${CELERYD_NODES:-"celery"}
+
+CELERYBEAT_ENABLED=${CELERYBEAT_ENABLED:-"no"}
+CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE=${CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE:-"/run/celery/celerybeat.pid"}
+CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE=${CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE:-"/var/log/celery/celerybeat.log"}
+CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL=${CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL:-"INFO"}
+
+export CELERY_LOADER
+
+CELERYD_MULTI=${CELERYD_MULTI:-"celery multi"}
+CELERYCTL=${CELERYCTL:-"celery"}
+CELERYBEAT=${CELERYBEAT:-"celery beat"}
+
+CELERYD_OPTS="${CELERYD_OPTS}"
+CELERYBEAT_OPTS="${CELERYBEAT_OPTS} -f ${CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE} -l ${CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL}"
+
+create_dirs() {
+	local logfile="${1}"
+	local pidfile="${2}"
+	local logdir=$(dirname ${logfile})
+	local piddir=$(dirname ${pidfile})
+
+	checkpath -d -q -m 0750 -o ${CELERY_USER:-"root"}:${CELERY_GROUP:-"root"} ${logdir} ${piddir}
+}
+
+[ -n "${CELERY_USER}" ] && DAEMON_OPTS="${DAEMON_OPTS} --uid=${CELERY_USER}"
+[ -n "${CELERY_GROUP}" ] && DAEMON_OPTS="${DAEMON_OPTS} --gid=${CELERY_GROUP}"
+
+checkconfig() {
+	if [ ! -c /dev/null ]; then
+		eerror "/dev/null is not a character device!"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	if [ -z "${CELERY_PROJDIR}" ]; then
+		eerror "Missing CELERY_PROJDIR variable"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	yesno "${CELERYD_ENABLED}" && \
+		create_dirs "${CELERYD_LOG_FILE}" "${CELERYD_PID_FILE}"
+
+	yesno "${CELERYBEAT_ENABLED}" && \
+		create_dirs "${CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE}" "${CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE}"
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+celery_chdir() {
+	[ -n "${CELERY_PROJDIR}" ] && cd "${CELERY_PROJDIR}"
+}
+
+wait_pid () {
+	local pidfile=${1}
+	local timeout=${STOPTIMEOUT:-"10"}
+	local PID=$(cat "${pidfile}" 2>/dev/null)
+
+	while [ -n "${PID}" ] && [ "${timeout}" -ge 1 ]; do
+		kill -0 ${PID} 2>/dev/null || break
+		kill -TERM "${PID}"
+		timeout=$((${timeout} - 1))
+		sleep 0.5
+	done
+
+	[ "${timeout}" -lt 1 ] && return 1
+	[ -f ${pidfile} ] && rm -f ${pidfile}
+	return 0
+}
+
+# celeryd
+start_workers() {
+	yesno "${CELERYD_ENABLED}" || return 0
+
+	${CELERYD_MULTI} start ${CELERYD_NODES} ${DAEMON_OPTS} \
+				--pidfile="${CELERYD_PID_FILE}" \
+				--logfile="${CELERYD_LOG_FILE}" \
+				--loglevel="${CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL}" \
+				${CELERYD_OPTS}
+}
+
+stop_workers() {
+	yesno "${CELERYD_ENABLED}" || return 0
+
+	local timeout=${STOPTIMEOUT:-"10"}
+
+	${CELERYD_MULTI} stop ${CELERYD_NODES} --pidfile="${CELERYD_PID_FILE}" || return 1
+
+	# Wait for each node
+	for node in ${CELERYD_NODES}; do
+		local pidfile=${CELERYD_PID_FILE/\%n/${node}}
+		local PID=$(cat "${pidfile}" 2>/dev/null)
+		while [ -n "${PID}" ] && [ "${timeout}" -ge 1 ]; do
+		kill -0 ${PID} 2>/dev/null || break
+		timeout=$((${timeout} - 1))
+		sleep 0.5
+		done
+	done
+
+	[ "${timeout}" -lt 1 ] && return 1
+	return 0
+}
+
+restart_workers() {
+	yesno "${CELERYD_ENABLED}" || return 0
+
+	${CELERYD_MULTI} restart ${CELERYD_NODES} ${DAEMON_OPTS} \
+		--pidfile="${CELERYD_PID_FILE}" \
+		--logfile="${CELERYD_LOG_FILE}" \
+		--loglevel="${CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL}" \
+		${CELERYD_OPTS}
+}
+
+# celerybeat
+start_beat() {
+	yesno "${CELERYBEAT_ENABLED}" || return 0
+
+	ebegin "Starting celerybeat"
+	${CELERYBEAT} ${CELERYBEAT_OPTS} ${DAEMON_OPTS} --detach \
+		--pidfile="${CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE}"
+	eend ${?}
+}
+
+
+stop_beat() {
+	yesno "${CELERYBEAT_ENABLED}" || return 0
+
+	ebegin "Stopping celerybeat"
+	if [ -f "${CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE}" ]; then
+		wait_pid "${CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE}"
+	else
+		ewarn "not running"
+	fi
+	eend ${?}
+}
+
+
+start() {
+	local cr=0
+
+	checkconfig || return 1
+
+	ebegin "Starting ${SVCNAME}"
+	eindent
+
+	celery_chdir && \
+		start_workers && \
+		start_beat || cr=1
+
+	eoutdent
+	eend ${cr}
+}
+
+stop() {
+	local cr=0
+
+	checkconfig || return 1
+
+	ebegin "Stopping ${SVCNAME}"
+	eindent
+
+	celery_chdir
+	stop_workers || cr=1
+	stop_beat || cr=1
+
+	eoutdent
+	eend ${cr}
+}
+
+reload() {
+	local cr=0
+
+	checkconfig || return 1
+
+	ebegin "Restarting ${SVCNAME}"
+	eindent
+
+	celery_chdir
+	restart_workers || cr=1
+	stop_beat && start_beat || cr=1
+
+	eoutdent
+	eend ${cr}
+}
+
+status() {
+	checkconfig || return 1
+
+	celery_chdir && \
+		${CELERYCTL} status
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/celery/metadata.xml b/dev-python/celery/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<description>comaintainers welcome</description>
+		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">celery</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>