diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-7.0.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-7.0.0.ebuild
index 145968f94d465..a422ad716d3b8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-7.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-7.0.0.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ S=${WORKDIR}
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT MPL-1.1"
 SLOT="${PV}"
+# keep straight-to-stable, builds nothing and the stabilization process
+# is wasteful and annoying for users using ~testing wine in stable
+# (wine also pins to specific versions, so stable won't use latest)
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+shared"
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-7.4.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-7.4.0.ebuild
index 145968f94d465..a422ad716d3b8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-7.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-7.4.0.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ S=${WORKDIR}
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT MPL-1.1"
 SLOT="${PV}"
+# keep straight-to-stable, builds nothing and the stabilization process
+# is wasteful and annoying for users using ~testing wine in stable
+# (wine also pins to specific versions, so stable won't use latest)
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+shared"
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-8.1.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-8.1.0.ebuild
index 145968f94d465..a422ad716d3b8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-8.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-8.1.0.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ S=${WORKDIR}
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT MPL-1.1"
 SLOT="${PV}"
+# keep straight-to-stable, builds nothing and the stabilization process
+# is wasteful and annoying for users using ~testing wine in stable
+# (wine also pins to specific versions, so stable won't use latest)
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+shared"
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.1.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.1.0.ebuild
index 145968f94d465..a422ad716d3b8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.1.0.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ S=${WORKDIR}
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT MPL-1.1"
 SLOT="${PV}"
+# keep straight-to-stable, builds nothing and the stabilization process
+# is wasteful and annoying for users using ~testing wine in stable
+# (wine also pins to specific versions, so stable won't use latest)
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+shared"
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.2.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.2.0.ebuild
index 145968f94d465..a422ad716d3b8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.2.0.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ S=${WORKDIR}
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT MPL-1.1"
 SLOT="${PV}"
+# keep straight-to-stable, builds nothing and the stabilization process
+# is wasteful and annoying for users using ~testing wine in stable
+# (wine also pins to specific versions, so stable won't use latest)
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+shared"
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.3.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.3.0.ebuild
index 43d16fc30de9d..a422ad716d3b8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.3.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ S=${WORKDIR}
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT MPL-1.1"
 SLOT="${PV}"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+# keep straight-to-stable, builds nothing and the stabilization process
+# is wasteful and annoying for users using ~testing wine in stable
+# (wine also pins to specific versions, so stable won't use latest)
+KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+shared"
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.3.1.ebuild b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.3.1.ebuild
index 269b13f02be31..5addc85e06a46 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.3.1.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ S=${WORKDIR}
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT MPL-1.1"
 SLOT="${PV}"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+# keep straight-to-stable, builds nothing and the stabilization process
+# is wasteful and annoying for users using ~testing wine in stable
+# (wine also pins to specific versions, so stable won't use latest)
+KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+shared"
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.4.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.4.0.ebuild
index 43d16fc30de9d..a422ad716d3b8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-mono/wine-mono-9.4.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ S=${WORKDIR}
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 MIT MPL-1.1"
 SLOT="${PV}"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+# keep straight-to-stable, builds nothing and the stabilization process
+# is wasteful and annoying for users using ~testing wine in stable
+# (wine also pins to specific versions, so stable won't use latest)
+KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+shared"
 
 src_install() {