diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-helpers-namespace/Manifest b/dev-python/pytest-helpers-namespace/Manifest
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+DIST pytest-helpers-namespace-2019.1.8.tar.gz 5487 BLAKE2B 201e2e34f60baf95ce33f8cb5d3d8ce5465b4140e68c16f4802ba5225e28c4506c608dfc6ff4a36fddde30c7972a8c175ead976a11a731e2bfbc33e4b06cc04e SHA512 47b7f7c6638f4f3f0248722d4134b73357acb091f02cc1302d32894223d5ec06fd5382db207ae524f62749f2ebc53cf32d27eb8890d12baf250cd29dc6378a55
diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-helpers-namespace/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pytest-helpers-namespace/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="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>chutzpah@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Patrick McLean</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-helpers-namespace/pytest-helpers-namespace-2019.1.8.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-helpers-namespace/pytest-helpers-namespace-2019.1.8.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6,7} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Provides a helpers pytest namespace"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/saltstack/pytest-helpers-namespace"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"