diff --git a/dev-python/importlib-resources/Manifest b/dev-python/importlib-resources/Manifest
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+DIST importlib_resources-6.4.0.tar.gz 42040 BLAKE2B 55b52a42051c6900af7b5b70783476a48398ae02539871a3f508df08fd5b4ec03bbe40980de8cd49a60cc022905a4ffdfd95b55d70e0cfb5d64497b02cc9b88f SHA512 c600e7ba96431f15a929e5acda89a262ceef33a3f44ae361fad4201dde8033dd8f0f2bcb856619fd5e21209a5d17cf9ae3610e65c3e6ecd0e36545437d0064b9
diff --git a/dev-python/importlib-resources/importlib-resources-6.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/importlib-resources/importlib-resources-6.4.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+# backport from py3.12
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{10..11} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Read resources from Python packages"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/python/importlib_resources/
+	https://pypi.org/project/importlib-resources/
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/jaraco-test-5.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/zipp-3.17[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests unittest
diff --git a/dev-python/importlib-resources/metadata.xml b/dev-python/importlib-resources/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">importlib-resources</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">python/importlib_resources</remote-id>
+		<bugs-to>https://github.com/python/importlib_resources/issues</bugs-to>
+		<doc>https://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/</doc>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>