diff --git a/dev-python/gsd/Manifest b/dev-python/gsd/Manifest
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+DIST gsd-v1.5.3.tar.gz 240114 BLAKE2B 076d888f03350fba2388c907787354e878a1536c7d85c759eb3513102ee2abffe2c9313a6e9e208726d66d6324dac02ae70d8872342f9bcb162ad13d9a23dbc3 SHA512 893db74dc481da47d6c51ea0d0d9faefbe164edfaeb5a2ed73e25acbd9dc42c3cf28cbc0d9257c6bf0cc0e9911ab85cfa72997886350c0e7c125d30636ec432a
diff --git a/dev-python/gsd/gsd-1.5.3.ebuild b/dev-python/gsd/gsd-1.5.3.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="GSD - file format specification and a library to read and write it"
+HOMEPAGE="https://bitbucket.org/glotzer/gsd"
+SRC_URI="https://glotzerlab.engin.umich.edu/Downloads/${PN}/${PN}-v${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-v${PV}"
diff --git a/dev-python/gsd/metadata.xml b/dev-python/gsd/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>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>alexxy@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Alexey Shvetsov</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>