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--- a/dev-python/zeroconf/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/zeroconf/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
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diff --git a/dev-python/zeroconf/zeroconf-0.149.3.ebuild b/dev-python/zeroconf/zeroconf-0.149.3.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6fdb117cb3785
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+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
+PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Pure Python Multicast DNS Service Discovery Library (Bonjour/Avahi compatible)"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/
+	https://pypi.org/project/zeroconf/
+"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
+IUSE="+native-extensions"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/ifaddr-0.1.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+# the build system uses custom build script that uses distutils to build
+# C extensions, sigh
+BDEPEND="
+	native-extensions? (
+		>=dev-python/cython-3.0.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-65.6.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-asyncio )
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_compile() {
+	if use native-extensions; then
+		local -x REQUIRE_CYTHON=1
+	else
+		local -x SKIP_CYTHON=1
+	fi
+
+	distutils-r1_python_compile
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x SKIP_IPV6=1
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# network
+		tests/test_core.py::Framework::test_close_multiple_times
+		tests/test_core.py::Framework::test_launch_and_close
+		tests/test_core.py::Framework::test_launch_and_close_context_manager
+
+		# fragile to timeouts (?)
+		tests/services/test_browser.py::test_service_browser_expire_callbacks
+		tests/utils/test_asyncio.py::test_run_coro_with_timeout
+
+		# randomly broken by a leftover thread?
+		tests/test_circular_imports.py::test_circular_imports
+	)
+	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+		tests/benchmarks
+	)
+
+	epytest -o addopts=
+}