diff --git a/dev-python/ovsdbapp/Manifest b/dev-python/ovsdbapp/Manifest
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+DIST ovsdbapp-0.4.0.tar.gz 35790 SHA256 dad5ce056ade622c90f8e03d3ef43591db03cdaef86e2e0c689687832c2a3e0f SHA512 6eaa98745c2c438f43bfc9ce3fe00b100689a2df7564e487bf9c2abce81a725490813d969ddd9ad56b4933f0822d6d8801297e8b6a0c81db2ccff562c1ca62ec WHIRLPOOL 34bdb33ab22487a9df855a42d9139d911b5b78a9cc7ab23f307b1963eeca6331a3a05e724d26daf5ec5c4108044256533cf8998a64878fa0edce39bbd75f7021
diff --git a/dev-python/ovsdbapp/metadata.xml b/dev-python/ovsdbapp/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>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Matthew Thode</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+	</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-0.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-0.4.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_4 python3_5 )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A library for creating OVSDB applications"
+HOMEPAGE="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ovsdbapp"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+CDEPEND=">=dev-python/pbr-2.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	!~dev-python/pbr-2.1.0"
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		${CDEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	>=dev-python/fixtures-3.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/ovs-2.7.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"