diff --git a/dev-python/minidb/Manifest b/dev-python/minidb/Manifest
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+DIST minidb-2.0.1.tar.gz 13848 SHA256 be894fc4e68e3ce9b84b3992f12fbbea5051d3c2a11019b1da463099f24725f5 SHA512 98be264ba669ef08f180c469ca8375540436244228ee4e0c4e4b0511425b909eb4c64dc812a27d0b490af5972e0897538f905590b7d2dd19f6fdd160280a6b4b WHIRLPOOL a209d44f26add8ebae0ad142c94fdfcd4698b80d4f7e491ad16d36a4704f8fa9f3e8649aead9b268cb80055c6ae9f4691e6428979e048907a79caef8165fb864
diff --git a/dev-python/minidb/metadata.xml b/dev-python/minidb/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<herd>proxy-maintainers</herd>
+	<maintainer>
+		<email>sautier.louis@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Louis Sautier</name>
+		<description>Proxied maintainer; set to assignee in all bugs</description>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">minidb</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">thp/minidb</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/minidb/minidb-2.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/minidb/minidb-2.0.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_4,3_5} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple SQLite-based object store"
+HOMEPAGE="http://thp.io/2010/minidb/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${PN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="ISC"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? ( dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}"
+
+python_test() {
+	nosetests test || die "tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+}