diff --git a/dev-python/towncrier/Manifest b/dev-python/towncrier/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-python/towncrier/Manifest
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+DIST towncrier-19.2.0.tar.gz 18089 BLAKE2B d1e17e707b90089b19d9eedebd898b71fcc9a582cbae0166650a6bd52a8ac6bb3921a458a6d2c10e5930b92230ddf5efc5a428646c464edb6eb4bfc06949e217 SHA512 60999446c4ae404fb54ea6282a862621d49f62a2488d31eecf8fed9dd7afa6e01f4feac6e3dd26b882ee75f747424d63d05521e33b5f6b8df7059ce32dbe5c4f
diff --git a/dev-python/towncrier/metadata.xml b/dev-python/towncrier/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>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">towncrier</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/towncrier/towncrier-19.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/towncrier/towncrier-19.2.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{5,6,7}} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Building newsfiles for your project"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/hawkowl/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/click[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/click-default-group[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/jinja[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/incremental[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/toml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		dev-vcs/git
+		>=dev-python/twisted-16.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+python_test() {
+	distutils_install_for_testing
+
+	trial towncrier || die "tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+}