diff --git a/dev-python/sphinx-basic-ng/Manifest b/dev-python/sphinx-basic-ng/Manifest
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+DIST sphinx-basic-ng-0.0.1.a11.gh.tar.gz 21539 BLAKE2B 31707bc8f3c6cd0c1af1aeff309543889119d33e5f5ae33194b58f88a0ff6ec424c5b876fef36b64161932ebb69c0f6108801697b49d47e10ad13affcf89e1fa SHA512 e9f9278a360d2c8d25a6679134d2d54b37c9f2e55285592fa910c85b2f8bfd4ab13d117b7078cb67d862703f8054c3d3a3ca68152551d67a26d7c1a8b75952ff
diff --git a/dev-python/sphinx-basic-ng/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sphinx-basic-ng/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">pradyunsg/sphinx-basic-ng</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">sphinx-basic-ng</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/sphinx-basic-ng/sphinx-basic-ng-0.0.1_alpha11.ebuild b/dev-python/sphinx-basic-ng/sphinx-basic-ng-0.0.1_alpha11.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{8..11} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=${P/_alpha/.a}
+DESCRIPTION="A modern skeleton for Sphinx themes"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/pradyunsg/sphinx-basic-ng/
+	https://pypi.org/project/sphinx-basic-ng/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/pradyunsg/sphinx-basic-ng/archive/${PV/_alpha/.a}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	<dev-python/sphinx-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/sphinx-4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		${RDEPEND}
+		dev-python/myst_parser[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+python_test() {
+	local HTML_DOCS=()
+	build_sphinx tests/barebones
+	rm -r tests/barebones/_build || die
+}