diff --git a/dev-python/simplesoapy/Manifest b/dev-python/simplesoapy/Manifest
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+DIST simplesoapy-1.5.1.tar.gz 6129 BLAKE2B 766369677208a1cd58939e917fa16a30c87340fb6b76c5667913431625b89a8e97684ad4ba0af14fb4043ba42b2cec7f2b84eb968f128c3c3fc0e178c610cda5 SHA512 5ef0a4fcd84e1da9207154d4b8c4679e8aa2c9885ca76eacb17c4fbd39f489be459f52bfd42ee9b369790c33a02ecc5d776735cf1665f3ee034c1e315fdbb818
diff --git a/dev-python/simplesoapy/metadata.xml b/dev-python/simplesoapy/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="person">
+		<email>zerochaos@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Rick Farina</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>radio@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Radio</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">xmikos/simplesoapy</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/simplesoapy/simplesoapy-1.5.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/simplesoapy/simplesoapy-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{4,5,6} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple pythonic wrapper for SoapySDR library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/xmikos/simplesoapy"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+
+if [ "${PV}" = "9999" ]; then
+	KEYWORDS=""
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/xmikos/simplesoapy.git"
+else
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/xmikos/simplesoapy/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	net-wireless/soapysdr[python]
+	net-wireless/soapysdr[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
diff --git a/dev-python/simplesoapy/simplesoapy-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/simplesoapy/simplesoapy-9999.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{4,5,6} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple pythonic wrapper for SoapySDR library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/xmikos/simplesoapy"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+
+if [ "${PV}" = "9999" ]; then
+	KEYWORDS=""
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/xmikos/simplesoapy.git"
+else
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/xmikos/simplesoapy/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	net-wireless/soapysdr[python]
+	net-wireless/soapysdr[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"