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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>williamh@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>William Hubbs</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">uw-labs/lichen</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>