diff --git a/dev-python/sortedcontainers/Manifest b/dev-python/sortedcontainers/Manifest
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+DIST sortedcontainers-1.5.7.tar.gz 11970881 SHA256 0ff0442865e492bc50476b18000fb8400cf2472d14d21a92b27cd7c5184550ea SHA512 a9f2ba152c47eddfda6ad8ef7ecfbfa5d51b17afb4042b0b1e6d8b3dbc6caf6f8281af415dfcf1e356aaf80aa3212865ba926fe0d6e08961c8fbbc68adb34108 WHIRLPOOL ac1c64a49705b2a02d2eb05e8306a1ee21d494819b7331256fc8c17d5fda89c82eaf2267981408c9de92bde0c4569a0e87fa4d7d12297881c4b8b295b1df9788
diff --git a/dev-python/sortedcontainers/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sortedcontainers/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>
+  <longdescription lang="en">
+    Python Sorted Container Types: SortedList, SortedDict, and SortedSet 
+  </longdescription>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="pypi">sortedcontainers</remote-id>
+    <remote-id type="github">grantjenks/sorted_containers</remote-id>    
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/sortedcontainers/sortedcontainers-1.5.7.ebuild b/dev-python/sortedcontainers/sortedcontainers-1.5.7.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python library to sort collections and containers"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/$(echo ${PN} | cut -c 1)/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="test"
+
+RDEPEND=""
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+
+python_test() {
+	py.test -v || die
+}