diff --git a/dev-python/xstatic/Manifest b/dev-python/xstatic/Manifest
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+DIST xstatic-1.0.1.tar.gz 2588 BLAKE2B 55e937e62cb845a9095d41b42b484d740557681f4b811522093c6486d97b9e5daa3d12af953bc24a37ed39df58d3adad1cb578ca434b8c0cf0ab4f4b23fff0ff SHA512 03b227a5971959c79c6b389d3bd1f6db724a439101599b8ae65b7d010712184308e30377125bbf24ce84994aa6e9add3d462fba9bee0008154d3753d3199040f
diff --git a/dev-python/xstatic/metadata.xml b/dev-python/xstatic/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 Project</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="pypi">XStatic</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/xstatic/xstatic-1.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/xstatic/xstatic-1.0.1.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=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN="XStatic"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="XStatic base package with minimal support code"
+HOMEPAGE="https://pypi.org/project/XStatic"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${MY_PN:0:1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_P}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+#python_install() {
+#	distutils-r1_python_install
+#	find "${ED}" -name '*.pth' -delete || die
+#}