diff --git a/dev-python/slackclient/Manifest b/dev-python/slackclient/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-python/slackclient/Manifest
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+DIST slackclient-1.1.0.tar.gz 16479 BLAKE2B 8404be6eddbc3d8ca3dde74b04da7e18e80fa165842c0fb0b33fa28d6c2a182b8c553aaaa07f1676a7be202c324a95f23e7729ae24f037f0290dc263d18addf4 SHA512 3c62869ce4d830dd39e0723e4ab14c25eeea45a0f64965c2514095e0f8d11dbc07829f945d2fc3030119f9e41bbba29cddab33fcf314bcd80717df9d0ed1c3b1
diff --git a/dev-python/slackclient/metadata.xml b/dev-python/slackclient/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>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">slackapi/python-slackclient</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">slackclient</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/slackclient/slackclient-1.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/slackclient/slackclient-1.1.0.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_5 )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Client for Slack supporting the Slack Web and Real Time Messaging API"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/slackapi/python-slackclient"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND=">=dev-python/websocket-client-0.35[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/websocket-client-1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/requests-2.11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/requests-3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/six-1.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/six-2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	${RDEPEND}"