diff --git a/dev-python/locket/Manifest b/dev-python/locket/Manifest
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+DIST locket-0.2.0.tar.gz 3506 SHA256 1fee63c1153db602b50154684f5725564e63a0f6d09366a1cb13dffcec179fb4 SHA512 ed9bb25f3fcaa70386217716db5612bf31a923c669cbdb8e871de6df4c0c42bf3309604a1aac804c0f334aed8c88b0ba113d8d265054c0e87793c7b53f729ff9 WHIRLPOOL 549d6dc28db38fb23e4b5761ca8120caac82d435cf96f39f294ac38e011e4c1f8b6af91c526cbfb12d4fb353b6ec1da5e8814f1d66744398bf3aea7f3a4f39ba
diff --git a/dev-python/locket/locket-0.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/locket/locket-0.2.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="File-based locks for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="http://github.com/mwilliamson/locket.py"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND=""
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}"]
diff --git a/dev-python/locket/metadata.xml b/dev-python/locket/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">
+    Locket implements a lock that can be used by multiple processes provided they use the same path.
+  </longdescription>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="pypi">locket</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>