diff --git a/dev-python/hacking/Manifest b/dev-python/hacking/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-python/hacking/Manifest
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+DIST hacking-3.0.1.tar.gz 52736 BLAKE2B 20d328dd78c4e115a3ccbe0e886be80d6b0f30d8cbf6bb02a93f41637e5f7e1c82174c8c9054cb1a354fa6c58ae2c0b5dd2491e841d6d8b0cb02b12560b0f8a0 SHA512 1ad6bcf7099f244dd96709d993939f979b461e4d9661adab071b7861243cb75cde9d33343165b5e636e7f3526755f717b891763f5af44aeabad49fa0972df391
+DIST hacking-4.1.0.tar.gz 61910 BLAKE2B 95ced5b2fbafbb890478b5ef598a836520b4d1a3f1f2a0e708aa3f3135f394aab9e1ca8eaafa9d2f9f8dfcd1043d925b0232228234021ac89d2882ad6c7918a5 SHA512 44741548b5031777b0a508255129893da63a076615dc4245fdcb2368711be0ff6e16702c12c75a7f2c6b13257e2257c58e6e95dfad6da6640ff077fbf2b507db
diff --git a/dev-python/hacking/hacking-3.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/hacking/hacking-3.0.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=( hacking/tests/test_doctest.py::HackingTestCase::test_flake8 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_8 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="hacking is a set of flake8 plugins that test and enforce the OpenStack StyleGuide"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/openstack-dev/hacking
+	https://pypi.org/project/hacking
+"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/flake8-3.6.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	>=dev-python/pbr-2.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/fixtures-3.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/subunit-1.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/testscenarios-0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/testtools-2.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/eventlet-0.18.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/hacking/hacking-4.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/hacking/hacking-4.1.0.ebuild
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index 0000000000..f35e90c33f
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+++ b/dev-python/hacking/hacking-4.1.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_8 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="hacking is a set of flake8 plugins that test and enforce the OpenStack StyleGuide"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/openstack-dev/hacking
+	https://pypi.org/project/hacking
+"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/flake8-3.8.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/flake8-3.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	>=dev-python/pbr-2.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/fixtures-3.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/subunit-1.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/testscenarios-0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/testtools-2.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/ddt-1.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/eventlet-0.18.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/hacking/metadata.xml b/dev-python/hacking/metadata.xml
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index 0000000000..c7410cd94a
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+++ b/dev-python/hacking/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="person">
+		<description>comaintainers welcome</description>
+		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+Hacking pins its dependencies, as a new release of some dependency can break hacking based gating jobs. This is because new versions of dependencies can introduce new rules, or make existing rules stricter.	</longdescription>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">hacking</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">openstack-dev/hacking</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>