diff --git a/dev-python/PyPubSub/metadata.xml b/dev-python/PyPubSub/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<upstream>
+		<maintainer status="inactive">
+			<name>Oliver L Schoenborn</name>
+		</maintainer>
+		<remote-id type="github">schollii/pypubsub</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">PyPubSub</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>