diff --git a/dev-python/zenlib/Manifest b/dev-python/zenlib/Manifest
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+DIST zenlib-1.0.0.tar.gz 12381 BLAKE2B a605c7159c877e18d19d94192ceb90af4cddeb4322f28123b98f43105673b27f17a85ad46b74c536afc2fe233c2c90bbda502f60b4bd1005365ad7e054c811e8 SHA512 882e2a5a5da53c17b0da7eeb2b83d237a35be4a9ef9b34b0b222052ab8dbf0bac10f2e15220c7078a65ae67648f28098cef1c2badabd2c696e331802d29c4780
diff --git a/dev-python/zenlib/metadata.xml b/dev-python/zenlib/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 type="person">
+		<email>dev@pyl.onl</email>
+		<name>Zen</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">desultory/zenlib</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/zenlib/zenlib-1.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/zenlib/zenlib-1.0.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..12} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Useful python decorators and utilities"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/desultory/zenlib"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/desultory/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+# Specify the subdirectory containing the actual source code
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}/src"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"