diff --git a/dev-python/argparse/Manifest b/dev-python/argparse/Manifest
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+DIST argparse-1.4.0.tar.gz 70508 BLAKE2B 7bc250ea4203f40d67d9a78ca046f7a2023df742a254426cdae551abb2edabb4beba8d3cef7c848e2e98ffd682a80638cf85689ddeab6b4ddcd3fd98e6d2572f SHA512 9941f9d26c43169f947c9efadda6239349e1f9df80ff5fcdba3070bc7b43c43ab6bb4b7f0c7eee8e5d06231a17a7e9ee9eb73c7a9bb68ebe5d13f879686d61b2
diff --git a/dev-python/argparse/argparse-1.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/argparse/argparse-1.4.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python command-line parsing library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ThomasWaldmann/argparse/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="PYTHON"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
diff --git a/dev-python/argparse/metadata.xml b/dev-python/argparse/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">
+		<email>smaniotto.nicola@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Nicola Smaniotto</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>