diff --git a/dev-python/pifacecommon/Manifest b/dev-python/pifacecommon/Manifest
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diff --git a/dev-python/pifacecommon/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pifacecommon/metadata.xml
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+++ b/dev-python/pifacecommon/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>holgersson@posteo.de</email>
+		<name>Nils Freydank</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/pifacecommon/pifacecommon-4.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pifacecommon/pifacecommon-4.2.1.ebuild
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index 0000000..e8b546c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pifacecommon/pifacecommon-4.2.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_5 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Common functions for interacting with PiFace products"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/piface/pifacecommon"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/piface/pifacecommon.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/piface/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~arm"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND="dev-libs/libpifacedigital"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"