diff --git a/dev-python/securesystemslib/Manifest b/dev-python/securesystemslib/Manifest
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+DIST securesystemslib-1.0.0.tar.gz 934573 BLAKE2B d3a583dd7fa12e70726ad8d1d2689c766ddd884acd43d1be286e6645c493e91f6c4ea963190fc43ceaf42e5adb405d872d4244bc7aa5e4dfeca1a77aa1a72330 SHA512 0d39bc15bd86b0e63ea58640df42f3830a643d6b54c9d5d3761418bbb276643734e26ee6d3a4c0b2080f829d328b1a8f61bcb39930d357fbf0d41bc256cfd9ce
+EBUILD securesystemslib-1.0.0.ebuild 756 BLAKE2B b7dbd853650e73f308e56166fcb3d2abf0af7c84847664779be4466f09b646643bbe4d36a354cfad41fff0ac22a0c72bdb164598c3b67c072adf8c637fe2db36 SHA512 5096512ffe03922c70934d39f4497900a251977d8673410da1e84c464eedc06388e4f6f1b21fe089c5946abc45749b8f74dc4c1ab6770ebb95f7815a82de3de1
+MISC metadata.xml 574 BLAKE2B 7b452980847c2052623445aa36fc39144b3d73e8da716dbb6624acb9f6a119d9cc93e2750e6aa01dcddaf0fcde7c36f6b41718a5a967116eac3afdc7cf55355e SHA512 e7b9a39f8015a4b25511f858858076fec30dad16903189e574147d7e8ac2d63c031d2ea33691942915aac451ae8dfbbbe1326353a19050c558866f5424632e4f
diff --git a/dev-python/securesystemslib/metadata.xml b/dev-python/securesystemslib/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="project">
+    <email>b@edevau.net</email>
+    <name>Andreas Billmeier</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="pypi">securesystemslib</remote-id>
+    <remote-id type="github">secure-systems-lab/securesystemslib</remote-id>
+    <maintainer status="unknown">
+      <email>theupdateframework@googlegroups.com</email>
+      <name>"https://www.updateframework.com"</name>
+    </maintainer>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/securesystemslib/securesystemslib-1.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/securesystemslib/securesystemslib-1.0.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="A library that provides cryptographic and general-purpose routines for Secure Systems Lab projects at NYU"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/secure-systems-lab/securesystemslib/ https://pypi.org/project/securesystemslib/"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 x86"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+DOCS="README.md"
+
+RDEPEND=">=dev-python/cryptography-37.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/PySPX[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/PyKCS11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/asn1crypto[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest