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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=python-importlib-metadata
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PYPI_NAME:=importlib-metadata
+PYPI_SOURCE_NAME:=importlib_metadata
+PKG_HASH:=06f5b3a99029c7134207dd882428a66992a9de2bef7c2b699b5641f9886c3302
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>, Jan Pavlinec <jan.pavlinec@nic.cz>
+PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
+
+include ../pypi.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include ../python3-package.mk
+
+HOST_PYTHON3_PACKAGE_BUILD_DEPENDS:=setuptools-scm
+
+define Package/python3-importlib-metadata
+  SECTION:=lang
+  CATEGORY:=Languages
+  SUBMENU:=Python
+  TITLE:=Read metadata from Python packages
+  URL:=https://gitlab.com/python-devs/importlib_metadata
+  DEPENDS=+python3-light +python3-zipp
+  VARIANT:=python3
+endef
+
+define Package/python3-importlib-metadata/description
+  importlib_metadata is a library to access the metadata for a Python package.
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-importlib-metadata))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-importlib-metadata))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-importlib-metadata-src))