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+[metadata]
+name = xgboostlss
+url = https://github.com/awslabs/gluonts/
+project_urls =
+    Documentation = https://statmixedml.github.io/XGBoostLSS/
+    Source Code = https://github.com/StatMixedML/XGBoostLSS
+license = Apache License 2.0
+license_file = LICENSE
+author = Alexander März
+author_email = alex.maerz@gmx.net
+maintainer_email = alex.maerz@gmx.net
+description = XGBoostLSS - An extension of XGBoost to probabilistic modelling.
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown