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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