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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="addon">
+    <id>@META_PROJECT_RDNS@</id>
+    <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license>
+    <project_license>@META_PROJECT_LICENSE@</project_license>
+    <extends>org.kde.plasmashell</extends>
+    <name>@META_APP_NAME@</name>
+    <summary>@META_APP_DESCRIPTION@</summary>
+    @META_APP_APPDATA_BODY@
+    <url type="homepage">@META_APP_URL@</url>
+    <url type="bugtracker">@META_APP_BUGTRACKER_URL@</url>
+    <developer_name>@META_APP_AUTHOR@</developer_name>
+</component>