>>> msg_text = textwrap.dedent('''
...     Name: Foo
...     Version: 3.0
...     License: blah
...             de-blah
...     <BLANKLINE>
...     First line of description.
...     Second line of description.
...     <BLANKLINE>
...     Fourth line!
...     ''').lstrip().replace('<BLANKLINE>', '')