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+/trollius-0.1.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-trollius.spec b/python-trollius.spec
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+%global pypiname trollius
+Name:           python-trollius
+Version:        0.1.5
+Release:        3%{?dist}
+Summary:        A port of the Tulip asyncio module to Python 2
+
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+License:        ASL 2.0
+URL:            http://bitbucket.org/enovance/trollius/overview
+Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/%{pypiname}/%{pypiname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+#md5=8186f3b1685f79a36c208363fab740f4
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  python2-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+
+# see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Macros
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6
+%{!?__python2: %global __python2 /usr/bin/python2}
+%{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
+%{!?python2_sitearch: %global python2_sitearch %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
+%endif
+
+#  TODO : rhel6 support can't happen until
+#         python-futures makes it into EPEL
+#         https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066211  
+Requires:  python-futures
+
+# required for check
+BuildRequires:  python-tox
+BuildRequires:  python-futures
+
+%if 0%{?rhel}==6
+# things required just by python2.6 on RHEL
+Requires:  python-orderddict
+
+# required for check with python2.6 
+# TODO : python-argparse required by unittest2, until
+#        new unittest2 package with correct deps
+#        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065824
+BuildRequires:  python-argparse
+BuildRequires:  python-unittest2
+%endif
+
+%description
+
+Trollius is a portage of the Tulip project (asyncio module, PEP 3156)
+on Python 2. Trollius works on Python 2.6-3.4. It has been tested on
+Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and OpenIndiana.
+
+%prep 
+%setup -q -n %{pypiname}-%{version}
+
+%build
+%{__python2} setup.py build
+
+%install
+%{__python2} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
+
+%check
+
+%if 0%{?fedora}
+TOXENV=py27 %{__python2} setup.py test
+%endif
+ 
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc README
+%{python2_sitelib}/asyncio
+%{python2_sitelib}/%{pypiname}-%{version}-py2.?.egg-info
+
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Mar  4 2014  <iwienand@redhat.com> - 0.1.5-3
+- add python-futures as build-dep
+- add __python2* macros; convert to them
+
+* Thu Feb 20 2014  <iwienand@redhat.com> - 0.1.5-2
+- change license to ASL 2.0
+- add defattr (from rpmlint)
+- add group tag (from rpmlint)
+
+* Tue Feb 18 2014  <iwienand@redhat.com> - 0.1.5-1
+- Initial release
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+++ b/sources
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+8186f3b1685f79a36c208363fab740f4  trollius-0.1.5.tar.gz