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+/itsdangerous-git-0.11.tar.xz
diff --git a/python-itsdangerous.spec b/python-itsdangerous.spec
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+%global srcname itsdangerous
+
+Name:           python-itsdangerous
+Version:        0.11
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Python library for passing trusted data to untrusted environments
+Group:          Development/Languages
+License:        BSD
+URL:            http://packages.python.org/itsdangerous/
+#Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/%{srcname}/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# Tarballs on PyPi lack LICENSE and tests, so we generate our own from git instead:
+# git archive --format=tar --prefix=itsdangerous-0.11/ 0.11 | xz >itsdangerous-git-0.11.tar.xz
+Source0:        %{srcname}-git-%{version}.tar.xz
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  python-setuptools-devel
+
+%description
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+
+%build
+%{__python} setup.py build
+
+%install
+%{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%check
+PYTHONPATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitelib} %{__python} tests.py
+
+%files
+%doc LICENSE CHANGES README
+%{python_sitelib}/itsdangerous*
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Nov 11 2011 Dan Callaghan <dcallagh@redhat.com> - 0.11-1
+- initial version
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+e23b61563793dd428963352166d8e80f  itsdangerous-git-0.11.tar.xz