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+%bcond_without tests
+
+%global pypi_name neurodsp
+
+%global _description %{expand:
+NeuroDSP is package of tools to analyze and simulate neural 
+time series, using digital signal processing.
+
+Available modules in NeuroDSP include:
+
+* filt : Filter data with bandpass, highpass, lowpass, or
+notch filters
+* burst : Detect bursting oscillations in neural signals
+* rhythm : Find and analyze rhythmic and recurrent patterns
+in time series
+* spectral : Compute spectral domain features such as power
+spectra
+* timefrequency : Estimate instantaneous measures of
+oscillatory activity
+* sim : Simulate time series, including periodic and
+aperiodic signal components
+* plts : Plotting functions
+
+If you use this code in your project, please cite:
+
+Cole, S., Donoghue, T., Gao, R., & Voytek, B. (2019).
+NeuroDSP: A package for neural digital signal processing.
+Journal of Open Source Software, 4(36), 1272.
+https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01272}
+
+Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
+Version:        2.0.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        A tool for digital signal processing for neural time series
+
+License:        ASL 2.0
+URL:            https://neurodsp-tools.github.io/
+Source0:        https://github.com/neurodsp-tools/%{pypi_name}/archive/%{version}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+# Install dependencies automatically
+%{?python_enable_dependency_generator}
+
+%description %_description
+
+%package -n python3-%{pypi_name}
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist numpy}
+BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist scipy}
+BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist matplotlib}
+BuildRequires: gnupg2
+
+%if %{with tests}
+BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
+%endif
+
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{pypi_name}}
+
+%description -n python3-%{pypi_name} %_description
+
+%prep
+# No keyring/signature from the upstream to verify the source
+%autosetup -n %{pypi_name}-%{version}
+rm -rf %{pypi_name}.egg-info
+
+find . -type f -name "*.py" -exec sed -i '/^#![  ]*\/usr\/bin\/env.*$/ d' {} 2>/dev/null ';'
+
+%build
+%py3_build
+# cannot build the docs, as it downloads additional datasets (through mne).
+# the docs also don't build unless line #101 is uncommented (in conf.py).
+
+%install
+%py3_install
+
+%check
+%if %{with tests}
+pytest-3
+%endif
+
+%files -n python3-%{pypi_name}
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md paper/*
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Oct 11 2019 Aniket Pradhan <major AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 2.0.0-1
+- Initial build