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+# Template file for 'python-rencode'
+pycompile_module=rencode
+pkgname=python-${pycompile_module}
+version=1.0.3
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pycompile_module}-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+hostmakedepends="python python-Cython"
+short_desc="Python module for fast (basic) object serialization similar to bencode"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://github.com/aresch/${pycompile_module}"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=13c47ca2f9cf060083de7e5886e725731863c4a5d95545c68e0bb3a2149da444