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+"""Setup script based on the PYPA standard
+
+    https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/
+"""
+import setuptools
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="xcall",
+    version="1.0.1",
+    author="Rob Walton",
+    author_email="author@example.com",
+    description="Python x-callback-url client for macOS",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/robwalton/python-xcall",
+    py_modules = ['xcall'],
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+)