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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+long_description = """Python wrapper for the R pscl package.
+"""
+
+appname = "pscl"
+version = "0.01"
+
+setup(**{
+    "name": appname,
+    "version": version,
+    "packages": [
+        'pscl',
+        ],
+    "author": "Thom Neale",
+    "author_email": "twneale@gmail.com",
+    "long_description": long_description,
+    "description": 'Python wrapper for the R pscl package.',
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "url": "http://twneale.github.com/pypscl/",
+    "platforms": ['any'],
+    "scripts": [
+    ]
+})