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+import setuptools
+import waflib.Context
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="waf",
+    version=waflib.Context.WAFVERSION,
+    author="Thomas Nagy",
+    author_email="author@example.com",
+    description="Build Framework",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://gitlab.com/ita1024/waf",
+    packages=['waflib', 'waflib/Tools', 'waflib/extras'],
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+)