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+"""The setup file only exists to be able to build the docs on readthedocs!"""
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+with open("README.md") as stream:
+    long_description = stream.read()
+
+REQUIREMENTS = [
+    "ascii-canvas>=1.2.2",
+    "ordereddict>=1.1",
+    "strip-hints>=0.1.7",
+    'futures; python_version == "2.7"',
+]
+
+setup(
+    name="flowpipe",
+    version="0.9.0",
+    author="Paul Schweizer",
+    author_email="paulschweizer@gmx.net",
+    description="Lightweight flow-based programming framework.",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/PaulSchweizer/flowpipe",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+    ],
+)