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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#=======================================================================
+
+__version__ = '''0.1.12'''
+__sub_version__ = '''20130714220348'''
+__copyright__ = '''(c) Alex A. Naanou 2003'''
+
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+##__long_doc__ = file('README.rst').read()
+__long_doc__ = ''''''
+##__doc__ = __long_doc__.split('\n\n', 1)[0]
+__doc__ = ''''''
+
+##print __doc__
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+__classifiers__ = '''\
+Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+Topic :: Utilities
+License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
+Natural Language :: English
+Programming Language :: Python
+Environment :: Console
+'''
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+from setuptools import setup
+import os.path as os_path
+import sys, warnings
+
+try:
+	import py2exe
+except:
+	warnings.warn('can\'t import py2exe, without it building standalone versions is not supported.')
+
+import buildcache
+__pkg_version__ = buildcache.__version__
+
+license = 'BSD Licence.'
+
+##INCLUDE_GPL_LIBS_IN_EXE = False
+INCLUDE_GPL_LIBS_IN_EXE = True
+
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+setup(
+	name = 'buildcache',
+	version = __pkg_version__,
+	description = __doc__,
+	long_description = __long_doc__,
+	author = 'Alex A. Naanou',
+	author_email = 'alex.nanou@gmail.com',
+	url = 'https://github.com/flynx/ImageGrid',
+	license = license,
+	platforms = ['any'],
+	classifiers = filter(None, __classifiers__.split("\n")),
+
+	install_requires = ['pli'],
+
+	##!!! this needs to be done...
+##	dependency_links = [],
+
+	include_package_data = True,
+
+	packages = [],
+	py_modules = ['buildcache'],
+
+	entry_points = {
+		'console_scripts': [
+			'buildcache = buildcache:handle_commandline'
+		],
+	},
+	
+	# py2exe stuff...
+	options = {"py2exe": {
+					'compressed': 1,
+##					'optimize': 2,
+					'bundle_files': 2,
+##					'packages': 'encodings',
+					'excludes': [] if INCLUDE_GPL_LIBS_IN_EXE else [
+						# NOTE: we do not want to distribute any incompatible-licensed code...
+						'pyexiv2',
+					]
+					}},
+	console = ['buildcache.py'],
+	)
+
+
+
+#=======================================================================
+#                                            vim:set ts=4 sw=4 nowrap :