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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from setuptools import find_packages
+from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
+from setuptools import setup
+import subprocess
+
+setup(name='zuul',
+      version='1.0',
+      description="Trunk gating system",
+      license='Apache License (2.0)',
+      author='Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.',
+      author_email='openstack@lists.launchpad.net',
+      url='http://launchpad.net/zuul',
+      scripts=['zuul-server'],
+      include_package_data=True,
+      zip_safe=False,
+      )