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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(
+    name = "cdist",
+    packages = ["cdist"],
+    version = "2.1.0",
+    description = "Usable configuration management system",
+    author = "Nico Schottelius",
+    author_email = "nico-cdist-pypi@schottelius.org",
+    url = "http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/cdist/",
+    classifiers = [
+        "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
+        "Environment :: Console",
+        "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)",
+        "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
+        "Operating System :: POSIX",
+        "Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD",
+        "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+        "Operating System :: Unix",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Topic :: System :: Boot",
+        "Topic :: System :: Installation/Setup",
+        "Topic :: System :: Operating System",
+        "Topic :: System :: Software Distribution",
+        "Topic :: Utilities"
+    ],
+    long_description = '''
+        cdist is a usable configuration management system.
+        It adheres to the KISS principle and is being used in small up to enterprise grade environments.
+        cdist is an alternative to other configuration management systems like cfengine, bcfg2, chef and puppet.
+    '''
+)