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+[metadata]
+description-file = readme.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
+setup(name='libpme',
+      version='1.0',
+	  description="PNG metadata editor library",
+	  author="Niles Rogoff",
+	  author_email="me@niles.xyz",
+	  url="http://github.com/nilesr/libpme",
+      py_modules=['libpme'],
+      )