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+# Template file for 'python-html5-parser'
+pkgname=python-html5-parser
+version=0.4.4
+revision=1
+wrksrc=html5-parser-${version}
+build_style=python-module
+hostmakedepends="python python-setuptools pkg-config"
+makedepends="python-devel libxml2-devel"
+short_desc="Fast C based HTML 5 parsing for python"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://html5-parser.readthedocs.io/"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/h/html5-parser/html5-parser-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b9f3a1d4cdb8742e8e4ecafab04bff541bde4ff09af233293ed0b94028ec1ab5
+
+pycompile_module="html5-parser"