diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/patches/entrypoints-setup.py.patch b/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/patches/entrypoints-setup.py.patch
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+--- /dev/null
++++ setup.py
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++from setuptools import setup
++
++def get_version():
++    with open('entrypoints.py') as f:
++        for line in f:
++            if line.startswith('__version__'):
++                return eval(line.split('=')[-1])
++
++setup(
++    name='entrypoints',
++    version=get_version(),
++    description='Discover and load entry points from installed packages',
++    author='Thomas Kluyver',
++    author_email='thomas@kluyver.me.uk',
++    url='https://github.com/takluyver/entrypoints',
++    license='MIT',
++    extras_require={
++        ':python_version == "2.7"': ['configparser'],
++    },
++)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/template b/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/template
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+# Template file for 'python-entrypoints'
+pkgname=python-entrypoints
+version=0.2.2
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="entrypoints-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+python_versions="2.7 3.4"
+pycompile_module="entrypoints.py"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+depends="python-backports.configparser"
+short_desc="Discover and load entry points from installed packages (Python2)"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/takluyver/entrypoints"
+license="MIT"
+distfiles="https://github.com/takluyver/entrypoints/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e54b5df8bb971507278c65df96e6486cf4aea0cdac384d0102ea0339e0a4f82b
+
+post_install() {
+	for pyver in $python_versions; do
+		vinstall entrypoints.py 644 usr/lib/python${pyver}/site-packages
+	done
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+python3.4-entrypoints_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	pycompile_module="entrypoints.py"
+	depends="python3.4"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vlicense LICENSE
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3.4-entrypoints b/srcpkgs/python3.4-entrypoints
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+python-entrypoints
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