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+%{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+
+Name:           babel
+Version:        0.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Tools for internationalizing Python applications
+
+Group:          Development/Languages
+License:        BSD
+URL:            http://babel.edgewall.org/
+Source0:        http://ftp.edgewall.com/pub/babel/Babel-%{version}.tar.bz2
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  python-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+Requires:       python-babel
+
+%description
+Babel is composed of two major parts:
+
+* tools to build and work with gettext message catalogs
+
+* a Python interface to the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository),
+  providing access to various locale display names, localized number
+  and date formatting, etc.
+
+%package -n python-babel
+Summary:        Library for internationalizing Python applications
+Group:          Development/Languages
+
+%description -n python-babel
+Babel is composed of two major parts:
+
+* tools to build and work with gettext message catalogs
+
+* a Python interface to the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository),
+  providing access to various locale display names, localized number
+  and date formatting, etc.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n Babel-%{version}
+chmod a-x babel/messages/frontend.py doc/logo.png doc/logo_small.png
+%{__sed} -i -e '/^#!/,1d' babel/messages/frontend.py
+
+%build
+%{__python} setup.py build
+
+%install
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
+ 
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc ChangeLog COPYING README.txt
+%{_bindir}/babel
+
+%files -n python-babel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc doc
+%{python_sitelib}/*
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Jun 21 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.8-1
+- First version for Fedora
+