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+# ==================================================================================
+#       Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia
+#       Copyright (c) 2018-2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+# ==================================================================================
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name="a1",
+    version="0.8.0",
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests.*", "tests"]),
+    author="Tommy Carpenter",
+    description="RIC A1 Mediator for policy/intent changes",
+    url="",
+    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["run.py=a1.run:main"]},
+    # we require jsonschema, should be in that list, but connexion already requires a specific version of it
+    install_requires=["requests", "Flask", "connexion[swagger-ui]", "gevent", "rmr>=0.10.0"],
+    package_data={"a1": ["openapi.yaml"]},
+)