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+# IT4Innovations 2017
+name = 'Python'
+version = '3.6.2'
+versionsuffix = '-base'
+
+homepage = 'http://python.org/'
+description = "Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True, 'opt': True, 'optarch': True}
+
+source_urls = ['http://www.python.org/ftp/%(namelower)s/%(version)s/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TGZ]
+
+# python needs bzip2 to build the bz2 package
+dependencies = [
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.6'),
+    ('libreadline', '7.0'),
+    ('SQLite', '3.17.0'),
+    ('Tk', '8.6.6'),
+    ('GMP', '6.1.2'),
+    ('XZ', '5.2.3'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+    ('ncurses', '6.0'),
+#   ('OpenSSL', '1.0.1q'),  # OS dependency should be preferred if the os version is more recent then this version, it's
+#   nice to have an up to date openssl for security reasons
+]
+
+osdependencies = [('openssl-devel', 'libssl-dev')]
+
+# order is important!
+# package versions updated Feb 25th 2016
+exts_list = [
+    ('setuptools', '20.1.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/'],
+    }),
+    ('pip', '8.0.2', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/'],
+    }),
+    ('nose', '1.3.7', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/nose/'],
+    }),
+]
+
+#modluafooter = 'add_property("state","experimental")'
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'