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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from setuptools import setup
+
+
+def version():
+    with open("VERSION") as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+def parse_requirements(filename):
+    # parse a requirements.txt file, allowing for blank lines and comments
+    requirements = []
+    for line in open(filename):
+        if line and not line.startswith("#"):
+            requirements.append(line)
+    return requirements
+
+
+setup(
+    name="sjsg",
+    version=version(),
+    description="Static Jenkins Site Generator",
+    author="Open Networking Foundation",
+    author_email="support@opennetworking.org",
+    license="Apache v2",
+    install_requires=parse_requirements("requirements.txt"),
+    classifiers=[
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    ],
+)