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+# Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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
+
+
+def version():
+    with open('VERSION') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+setup(
+    name='voltha-protos',
+    version=version(),
+    description='Protobuf interface definitions',
+    author='VOLTHA project',
+    author_email='voltha-dev@opencord.org',
+    url='https://gerrit.opencord.org/gitweb?p=voltha-protos.git',
+    license='Apache Software License',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+    ],
+    keywords='protobuf voltha',
+    packages = find_packages(where="python"),
+    package_dir = {"": "python"},
+    install_requires = [
+        "googleapis-common-protos~=1.5.6"
+    ],
+    include_package_data=True,
+)