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-/0.2.0.tar.gz
-/0.2.1.tar.gz
-/0.2.3.tar.gz
-/v0.3.0.tar.gz
-/0.3.4.tar.gz
-/v0.3.5.tar.gz
-/0.3.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Orphaned for 6+ weeks
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--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fcd87e6e2619e73d2fa873ab86f1650b  0.3.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/vertica-python-0.2.0-dateutil15.patch b/vertica-python-0.2.0-dateutil15.patch
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-diff --git a/vertica_python/vertica/column.py b/vertica_python/vertica/column.py
-index 75d87a2..9eeef08 100644
---- a/vertica_python/vertica/column.py
-+++ b/vertica_python/vertica/column.py
-@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ from collections import namedtuple
- from decimal import Decimal
- from datetime import date
- from datetime import datetime
-+from pkg_resources import require,VersionConflict
-+try:
-+	require("python_dateutil>=1.5")
-+except VersionConflict:
-+	pass
- from dateutil import parser
- 
- import pytz
diff --git a/vertica-python.spec b/vertica-python.spec
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-%{!?__python2: %global __python2 /usr/bin/python2}
-%{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
-
-Name:           vertica-python
-Version:        0.3.6
-Release:        1%{?dist}
-Summary:        A native Python adapter for the Vertica database
-
-Group:          Development/Languages
-License:        MIT
-URL:            https://github.com/uber/vertica-python
-Source0:        https://github.com/uber/vertica-python/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
-# EPEL 6 patch
-Patch0:         vertica-python-0.2.0-dateutil15.patch
-
-BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  python2-devel
-BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
-
-%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6
-Requires:       python-dateutil15
-Requires:       python-setuptools
-%else
-Requires:       python-dateutil >= 1.5
-%endif
-
-Requires:       pytz
-Requires:       python-psycopg2
-
-
-%description
-vertica-python is a native Python adapter for the Vertica
-(http://www.vertica.com) database.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n vertica-python-%{version}
-
-%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6
-%patch0 -p1
-%endif
-
-
-%build
-%{__python2} setup.py build
-
-
-%install
-%{__python2} setup.py install --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
- 
-%files
-%doc README.md LICENSE
-%{python2_sitelib}/*.egg-info
-%dir %{python2_sitelib}/vertica_python
-%{python2_sitelib}/vertica_python/*
-
-
-%changelog
-* Wed Apr 15 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.3.6-1
-- update to version 0.3.6
-
-* Wed Apr 08 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.3.5-1
-- update to version 0.3.5
-
-* Wed Jan 21 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.3.4-1
-- update to version 0.3.4
-
-* Wed Oct 15 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gooddata.com> - 0.3.0-1
-- update to version 0.3.0
-
-* Fri Jun 13 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.3-1
-- update to new version
-
-* Sun Jun 08 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.1-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Apr 24 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.1-1
-- new version update
-
-* Fri Mar 28 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.0-4
-- remove buildrood tag
-- edit dateutil patch for el6
-
-* Wed Mar 26 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.0-3
-- package is not ready for python3 
-
-* Wed Mar 26 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.0-2
-- python-setuptools is required only on rhel<=6
-
-* Mon Mar 24 2014 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.2.0-1
-- Initial package