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+/mmtf-python-1.0.6.tar.gz
+/mmtf-python-1.0.7.tar.gz
+/mmtf-python-1.0.10.tar.gz
+/mmtf-python-1.0.12.tar.gz
+/mmtf-python-1.1.0.tar.gz
+/mmtf-python-1.1.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-mmtf.spec b/python-mmtf.spec
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+%bcond_without check
+%global pname mmtf-python
+
+%global desc \
+The Macromolecular Transmission Format (MMTF) is a new compact binary format to\
+transmit and store biomolecular structures for fast 3D visualization and\
+analysis.\
+\
+Bradley AR, Rose AS, Pavelka A, Valasatava Y, Duarte JM, Prlić A, Rose PW (2017)\
+MMTF - an efficient file format for the transmission, visualization, and\
+analysis of macromolecular structures. bioRxiv 122689. doi: 10.1101/122689\
+\
+Valasatava Y, Bradley AR, Rose AS, Duarte JM, Prlić A, Rose PW (2017) Towards an\
+efficient compression of 3D coordinates of macromolecular structures. PLOS ONE\
+12(3): e0174846. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.01748464\
+\
+Rose AS, Bradley AR, Valasatava Y, Duarte JM, Prlić A, Rose PW (2016) Web-based\
+molecular graphics for large complexes. In Proceedings of the 21st International\
+Conference on Web3D Technology (Web3D '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 185-186.\
+doi: 10.1145/2945292.2945324\
+
+
+Name: python-mmtf
+Version: 1.1.2
+Release: 4%{?dist}
+Summary: A decoding library for the macromolecular transmission format (MMTF) 
+License: ASL 2.0
+URL: https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python
+Source0: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/m/%{pname}/%{pname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+%description
+%{desc}
+
+%package -n python3-mmtf
+Summary: %{summary}
+BuildRequires: python3-devel
+%if %{with check}
+BuildRequires: python3-msgpack
+BuildRequires: python3-nose
+BuildRequires: python3-numpy
+%endif
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-mmtf}
+Requires: python3-msgpack
+
+%description -n python3-mmtf
+%{desc}
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{pname}-%{version}
+
+%build
+%py3_build
+
+%install
+%py3_install
+
+%if %{with check}
+%check
+nosetests-%{python3_version}
+%endif
+
+%files -n python3-mmtf
+%license LICENSE.txt
+%doc CHANGELOG.md README.md
+%{python3_sitelib}/mmtf_python-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
+%{python3_sitelib}/mmtf
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Oct 17 2018 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1.1.2-4
+- Subpackage python2-mmtf has been removed
+  See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Mass_Python_2_Package_Removal
+
+* Sat Jul 14 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.2-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jun 19 2018 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.1.2-2
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.7
+
+* Wed May 23 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.1.2-1
+- update to 1.1.2 (#1581003)
+
+* Fri Apr 06 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.1.0-1
+- update to 1.1.0 (#1563660)
+
+* Wed Mar 07 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.0.12-1
+- update to 1.0.12 (#1549879)
+
+* Wed Feb 21 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.0.10-1
+- update to 1.0.10 (#1531012)
+- use standard check wrapper
+
+* Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.7-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.7-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jun 29 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.0.7-1
+- update to 1.0.7 (#1466315)
+
+* Mon Jun 05 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.0.6-2
+- drop redundant macro definitions and use python version macros
+
+* Sat Jun 03 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.0.6-1
+- update to 1.0.6
+- drop workarounds for issues fixed upstream
+
+* Thu May 18 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.0.5-1
+- initial build
+- include upstream test data missing from tarball
+- don't run tests requiring network access
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..3b4fcfc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (mmtf-python-1.1.2.tar.gz) = 92afcce48c2de186cbf9c2cb39c94c5df14ae0eb613862d41b674b7d2f338855ed81be23fb14d16d2dfc8d33415d3904537ef4a422e3a52b78d461b609e968ca