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+This package was retired on 2012-08-06 due to no active maintainers for the package.
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-83de36d352d7977331d092ab0f854c80  typepad-motion-1.1.3.tar.gz
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-%{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
-
-Name:           typepad-motion
-Version:        1.1.3
-Release:        1%{?dist}
-Summary:        A microblogging application for building online communities
-
-Group:          Applications/Publishing
-License:        BSD
-URL:            http://developer.typepad.com/motion/create-motion.html
-Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  Django python-devel python-setuptools-devel
-Requires:       Django django-flash django-typepad python-batchhttp python-feedparser python-httplib2 
-Requires:       python-oauth python-remoteobjects python-simplejson python-typepad sqlite
-
-%description
-A Motion site is a place where people come together, on the Web, to share
-thoughts, interesting links, favorite photos, great music and exciting
-videos. Build Motion as a stand-alone community or integrate it into your
-existing website as a flexible community portal.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-
-
-%build
-python setup.py build
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-python setup.py install --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc LICENSE README.rst
-%{python_sitelib}/*
-
-
-%changelog
-* Fri Jul 02 2010 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.1.3-1
-- new upstream release
-
-* Tue Jan 26 2010 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.1.1-1
-- new upstream release
-
-* Wed Nov 18 2009 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.0.2-1
-- update to new upstream release
-
-* Wed Oct 07 2009 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.0.1-3
-- add sqlite dependency
-
-* Tue Oct 06 2009 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.0.1-2
-- update package requirements
-
-* Tue Oct 06 2009 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.0.1-1
-- initial packaging