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+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+
+[metadata]
+name = rattail-demo
+version = attr: rattail_demo.__version__
+author = Lance Edgar
+author_email = lance@edbob.org
+url = https://rattailproject.org/
+description = Rattail Software Demo
+long_description = file: README.rst
+classifiers =
+        Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+        Intended Audience :: Developers
+        Natural Language :: English
+        Operating System :: OS Independent
+        Programming Language :: Python
+        Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+        Topic :: Office/Business
+        Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+
+
+[options]
+install_requires =
+
+        # TODO: remove this workaround after new version is released?
+        # cf. https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke/issues/935
+        invoke<2.1
+
+        psycopg2
+        rattail-tempmon
+        Tailbone
+        tailbone-corepos
+        tailbone-woocommerce
+        xlrd
+
+packages = find:
+
+
+[options.entry_points]
+
+paste.app_factory =
+        main = rattail_demo.web.app:main
+        webapi = rattail_demo.web.webapi:main
+
+rattail.config.extensions =
+        rattail-demo = rattail_demo.config:DemoConfigExtension
+
+console_scripts =
+        rattail-demo = rattail_demo.commands:main
+
+rattail_demo.commands =
+        export-shopfoo = rattail_demo.commands:ExportShopfoo
+        import-self = rattail_demo.commands:ImportSelf
+        install = rattail_demo.commands:Install