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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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 distutils.core import setup, Extension
+
+fastbinarymod = Extension('thrift.protocol.fastbinary',
+                          sources = ['src/protocol/fastbinary.c'],
+                          )
+
+setup(name = 'Thrift',
+      version = '1.0',
+      description = 'Thrift Python Libraries',
+      author = ['Mark Slee'],
+      author_email = ['mcslee@facebook.com'],
+      url = 'http://code.facebook.com/thrift',
+      packages = [
+        'thrift',
+        'thrift.protocol',
+        'thrift.transport',
+        'thrift.server',
+      ],
+      package_dir = {'thrift' : 'src'},
+      ext_modules = [fastbinarymod],
+      )
+