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+# Contributions from Arch:
+# Maintainer: Kyle Keen <keenerd@gmail.com>
+# Contributor: Angel Velasquez <angvp@archlinux.org>
+# Contributor: Andrew Antle <andrew dot antle at gmail dot com>
+# Contributor: Thomas Dziedzic < gostrc at gmail >
+# Contributor: Chaiwat Suttipongsakul <cwt at bashell dot com>
+
+pkgbase=python-markdown
+pkgname=('python3-markdown' 'python2-markdown')
+_pkgbasename=Markdown
+pkgver=3.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Python implementation of John Gruber's Markdown."
+arch=('any')
+url='http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown'
+license=('BSD')
+depends=('python')
+makedepends=('python3' 'python2' 'python3-setuptools' 'python2-setuptools')
+source=("https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/M/$_pkgbasename/$_pkgbasename-$pkgver.tar.gz")
+md5sums=('87279adf59c7c72550fdc38fa84d5e31')
+
+build() {
+  # bug in 2.4, some DOS line endings slipped in
+  find "$_pkgbasename-$pkgver/" -name '*py' | xargs sed -i 's|\r||g'
+
+  cp -r $_pkgbasename-$pkgver "$srcdir/python2-markdown"
+  cd "$srcdir/python2-markdown"
+  find "$srcdir/python2-markdown" -name '*py' | xargs sed -i 's|#!/usr/bin/env python$|&2|'
+}
+
+package_python3-markdown() {
+  depends=('python3')
+  cd "$srcdir/$_pkgbasename-$pkgver"
+  python3 setup.py install --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=0
+  install -Dm644 LICENSE.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/python-markdown/LICENSE"
+}
+
+package_python2-markdown() {
+  depends=('python2')
+  cd "$srcdir/python2-markdown"
+  python2 setup.py install --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=0
+  mv "$pkgdir/usr/bin/markdown_py" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/markdown_py2"
+  install -Dm644 LICENSE.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/python2-markdown/LICENSE"
+}