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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+from setuptools import setup
+
+# Utility function to read the README file.
+def read(fname):
+    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
+
+twisted_deps = ['twisted']
+
+setup(
+    name = 'voltha',
+    version = '0.0.1',
+    author = 'Zsolt Haraszti, Nathan Knuth, Ali Al-Shabibi',
+    author_email = 'zharaszt@ciena.com',
+    description = ('Virtual Optical Line Terminal (OLT) Hardware Abstraction'),
+    license = 'LICENSE.txt',
+    keywords = 'volt gpon cord',
+    url = 'http://gerrit.opencord.org/voltha',
+    packages=['voltha', 'tests'],
+    long_description=read('README.md'),
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Topic :: System :: Networking',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache License 2.0',
+    ],
+    install_requires=['siz>1.7.2'],
+    extras_require={
+        'twisted': twisted_deps,
+        'all' : twisted_deps
+    },
+)
+