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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name='mail2taskwarrior',
+    url='https://github.com/neingeist/mail2taskwarrior',
+    author='neingeist',
+    author_email='neingeist@bl0rg.net',
+    description='add a task to taskwarrior via email',
+    scripts=['mail2taskwarrior'],
+    install_requires=['taskw >= 1.2.0'],
+)