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+# Template file for 'python3-neovim'
+pkgname=python3-neovim
+version=0.3.2
+revision=3
+archs=noarch
+wrksrc="pynvim-${version}"
+build_style="python3-module"
+pycompile_module="pynvim"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="neovim python3-greenlet python3-msgpack"
+short_desc="Python3 client for Neovim"
+maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/neovim/python-client"
+distfiles="https://github.com/neovim/python-client/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0a44c540dd5790acfbc7e411b0ed4fb6c44914d866226ebebf370c24c2723dc2