import six
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+import six
+
+six_classifiers = [
+ "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
+ "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+ "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+ "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+ "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
+ "Topic :: Utilities",
+]
+
+with open("README", "r") as fp:
+ six_long_description = fp.read()
+
+
+setup(name="six",
+ version=six.__version__,
+ author="Benjamin Peterson",
+ author_email="[email protected]",
+ url="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/six/",
+ py_modules=["six"],
+ description="Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities",
+ long_description=six_long_description,
+ classifiers=six_classifiers
+ )
