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+#  -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+#  Copyright 2019 Jim Martens
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+"""setup file for masterthesis"""
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+with open("README.md", "rb") as f:
+    long_desc = f.read().decode()
+
+setup(
+    name="twomartens.masterthesis",
+    description="Code of the master thesis",
+    long_description=long_desc,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown; charset=UTF-8",
+    author="Jim Martens",
+    author_email="github@2martens.de",
+    url="https://git.2martens.de/2martens/masterthesis",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    namespace_packages=["twomartens"],
+    packages=find_packages('src', exclude=["*.tests", "*.tests.*", "tests.*", "tests"]),
+    package_dir={'': 'src'},
+    package_data={},
+    entry_points={},
+    python_requires="~=3.6",
+    install_requires=["keras"],
+    license="Apache License 2.0",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+        "Environment :: Console",
+        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    ],
+)