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+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name='servant-rtd',
+      version='0.0.1',
+      description='Documentation for the haskell-servant platform',
+      url='https://github.com/haskell-servant/servant',
+      author='Servant Contributors',
+      author_email='haskell-servant-maintainers@googlegroups.com',
+      license='BSD3',
+      zip_safe=False)
+