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-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
-MYP="${P/_alpha/a}"
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Interrogate and manipulate UFO, TTF and OTF fonts with a common interface"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/simoncozens/babelfont
-	https://pypi.org/project/babelfont/
-"
-SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${MYP}.tar.gz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MYP}"
-
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/orjson-3.5.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/fonttools-4.21.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/ufoLib2-0.11.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/openstep-plist-0.2.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/glyphsLib-5.3.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/glyphsLib-5.3.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/cu2qu-1.6.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/fontFeatures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-RESTRICT="test" # no tests in pypi release, pypi alpha releases untagged in github
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest