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+# Copyright 2022-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PV="${PV/_alph/}"
+DESCRIPTION="Pure Python 3 MTProto API Telegram client library, for bots too!"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/tulir/Telethon/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/tulir/Telethon/archive/v${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/Telethon-${MY_PV}"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/cryptg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/hachoir[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pillow[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyaes[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/PySocks[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/python-socks[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/rsa[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		dev-python/pytest-asyncio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	tests/readthedocs/quick_references/test_client_reference.py::test_all_methods_present
+)