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+SUMMARY="Optimising static compiler for Python"
+DESCRIPTION="Cython is an optimising static compiler for both the Python \
+programming language and the extended Cython programming language (based on \
+Pyrex). It makes writing C extensions for Python as easy as Python itself."
+HOMEPAGE="http://cython.org"
+COPYRIGHT="Stefan Behnel, Robert Bradshaw, Lisandro Dalcin, Mark Florisson, \
+Vitja Makarov, Dag Sverre Seljebotn"
+LICENSE="Apache v2"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.23.4.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="fec42fecee35d6cc02887f1eef4e4952c97402ed2800bfe41bbd9ed1a0730d8e"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
+
+SOURCE_DIR="Cython-$portVersion"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	cython = $portVersion
+	cmd:cygdb
+	cmd:cython
+	cmd:cythonize
+"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:python
+"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	python setup.py install --prefix=$prefix
+}