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+{% set name = "wheel" %}
+{% set version = "0.29.0" %}
+{% set checksum = "555a67e4507cedee23a0deb9651e452f" %}
+{% set number = 0 %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name.lower() }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  fn: {{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/{{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  md5: {{ checksum }}
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  script: python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
+  entry_points:
+    - wheel=wheel.tool:main
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - python
+    - setuptools
+
+  run:
+    - python
+    - setuptools
+
+test:
+  imports:
+    - wheel
+    - wheel.signatures
+    - wheel.test
+    - wheel.tool
+
+  commands:
+    - wheel --help
+
+  requires:
+    - coverage
+    - jsonschema
+    - pytest
+    - pytest-cov
+
+about:
+  home: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/wheel/
+  license: MIT
+  summary: A built-package format for Python.
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - jakirkham