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+# Template file for 'python3-curio'
+pkgname=python3-curio
+version=1.4
+revision=1
+wrksrc="curio-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest"
+short_desc="Coroutine-based library for concurrent programming using async/await"
+maintainer="Arjan Mossel <arjanmossel@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/dabeaz/curio"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/curio/curio-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=57edce81c837f3c2cf42fbb346dee26e537d1659e6605269fb13bd179e068744
+
+do_check() {
+	# CI container has different privileges than expected in test_errors()
+	# which leads to CI builds timing out on some arches.
+	PYTHONPATH=$(cd build/lib* && pwd) pytest -k 'not test_errors'
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}