diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-urwid/depends b/srcpkgs/python-urwid/depends
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+abi_depends=">=0.9.9"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-urwid/template b/srcpkgs/python-urwid/template
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+# Template file for 'python-urwid'
+pkgname=python-urwid
+version=0.9.9
+wrksrc="urwid-${version}"
+distfiles="http://excess.org/urwid/urwid-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=python-module
+short_desc="Console user interface library for Python"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=66a106faf77d3231e40ff469f01619866cdf3d9fb718a965fc25781cb6e094a7
+long_desc="
+ Urwid is a console user interface library for Python. Urwid is released
+ under the GNU Lesser General Public License and it includes many features
+ useful for text console application developers:
+
+  Fluid interface resizing (xterm window resizing / fbset on Linux console)
+  Web application display mode using Apache and CGI
+  Support for UTF-8, simple 8-bit and CJK encodings
+  Multiple text alignment and wrapping modes built-in
+  Ability create user-defined text layout classes
+  Simple markup for setting text attributes
+  Powerful list box that handles scrolling between different widget types
+  List box contents may be managed with a user-defined class
+  Flexible edit box for editing many different types of text
+  Buttons, check boxes and radio boxes
+  Customizable layout for all widgets
+  Easy interface for creating HTML screen shots"
+
+noarch=yes
+Add_dependency full python