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-The master branch has no content
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-Look at the c7 branch if you are working with CentOS-7, or the c4/c5/c6 branch for CentOS-4, 5 or 6
-
-If you find this file in a distro specific branch, it means that no content has been checked in yet
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+# Babel < 1.0 does NOT work with Python 3, even if 2to3 is used on the code
+%global with_python3 0
+
+Name: babel
+Version: 0.9.6
+Release: 7%{?dist}
+Summary: Tools for internationalizing Python applications
+
+Group: Development/Languages
+License: BSD
+URL: http://babel.edgewall.org/
+Source0: http://ftp.edgewall.com/pub/babel/Babel-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+BuildRequires: python-devel
+BuildRequires: python-setuptools-devel
+BuildRequires: pytz
+
+Requires: python-babel
+Requires: python-setuptools
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+BuildRequires: python3-devel
+BuildRequires: python3-setuptools
+# needed for 2to3
+BuildRequires: python-tools
+%endif
+
+%description
+Babel is composed of two major parts:
+
+* tools to build and work with gettext message catalogs
+
+* a Python interface to the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository),
+ providing access to various locale display names, localized number
+ and date formatting, etc.
+
+%package -n python-babel
+Summary: Library for internationalizing Python applications
+Group: Development/Languages
+# previously Fedora shipped a broken subpackage python3-babel which is gone now
+# (until upstream releases a version with Python 3 support)
+Obsoletes: python3-babel < 0.9.6-4
+
+%description -n python-babel
+Babel is composed of two major parts:
+
+* tools to build and work with gettext message catalogs
+
+* a Python interface to the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository),
+ providing access to various locale display names, localized number
+ and date formatting, etc.
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+%package -n python3-babel
+Summary: Library for internationalizing Python applications
+Group: Development/Languages
+
+%description -n python3-babel
+Babel is composed of two major parts:
+
+* tools to build and work with gettext message catalogs
+
+* a Python interface to the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository),
+ providing access to various locale display names, localized number
+ and date formatting, etc.
+%endif
+
+%prep
+%setup0 -q -n Babel-%{version}
+chmod a-x babel/messages/frontend.py doc/logo.png doc/logo_small.png
+%{__sed} -i -e '/^#!/,1d' babel/messages/frontend.py
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+rm -rf %{py3dir}
+cp -r . %{py3dir}
+2to3 --write --nobackup %{py3dir}
+%endif
+
+%build
+%{__python} setup.py build
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+pushd %{py3dir}
+%{__python3} setup.py build
+popd
+%endif
+
+%install
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+# install python3 build before python2 build so executables from the former
+# don't overwrite those from the latter
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+pushd %{py3dir}
+%{__python3} setup.py install --skip-build --no-compile --root %{buildroot}
+popd
+%endif
+
+%{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --no-compile --root %{buildroot}
+
+%check
+%{__python} setup.py test
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+pushd %{py3dir}
+%{__python3} setup.py test
+popd
+%endif
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc ChangeLog COPYING README.txt doc/cmdline.txt
+%{_bindir}/pybabel
+
+%files -n python-babel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc doc
+%{python_sitelib}/Babel-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+%{python_sitelib}/babel
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+%files -n python3-babel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc doc
+%{python3_sitelib}/Babel-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+%{python3_sitelib}/babel
+%endif
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Feb 13 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.6-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Oct 18 2012 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 0.9.6-6
+- run tests in %%check
+- add pytz build requirement for tests
+
+* Sat Aug 04 2012 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 0.9.6-5
+- rebuild for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Python_3.3
+
+* Wed Aug 01 2012 Felix Schwarz <felix.schwarz@oss.schwarz.eu> - 0.9.6-4
+- disable building of non-functional python3 subpackage (#761583)
+
+* Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.6-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jan 12 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.6-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jun 07 2011 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 0.9.6-1
+- version 0.9.6:
+ * Backport r493-494: documentation typo fixes.
+ * Make the CLDR import script work with Python 2.7.
+ * Fix various typos.
+ * Fixed Python 2.3 compatibility (ticket #146, #233).
+ * Sort output of list-locales.
+ * Make the POT-Creation-Date of the catalog being updated equal to
+ POT-Creation-Date of the template used to update (ticket #148).
+ * Use a more explicit error message if no option or argument (command) is
+ passed to pybabel (ticket #81).
+ * Keep the PO-Revision-Date if it is not the default value (ticket #148).
+ * Make --no-wrap work by reworking --width's default and mimic xgettext's
+ behaviour of always wrapping comments (ticket #145).
+ * Fixed negative offset handling of Catalog._set_mime_headers (ticket #165).
+ * Add --project and --version options for commandline (ticket #173).
+ * Add a __ne__() method to the Local class.
+ * Explicitly sort instead of using sorted() and don't assume ordering
+ (Python 2.3 and Jython compatibility).
+ * Removed ValueError raising for string formatting message checkers if the
+ string does not contain any string formattings (ticket #150).
+ * Fix Serbian plural forms (ticket #213).
+ * Small speed improvement in format_date() (ticket #216).
+ * Fix number formatting for locales where CLDR specifies alt or draft
+ items (ticket #217)
+ * Fix bad check in format_time (ticket #257, reported with patch and tests by
+ jomae)
+ * Fix so frontend.CommandLineInterface.run does not accumulate logging
+ handlers (#227, reported with initial patch by dfraser)
+ * Fix exception if environment contains an invalid locale setting (#200)
+- install python2 rather than python3 executable (#710880)
+
+* Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.5-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Aug 26 2010 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.9.5-3
+- Add python3 subpackage
+
+* Wed Jul 21 2010 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 0.9.5-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Python_2.7/MassRebuild
+
+* Wed Apr 7 2010 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.9.5-1
+- This release contains a small number of bugfixes over the 0.9.4
+- release.
+-
+- What's New:
+- -----------
+- * Fixed the case where messages containing square brackets would break
+- with an unpack error
+- * Fuzzy matching regarding plurals should *NOT* be checked against
+- len(message.id) because this is always 2, instead, it's should be
+- checked against catalog.num_plurals (ticket #212).
+
+* Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.4-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Mar 28 2009 Robert Scheck <robert@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.4-4
+- Added missing requires to python-setuptools for pkg_resources
+
+* Mon Feb 23 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.4-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Nov 29 2008 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet+rpm@gmail.com> - 0.9.4-2
+- Rebuild for Python 2.6
+
+* Mon Aug 25 2008 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.9.4-1
+- Update to 0.9.4
+
+* Thu Jul 10 2008 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.9.3-1
+- Update to 0.9.3
+
+* Sun Dec 16 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.9.1-1
+- Update to 0.9.1
+
+* Tue Aug 28 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.9-2
+- BR python-setuptools-devel
+
+* Mon Aug 27 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.9-1
+- Update to 0.9
+
+* Mon Jul 2 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.8.1-1
+- Update to 0.8.1
+- Remove upstreamed patch.
+
+* Fri Jun 29 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.8-3
+- Replace patch with one that actually applies.
+
+* Fri Jun 29 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.8-2
+- Apply upstream patch to rename command line script to "pybabel" - BZ#246208
+
+* Thu Jun 21 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> - 0.8-1
+- First version for Fedora
+