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+# get python version
+%global py_ver %(if [ -f "%{__python}" ]; then %{__python} -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write(sys.version[:3])"; else echo 0; fi;)
+
+Name:           cherrytree
+Version:        0.29
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Hierarchical note taking application
+
+Group:          Office
+License:        GPLv2+
+URL:            http://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/
+Source0:        http://www.giuspen.com/software/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(python)
+BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
+BuildRequires:  gettext
+Requires:       python(abi) = %{py_ver}
+Requires:       pygtk2
+Requires:       python-gobject
+Requires:       python-gtksourceview
+Requires:       p7zip
+
+%description
+CherryTree is a hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and
+syntax highlighting, storing all the data (including images) in a single XML
+file with extension ".ctd".
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+# remove shebang to make rpmlint happy
+#sed '/\/usr\/bin\/env/d' modules/main.py > modules/main.py.new && \
+#  touch -r modules/main.py modules/main.py.new && \
+#  mv modules/main.py.new modules/main.py 
+
+
+%build
+%{__python} setup.py build
+
+
+%install
+%{__python} setup.py install -O1 --root %{buildroot}
+
+# don't include useless egg
+rm -rf %{buildroot}%{python_sitelib}
+
+# these are no longer in use
+rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/application-registry/
+rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/mime-info/
+
+%find_lang %{name}
+
+
+%post
+update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
+update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime &> /dev/null || :
+touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
+
+%postun
+update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
+update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime &> /dev/null || :
+if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
+    touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null
+    gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
+fi
+
+%posttrans
+gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
+
+
+%files -f %{name}.lang
+%doc changelog.txt license.txt
+%{_bindir}/%{name}
+%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
+%{_datadir}/%{name}/
+%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/%{name}.svg
+%{_datadir}/mime/packages/%{name}.xml
+%{_mandir}/man1/*.1*
+
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Jan 10 2013 Eugene Budanov <eugene.budanov@rosalab.ru>
+- Update to version 0.29
+
+* Wed Jan 02 2013 Eugene Budanov <eugene.budanov@rosalab.ru>
+- rebuild for ROSA 2012.1
+- fixed spec for errors
+- fixed dependencies
+
+* Thu Jul 19 2012 Eugene Budanov <eugene.budanov@rosalab.ru>
+- Initial package ported from Fedora
+- Fixed some dependecies