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+# Copyright Spack Project Developers. See COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class PyMetis(PythonPackage):
+    """Wrapper for the METIS library for partitioning graphs (and other stuff)."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kw/metis-python"
+    pypi = "metis/metis-0.2a5.tar.gz"
+
+    maintainers("Chrismarsh")
+
+    license("MIT", checked_by="Chrismarsh")
+
+    version("0.2a5", sha256="c98f4aa129141554bea8d9e62daea5fea8351439f723e8e27fe593c2b7c53903")
+
+    depends_on("py-setuptools", type="build")
+    depends_on("metis", type=("build", "run"))