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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name='the-littlest-jupyterhub',
+    version='0.1',
+    description='A small JupyterHub distribution',
+    url='https://github.com/yuvipanda/the-littlest-jupyterhub',
+    author='Yuvi Panda',
+    author_email='yuvipanda@gmail.com',
+    license='3 Clause BSD',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    include_package_data=True
+)