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-[metadata]
-name = Pillow
-description = Python Imaging Library (Fork)
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-url = https://python-pillow.org
-author = Jeffrey A. Clark (Alex)
-author_email = aclark@aclark.net
-license = HPND
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 6 - Mature
-    License :: OSI Approved :: Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer (HPND)
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
-    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
-    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture :: Digital Camera
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture :: Screen Capture
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers
-keywords = Imaging
-project_urls =
-    Documentation=https://pillow.readthedocs.io
-    Source=https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
-    Funding=https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-pillow?utm_source=pypi-pillow&utm_medium=pypi
-    Release notes=https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/index.html
-    Changelog=https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/CHANGES.rst
-    Twitter=https://twitter.com/PythonPillow
-    Mastodon=https://fosstodon.org/@pillow
-
-[options]
-packages = PIL
-python_requires = >=3.8
-include_package_data = True
-package_dir =
-    = src
-
-[options.extras_require]
-docs =
-    furo
-    olefile
-    sphinx>=2.4
-    sphinx-copybutton
-    sphinx-inline-tabs
-    sphinx-removed-in
-    sphinxext-opengraph
-tests =
-    check-manifest
-    coverage
-    defusedxml
-    markdown2
-    olefile
-    packaging
-    pyroma
-    pytest
-    pytest-cov
-    pytest-timeout
-
-[tool:pytest]
-addopts = -ra --color=yes
-testpaths = Tests