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-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[project]
-name = "phageTermVirome"
-version = "4.1"
-authors = [
-{name="Marc Monot", email="marc.monot@pasteur.fr"},
-{name="Julian Garneau", email="julian.garneau@pasteur.fr"},
-{name="David Bikard", email="david.bikard@pasteur.fr"},
-{name="Véronique Legrand", email="vlegrand@pasteur.fr"}
-]
-description ="PhageTermVirome software is a tool to determine phage genome termini and genome packaging mode on single phage or multiple contigs at once."
-readme = "README.txt"
-
-license = { file="LICENSE" }
-requires-python = ">=3.7.8"
-classifiers = [
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3",
-    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-]
-
-[project.urls]
-"Homepage" = "https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/vlegrand/ptv"
-"Bug Tracker" = "https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/vlegrand/ptv/-/issues"
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