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+# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyPooch(PythonPackage):
+    """Pooch manages your Python library's sample data files: it automatically
+    downloads and stores them in a local directory, with support for versioning
+    and corruption checks."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fatiando/pooch"
+    pypi     = "pooch/pooch-1.3.0.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.3.0', sha256='30d448e825904e2d763bbbe418831a788813c32f636b21c8d60ee5f474532898')
+
+    depends_on('python@3.6:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-requests', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-packaging', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-appdirs', type=('build', 'run'))