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+# Copyright 2013-2022 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.package import *
+
+
+class PyMkdocstringsPython(PythonPackage):
+    """A Python handler for mkdocstrings."""
+
+    homepage = "https://mkdocstrings.github.io/python/"
+    pypi = "mkdocstrings-python/mkdocstrings-python-0.7.1.tar.gz"
+
+    version("0.7.1", sha256="c334b382dca202dfa37071c182418a6df5818356a95d54362a2b24822ca3af71")
+
+    depends_on("python@3.7:", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-pdm-pep517", type="build")
+    depends_on("py-mkdocstrings@0.19:", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-griffe@0.11.1:", type=("build", "run"))