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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2016, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/llnl/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PySpyder(PythonPackage):
+    """Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment"""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/spyder/spyder-3.1.3.tar.gz"
+
+    version('3.1.3', '4b9b7c8c3e6dc00001e6e98473473c36')
+    version('2.3.9', 'dd01e07a77123c128ff79ba57b97c1d7')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools',       type='build')
+    depends_on('py-rope@0.9.4:',      type=('build', 'run'), when='^python@:3')
+    # depends_on('py-rope_py3k',    type=('build', 'run'), when='^python@3:')
+    depends_on('py-jedi@0.9.0',       type=('build', 'run'))
+    # otherwise collision with py-flake8
+    depends_on('py-pyflakes@1.2.3',   type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-pygments@2.0:',    type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-qtconsole@4.2.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-nbconvert',        type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-sphinx',           type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-pycodestyle',      type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-pylint',           type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-psutil',           type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-qtawesome@0.4.1:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-qtpy@1.1.0:',      type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-zmq',              type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-chardet@2:',       type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-pickleshare',      type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-numpydoc',         type=('build', 'run'))