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+SUMMARY = "pytest xdist plugin for distributed testing and loop-on-failing modes"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=772fcdaca14b378878d05c7d857e6c3e"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4580deca3ff04ddb2ac53eba39d76cb5dd5edeac050cb6fbc768b0dd712b4edf"
+
+inherit pypi setuptools3
+
+DEPENDS += "python3-setuptools-scm-native"
+
+# Note that the dependency on pytest-forked is scheduled to be dropped in 3.0
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
+    python3-execnet \
+    python3-pytest \
+    python3-pytest-forked \
+"