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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=futures
+PKG_VERSION:=3.2.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/f/futures
+PKG_HASH:=9ec02aa7d674acb8618afb127e27fde7fc68994c0437ad759fa094a574adb265
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-futures-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Danzberger <daniel@dd-wrt.com>
+PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include ../python-package.mk
+
+PKG_UNPACK:=$(HOST_TAR) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) --strip-components=1 -xzf $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
+
+define Package/python-futures
+  SUBMENU:=Python
+  SECTION:=lang
+  CATEGORY:=Languages
+  TITLE:=futures
+  URL:=https://github.com/agronholm/pythonfutures
+  DEPENDS:=+python
+  VARIANT:=python
+endef
+
+define Package/python-futures/description
+  This is a backport of the concurrent.futures standard library module to Python 2.
+  It should not be installed on Python 3, although there should be no harm in doing so,
+  as the standard library takes precedence over third party libraries.
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-futures))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-futures))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-futures-src))