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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+require 'impressionist/version'
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = 'impressionist'
+  s.version     = Impressionist::VERSION.dup
+  s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  s.licenses    = ['MIT']
+  s.summary     = 'Easy way to log impressions'
+  s.email       = 'john.mcaliley@gmail.com'
+  s.homepage    = 'http://github.com/charlotte-ruby/impressionist'
+  s.description = 'Log impressions from controller actions or from a model'
+  s.authors     = ['johnmcaliley']
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split('\n')
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- spec/* -- test_app/*`.split('\n')
+  s.require_paths = ['lib']
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 1.3.6') if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+
+  s.add_dependency 'httpclient', '~> 2.2'
+  s.add_dependency 'nokogiri', '~> 1.5'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'capybara'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '>= 0.9'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rails', '~>3.1'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rdoc', '>= 2.4.2'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-rails'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'sqlite3'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'systemu'
+
+end