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+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'h5py'
+version = '3.12.1'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.h5py.org/'
+description = """HDF5 for Python (h5py) is a general-purpose Python interface to the Hierarchical Data Format library,
+ version 5. HDF5 is a versatile, mature scientific software library designed for the fast, flexible storage of enormous
+ amounts of data."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2024a'}
+toolchainopts = {'usempi': True}
+
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['326d70b53d31baa61f00b8aa5f95c2fcb9621a3ee8365d770c551a13dbbcbfdf']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('pkgconfig', '1.5.5', '-python'),
+    ('Cython', '3.0.10'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.12.3'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2024.05'),
+    ('mpi4py', '4.0.1'),
+    ('HDF5', '1.14.5'),
+]
+
+# h5py's setup.py will disable setup_requires if H5PY_SETUP_REQUIRES is set to 0
+# without this environment variable, pip will fetch the minimum numpy version h5py supports during install,
+# even though SciPy-bundle provides a newer version that satisfies h5py's install_requires dependency.
+preinstallopts = 'HDF5_MPI=ON HDF5_DIR="$EBROOTHDF5" H5PY_SETUP_REQUIRES=0 '
+
+download_dep_fail = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
+use_pip = True
+
+moduleclass = 'data'