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+language: python
+
+# Credit: Original .travis.yml lifted from VisPy
+
+# Here we use anaconda for 2.6 and 3.3, since it provides the simplest
+# interface for running different versions of Python. We could also use
+# it for 2.7, but the Ubuntu system has installable 2.7 Qt4-GL, which
+# allows for more complete testing.
+
+
+virtualenv:
+    system_site_packages: true
+
+
+env:
+    # Enable python 2 and python 3 builds
+    # Note that the 2.6 build doesn't get flake8, and runs old versions of
+    # Pyglet and GLFW to make sure we deal with those correctly
+    #- PYTHON=2.6 QT=pyqt TEST=standard
+    - PYTHON=2.7 QT=pyqt TEST=standard
+    - PYTHON=2.7 QT=pyside TEST=standard
+    #- PYTHON=3.3 QT=pyqt TEST=standard
+    #- PYTHON=3.3 QT=pyside TEST=extra
+
+
+before_install:
+    - travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq update;
+    - if [ "${PYTHON}" != "2.7" ]; then
+        wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda-2.2.2-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh &&
+        chmod +x miniconda.sh &&
+        ./miniconda.sh -b &&
+        export PATH=/home/$USER/anaconda/bin:$PATH &&
+        conda update --yes conda &&
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq -y install libgl1-mesa-dri;
+      fi;
+
+
+install:
+    - travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq -y install python-numpy python-pytest;
+    
+    - if [ "${PYTHON}" != "2.7" ]; then
+        conda create -n testenv --yes --quiet pip python=$PYTHON &&
+        source activate testenv &&
+        if[ ${QT} == 'pyqt' ]; then
+          conda install --yes --quiet pyside;
+        else
+          conda install --yes --quiet pyside;
+        fi;
+      else
+        if[ ${QT} == 'pyqt' ]; then
+          travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq -y install python-qt4 python-qt4-gl;
+        else
+          travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq -y install python-pyside python-pyside.qtopengl;
+        fi;
+      fi;
+
+    # Install PyOpenGL
+    - if [ "${DEPS}" == "full" ]; then
+        if [ "${PYTHON}" == "2.7" ]; then
+          echo "Using OpenGL stable version (repos)";
+          travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq -y install python-opengl;
+        else
+          echo "Using OpenGL stable version (pip)";
+          pip install -q PyOpenGL;
+        fi;
+      fi;
+
+
+before_script:
+    # We need to create a (fake) display on Travis, let's use a funny resolution
+    - export DISPLAY=:99.0
+    - /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /tmp/custom_xvfb_99.pid --make-pidfile --background --exec /usr/bin/Xvfb -- :99 -screen 0 1400x900x24 -ac +extension GLX +render
+
+
+script:
+    - PYTHONPATH=. py.test
+    
+    # check line endings
+    - if [ "${TEST}" == "extra" ]; then
+        find ./ -name "*.py" | xargs file | grep CRLF; out=$?; 
+        if [ ${out} == 0 ]; 
+            then false;
+            else true;
+        fi;
+      fi;
+      
+