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--- a/opentelemetry-api-0.5b0.tar.gz
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diff --git a/opentelemetry-api-0.6b0.tar.gz b/opentelemetry-api-0.6b0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/opentelemetry-api-0.6b0.tar.gz
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+oid sha256:11df823b83838c45da3c9b3d542a26c4a581b5b4bfe4cf0b447254006026acc9
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diff --git a/python-opentelemetry-api.changes b/python-opentelemetry-api.changes
index 0ff970d..e689b73 100644
--- a/python-opentelemetry-api.changes
+++ b/python-opentelemetry-api.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 15 14:03:21 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- version update to 0.6b0
+  * Add support for lazy events and links (#474)
+  * Metrics API no longer uses LabelSet (#527)
+  * Adding is_remote flag to SpanContext, indicating when a span is remote (#516)
+  * Allow digit as first char in vendor specific trace state key (#511)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 27 14:01:45 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-opentelemetry-api.spec b/python-opentelemetry-api.spec
index 911e62b..5e0425a 100644
--- a/python-opentelemetry-api.spec
+++ b/python-opentelemetry-api.spec
@@ -19,25 +19,31 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-opentelemetry-api
-Version:        0.5b0
+Version:        0.6b0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        OpenTelemetry Python API
 License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/tree/master/opentelemetry-api
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/o/opentelemetry-api/opentelemetry-api-%{version}.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/557
+Source98:       tests.tar.bz2
 # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/473
 Source99:       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/master/LICENSE
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildArch:      noarch
+Requires:       python-setuptools
+# SECTION test requirements
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
+# /SECTION
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
 OpenTelemetry Python API
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n opentelemetry-api-%{version}
+%setup -q -n opentelemetry-api-%{version} -a98
 cp %{SOURCE99} .
 
 %build
@@ -47,6 +53,12 @@ cp %{SOURCE99} .
 %python_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
+%check
+# test_environment_variables and test_getattr erroring,
+# let us see whether they got fixed via github PR referenced
+# above (in next version)
+%pytest -k 'not (test_getattr or test_environment_variables)'
+
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc README.rst
 %license LICENSE
diff --git a/tests.tar.bz2 b/tests.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d5892b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+oid sha256:c83e3dcf22e1b4fef74baeb02a4dbbd330b8483469284c8813f55ca50445fb46
+size 8675