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diff --git a/numericalunits-1.22.tar.gz b/numericalunits-1.22.tar.gz
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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diff --git a/python-numericalunits.changes b/python-numericalunits.changes
index a1104f1..0d88055 100644
--- a/python-numericalunits.changes
+++ b/python-numericalunits.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 20 01:13:20 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Use GitHub tagged archive and post-release tests.py to add
+  %doc and %check
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Dec 22 02:03:50 UTC 2018 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-numericalunits.spec b/python-numericalunits.spec
index e7f72b1..0c8a522 100644
--- a/python-numericalunits.spec
+++ b/python-numericalunits.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-numericalunits
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ Summary:        Python module for defining quantities with units
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Url:            http://pypi.python.org/pypi/numericalunits
-Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/py2.py3/n/numericalunits/numericalunits-%{version}-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
+Source:         https://github.com/sbyrnes321/numericalunits/archive/numericalunits-%{version}.tar.gz#/numericalunits-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sbyrnes321/numericalunits/master/tests/tests.py
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -44,21 +44,23 @@ way with unique advantages:
 * Zero calculation overhead
 
 %prep
-%setup -T -c -n numericalunits-%{version}
+%setup -q -n numericalunits-numericalunits-%{version}
+cp %{SOURCE1} .
 
 %build
-# Not needed
+%python_build
 
 %install
-%python_expand pip%{$python_bin_suffix} install --root %{buildroot} %{SOURCE0}
+%python_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
-# todo
+%python_exec setup.py test --test-suite=tests
 
 %files %{python_files}
-%license %{python_sitelib}/numericalunits-%{version}.dist-info/LICENSE.txt
-%{python_sitelib}/numericalunits-%{version}.dist-info/
+%license LICENSE.txt
+%doc Changes.txt README.rst
+%{python_sitelib}/numericalunits-%{version}*egg-info/
 %{python_sitelib}/numericalunits.py*
 %pycache_only %{python_sitelib}/__pycache__/numericalunits.*
 
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5bd15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+very basic tests on numericalunits
+"""
+import unittest
+import numericalunits as nu
+
+class TestStuff(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
+
+    def assert_almost_equal(self, a, b, rtol):
+        """helper function to check if two floats are approximately equal,
+        allowing for rounding errors etc. Similar to math.isclose in py3."""
+        self.assertTrue(abs(a-b) <= rtol * (abs(a) + abs(b)))
+
+    def test_everything(self):
+        """just some very basic smoke tests"""
+		# example from README
+        x = 5 * nu.mL
+        self.assert_almost_equal(x, 5e21 * nu.nm**3, rtol=1e-9)
+
+        # example from README
+        Efield = 1e5 * (nu.V / nu.cm)
+        force = nu.e * Efield
+        accel = force / nu.me
+        self.assert_almost_equal(accel, 1.75882002e18 * nu.m / nu.s**2, rtol=1e-6)
+
+        # make sure reset_units('SI') works
+        nu.reset_units('SI')
+        self.assert_almost_equal(nu.G, 1e-4, rtol=1e-9)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()