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+name: Build distribution
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+
+      - name: Install pypa/build
+        run: python -m pip install build wheel pyyaml
+
+      - name: Build distributions
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+      - name: Publish package to PyPI
+        if: github.repository == 'dask/dask-mpi' && github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}