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+{
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  pkg-config,
+  readline,
+  xercesc,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "ringing-lib";
+  version = "0-unstable-2024-05-31";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ringing-lib";
+    repo = "ringing-lib";
+    rev = "4f791c559743499589d66dc44266cd681f6901de";
+    hash = "sha256-+P2x2ywk7Ev7GacfUONusVHjlE6bIVBeJasjlcw5kTU=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    readline
+    xercesc
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library of C++ classes and utilities for change ringing";
+    homepage = "https://ringing-lib.github.io/";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
+      gpl2Plus
+      lgpl2Plus
+    ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jshholland ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})