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-Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
-Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
-
-This directory contains the Python Protocol Buffers runtime library.
-
-Normally, this directory comes as part of the protobuf package, available
-from:
-
- http://code.google.com/p/protobuf
-
-The complete package includes the C++ source code, which includes the
-Protocol Compiler (protoc). If you downloaded this package from PyPI
-or some other Python-specific source, you may have received only the
-Python part of the code. In this case, you will need to obtain the
-Protocol Compiler from some other source before you can use this
-package.
-
-Installation
-============
-
-1) Make sure you have Python 2.4 or newer. If in doubt, run:
-
- $ python -V
-
-2) If you do not have setuptools installed, note that it will be
- downloaded and installed automatically as soon as you run setup.py.
- If you would rather install it manually, you may do so by following
- the instructions on this page:
-
- http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installation-instructions
-
-3) Build the C++ code, or install a binary distribution of protoc. If
- you install a binary distribution, make sure that it is the same
- version as this package. If in doubt, run:
-
- $ protoc --version
-
-4) Run the tests:
-
- $ python setup.py test
-
- If some tests fail, this library may not work correctly on your
- system. Continue at your own risk.
-
- Please note that there is a known problem with some versions of
- Python on Cygwin which causes the tests to fail after printing the
- error: "sem_init: Resource temporarily unavailable". This appears
- to be a bug either in Cygwin or in Python:
- http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg01378.html
- We do not know if or when it might me fixed. We also do not know
- how likely it is that this bug will affect users in practice.
-
-5) Install:
-
- $ python setup.py install
-
- This step may require superuser privileges.
-
-Usage
-=====
-
-The complete documentation for Protocol Buffers is available via the
-web at:
-
- http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/