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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.
+
+Development Warning
+===================
+
+The Python implementation of Protocol Buffers is not as mature as the C++
+and Java implementations.  It may be more buggy, and it is known to be
+pretty slow at this time.  If you would like to help fix these issues,
+join the Protocol Buffers discussion list and let us know!
+
+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) Build and run the tests:
+
+     $ python setup.py build
+     $ 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.
+   NOTE: To use C++ implementation, you need to install C++ protobuf runtime
+   library of the same version and export the environment variable before this
+   step. See the "C++ Implementation" section below for more details.
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+The complete documentation for Protocol Buffers is available via the
+web at:
+
+  http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/
+
+C++ Implementation
+==================
+
+WARNING: This is EXPERIMENTAL and only available for CPython platforms.
+
+The C++ implementation for Python messages is built as a Python extension to
+improve the overall protobuf Python performance.
+
+To use the C++ implementation, you need to:
+1) Install the C++ protobuf runtime library, please see instructions in the
+   parent directory.
+2) Export an environment variable:
+
+  $ export PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=cpp
+
+You need to export this variable before running setup.py script to build and
+install the extension.  You must also set the variable at runtime, otherwise
+the pure-Python implementation will be used. In a future release, we will
+change the default so that C++ implementation is used whenever it is available.
+It is strongly recommended to run `python setup.py test` after setting the
+variable to "cpp", so the tests will be against C++ implemented Python
+messages.
+