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+Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
+
+This directory contains the Python Protocol Buffers runtime library.
+
+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/
