Metarace : Cycle Race Astractions (formerly SCBdo)


OVERVIEW
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Tools to support electronic timing, data handling and scoreboard
output at cycle races:

 roadmeet	various road race types: mass start, crit, stage
 roadtt		individual road tt
 trackmeet	track events
 irtt_start	road time trial start clock application
 sportif	mass participation ride
 *_announce	commentator/media console application
 testprint	utility for testing printed report templates
 stagebuild	Scody Cup stage builder application


PRE-REQUISITES
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Compulsory libraries:

	- python >= 2.6 < 3.0
	- gtk+/glib/cairo/pango >= 2.0
	- pygtk >= 2.0
	- rsvg
	- xlwt
	- MySQLdb
	- serial

Optional libraries:

	- irclib (required for uSCBsrv/announcer comms)

Notes:

	- Standard Linux install (Debian or Ubuntu) meets all requirements.
	- for installation on windows please see below.


INSTALLATION
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Linux:

	- unpack distribution
	- run:  sudo python ./setup.py install

Windows:

TBA
