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 README: MPI for Python
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:Author:       Lisandro Dalcin
:Organization: CIMEC_
:Address:      PTLC, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
:Contact:      dalcinl@users.sourceforge.net
:Web Site:     http://www.cimec.org.ar/python/
:Date:         $Date: 2006/09/12 22:51:44 $
:Revision:     $Revision: 1.5 $


Thank you for downloading the *MPI for Python* project archive. As
this is a work in progress, please check the `project website`_ for
updates.  This project should be considered experimental; APIs are
subject to change at any time.

- To build and install this package, you must meet the following
  requirements.

  + A Python 2.3/2.4/2.5 distribution.

  + A working MPI 1.2/2.0 implementation.


- This package uses standard `distutils`. For detailed instructions
  about requirements and the building/install process, read the file
  ``docs/install.txt``.

- The project documentation can be found in files ``docs/*.txt``.  It
  is written reStructuredText_ format. You can use Docutils_ to get
  HTML or LaTeX output. Basic ``Makefile`` provided in ``docs/``
  directory; try ``make html`` and ``make pdf`` to obtain HTML output
  ``docs/mpi4py.html``or PDF output ``docs/mpi4py.pdf``.


.. _CIMEC:            http://www.cimec.org.ar/

.. _project website:  http://www.cimec.org.ar/python/

.. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

.. _Docutils:         http://docutils.sourceforge.net
