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+Created for usage with python distutils
+
+To create a source distribution, run
+  python setup.py sdist
+the result will be in dist/
+
+To create an rpm, run
+  python setup.py bdist_rpm
+the result will be in dist/ . However, this is not recommended yet
+since quite a few files have no proper target location yet
+
+API documentation: see doc/about_docu.rst