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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/AppPkg/Applications/Python/PythonReadMe.txt b/AppPkg/Applications/Python/PythonReadMe.txt index cf51b99ad..7d8b31f74 100644 --- a/AppPkg/Applications/Python/PythonReadMe.txt +++ b/AppPkg/Applications/Python/PythonReadMe.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ EDK II Python
ReadMe
- Beta Release
- 23 Mar. 2012
+ Release 1.02
+ 18 Jan. 2013
1. OVERVIEW
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@ packages within that distribution. 2. Release Notes
================
- 1) There is no input line editing. Backspace, ^C, etc. do not work.
- 2) All C extension modules must be statically linked (built in)
- 3) The site and os modules must exist as discrete files in ...\lib\python.27
- 4) User-specific configurations are not supported.
- 5) Environment variables are not supported.
+ 1) All C extension modules must be statically linked (built in)
+ 2) The site and os modules must exist as discrete files in ...\lib\python.27
+ 3) User-specific configurations are not supported.
+ 4) Environment variables are not supported.
-3. Getting and Building the latest version of Python
+3. Getting and Building Python
======================================================
3.1 Getting Python
==================
- Currently only version 2.7.2 of the CPython distribution is supported. The
- source code can be downloaded from http://www.python.org/download/source/.
+ Currently only version 2.7.2 of the CPython distribution is supported. For development
+ ease, a subset of the Python 2.7.2 distribution has been included in the AppPkg source
+ tree. If a full distribution is desired, the Python-2.7.2 directory can be removed or
+ renamed and the full source code downloaded from http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/.
A. Within your EDK II development tree, extract the Python distribution into
AppPkg/Applications/Python. This should create the
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ system as follows: site types copy_reg linecache genericpath
* Python C Extension Modules built as dynamically loadable extensions go into
- the \Efi\StdLib\lib\python.27\lib-dynload directory.
+ the \Efi\StdLib\lib\python.27\lib-dynload directory. This functionality is not
+ yet implemented.
6. Example: Enabling socket support
@@ -191,6 +193,6 @@ Library that have been tested or used in some manner. dummy_thread.py random.py weakref.py
fileinput.py re.py xmllib.py
formatter.py repr.py zipfile.py
- functools.py runpy.py
+ functools.py runpy.py expat
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