= Python = 
''Python meta package, includes core executable & runtime, help''

 * Python commandline interpreter, and libraries.
 * The interpreter can be invoked as `python` in the osgeo4w shell. 
 * The Python interpreter is ''not'' associated with the .py extension in the shell, so you must run .py files with `python foobar.py` and not by double-clicking on them
 * Documentation is not included (beyond builtin doc strings)
 * Tcl support is not included.
 * [wiki:pkg-python-numpy NumPy] is a distinct add on package due to it's size.

Comprised of 3 sub-packages:

 * python-wrapper - Wrapper to set python environment for Osgeo4W (required) 
 * python-core - Python executable and runtime (required) 
 * python-help - Python compiled help file (optional with Advanced Install)

||category|| Commandline_Utilities||
||requires|| shell python-wrapper python-core python-help||
||version|| 2.7.2-2||

Other python pages of note:

  * ExternalPythonPackages - How to install python packages which aren't part of the osgeo4w system
  * [wiki:pkg-python/Python27] - building the Python 2.7 package
  * RequiresPython - packages which depend on Python


== Packager Notes ==

 * This package is harvested from the standard Python 2.7.2 .msi installer from python.org (see making a [wiki:pkg-python/Python27 Python 2.7 package])
 * New Python extensions should be unpacked in ''osgeo4w''`\apps\Python27\Lib\site-packages`
 * Include files and libraries are included, but in the `apps\Python27` tree.  The `distutils/sysconfig.py` settings should be correct.
 * Extensions may need to be compiled with VC7.1 to be compatible. 
 * etc\ini\python.bat set PYTHONHOME to control sys.prefix and finding of libraries, etc.  This should supersede any other python on the system when python is run within the OSGeo4W shell.

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