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-README for PySAML2
-==================
-
-Dependencies
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-PySAML2 should be compatible with any python >= 2.6 not 3.X yet.
-
-Install
--------
-You will need xmlsec1 to be able to sign/verify, encrypt/decrypt.
-You can find xmlsec1 here:
-
-    http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/
-
-Apart from that a normal
-    
-    python setup.py install
-
-will install the package.
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Look in the doc/ subdirectory.
-
-Comments, support, bug reports
-------------------------------
-
-Project page on : 
-
-https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2
-
-Use the Pysaml2@uma.es mailing list. Bug reports can either be emailed
-to this mailing list of added to the github repository
-https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2.
-
-You can subscribe to this mailing list at
-http://delfos.sci.uma.es/mailman/listinfo/pysaml2
-
-Archives are available at 
-http://delfos.sci.uma.es/mailman/private/pysaml2/
-
-Contributors
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-* Roland Hedberg: main author / maintainer
-* Lorenzo Gil Sanchez: Django integration