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 TransWarp Release 0.2 preview 1  PEAK Release 0.5 alpha 4
   
  Copyright (C) 2001,2002 by Phillip J. Eby, All rights reserved.  
  This software may be used under the same terms as Zope or Python.  
  THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.  Code quality varies  
  from "alpha" to "experimental pre-alpha".  :)  
   
    Copyright (C) 1996-2004 by Phillip J. Eby and Tyler C. Sarna.
    All rights reserved.  This software may be used under the same terms
    as Zope or Python.  THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.
    Code quality varies between modules, from "beta" to "experimental
    pre-alpha".  :)
   
  Package Description   Package Description
   
     TransWarp is a toolkit for software automation in Python, where the term      PEAK is the "Python Enterprise Application Kit". If you develop
     "software automation" is considered to include CASE, code templating,      "enterprise" applications with Python, or indeed almost any sort of
     metaprogramming, generative programming, subject- and aspect-oriented      application with Python, PEAK may help you do it faster, easier, on a
     programming, etc.  It is also a collection of frameworks which use the      larger scale, and with fewer defects than ever before. The key is
     toolkit for integration with applications and other frameworks.      component-based development, on a reliable infrastructure.
   
       PEAK tools can be used with other "Python Enterprise" frameworks such as
       Zope, Twisted, and the Python DBAPI to construct web-based, GUI, or
       command-line applications, interacting with any kind of storage, or with
       no storage at all.  Whatever the application type, PEAK can help you put
       it together.
   
    Package Features
   
      Far too many to list even briefly here: see FEATURES.txt for a very high
      level overview.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    Known Issues and Risks of this Version
   
      This is ALPHA software.  Although much of the system is extensively
      tested by a battery of automated tests, it may contain bugs, especially
      in areas not covered by the test suites.  Also, many system interfaces
      are still subject to change.
   
      PEAK includes early copies of Zope X3's 'ZConfig' and 'persistence'
      packages, which have had - and may continue to have - significant
      implementation changes.  We will be tracking Zope X3 periodically, but
      can't guarantee compatibility with arbitrary (e.g. CVS) versions of
      Zope X3.
   
      Documentation at present is limited, and scattered.  The principal
      documentation is an API reference generated from the code's lengthy
      docstrings (which usually contain motivating examples for using that
      class, method, or function).  The mailing list and its archives
      provide a wealth of information on actual usage scenarios,
      recommended approaches, etc.  There is also the beginnings of a
      tutorial on using the component binding package.
   
   
   
   
     As Zope is to web publishing, as Twisted Python is to internet protocols,  
     and as AnyGUI is to graphical user interfaces, so TransWarp is (or wants  
     to be) to the guts of your application, whatever its external interface.  
   
     The high-level vision of TransWarp is "Metadata + Metaclasses = Programs".  
   
   
  Changes Since Last Release  
   
     Darn near everything.  :)  Read the new docs and tutorials.  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    Third-Party Software Included with PEAK
   
        All third-party software included with PEAK are understood by PEAK's
        authors to be distributable under terms comparable to those PEAK is
        offered under.  However, it is up to you to understand any obligations
        those licenses may impose upon you.  For your reference, here are the
        third-party packages and where to find their license terms:
   
        The 'kjbuckets' module is Copyright Aaron Watters and contributors;
        please see the 'src/kjbuckets/COPYRIGHT.txt' file for details of its
        license.
   
        The included 'pyexpat', 'doctest', 'optparse', and 'textwrap' modules in
        'peak.util' are from Python 2.4, and are included for backward
        compatibility in Python 2.2 and 2.3.  See the Python license for license
        details.
   
        The 'expat' XML parser is Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000 Thai Open Source
        Software Center Ltd and Clark Cooper, and Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003
        Expat maintainers.  See the 'COPYING' file in 'src/expat' for details of
        its license.
   
        The 'persistence' and 'ZConfig' packages are Copyright Zope
        Corporation and contributors; please see the 'LICENSE.txt' files in their
        directories for details of their licenses.
   
        The 'fcgiapp' module is Copyright Digital Creations, LC (now Zope Corp.);
        see the 'fcgiappmodule.c' for details of its license.  In the same
        directory are distributed portions of the FastCGI Development Kit, which
        is Copyright Open Market, Inc.  See the 'LICENSE.TERMS' file in that
        directory for details of its license.
   
  Installation Instructions   Installation Instructions
   
     See the INSTALL.txt file.      Please see the INSTALL.txt file.
   
   
   
   
   
   


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