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+psycopg - Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
+********************************************
+
+psycopg is a PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming
+language. This is version 2, a complete rewrite of the original code to
+provide new-style classes for connection and cursor objects and other
+sweet candies. Like the original, psycopg 2 was written with the aim of
+being very small and fast, and stable as a rock.
+
+psycopg is different from the other database adapter because it was
+designed for heavily multi-threaded applications that create and destroy
+lots of cursors and make a conspicuous number of concurrent INSERTs or
+UPDATEs. psycopg 2 also provide full asycronous operations for the really
+brave programmer.
+
+There are confirmed reports of psycopg 1.x compiling and running on Linux
+and FreeBSD on i386, Solaris, MacOS X and win32 architectures. psycopg 2
+does not introduce build-wise incompatible changes so it should be able to
+compile on all architectures just as its predecessor did.
+
+Now go read the INSTALL file. More information about psycopg extensions to
+the DBAPI-2.0 is available in the files located in the doc/ direcory.
+
+psycopg is free software ("free as in freedom" but I like beer too.)
+Licensing information is available in the LICENSE file.
+
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+A short list of contributors to psycopg2 follows (if you feel you belong
+to this list and you can't find yourself here just drop me a mail):
+
+ * Kudos to piro for all the documentation work.
+
+ * Peter Fein contributed a logging connection/cursor class that even if it
+   was not used directly heavily influenced the implementation currently in
+   psycopg2.extras.
+