EADK (AppPkg): Update the Python ReadMe file, Python/PythonReadMe.txt, to reflect the current status of the project.

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EDK II Python
ReadMe
Beta Release
23 Mar. 2012
Release 1.02
18 Jan. 2013
1. OVERVIEW
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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
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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
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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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