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+This is work in progress. DO NOT USE for now.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+* Python 3
+* libnetconf2
+
+Building
+--------
+From the libnetconf2 main build:
+
+$ mkdir build; cd build
+$ cmake -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON ..
+$ make
+# make install
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+>>> import netconf2
+>>> session = netconf2.Session('localhost', 830)
+>>> del(session)
+
+More detailed examples can be found in the `example/` directory.
+