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Add an other-requirements.txt file containing a cross-platform list of
dependencies needed for running included tox-based tests. Also include a
tox environment for convenience calling the bindep[*] utility to list
any missing system requirements.

Document bindep and other-requirements usage.

This change is self-testing.

For other-requirements.txt see also
http://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/drivers.html#package-requirements

[*] http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/

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===============
Getting Started
===============
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System Requirements
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Swift development currently targets Ubuntu Server 14.04, but should work on
most Linux platforms.
Swift is written in Python and has these dependencies:
* Python 2.7
* rsync 3.0
* The Python packages listed in `the requirements file <https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/requirements.txt>`_
* Testing additionally requires `the test dependencies <https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/test-requirements.txt>`_
* Testing requires `these distribution packages <https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/other-requirements.txt>`_
There is no current support for Python 3.
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Development
-----------
To get started with development with Swift, or to just play around, the
following docs will be useful:
* :doc:`Swift All in One <development_saio>` - Set up a VM with Swift installed
* :doc:`Development Guidelines <development_guidelines>`
* :doc:`First Contribution to Swift <first_contribution_swift>`
* :doc:`Associated Projects <associated_projects>`
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CLI client and SDK library
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There are many clients in the `ecosystem <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/associated_projects.html#application-bindings>`_. The official CLI
and SDK is python-swiftclient.
* `Source code <https://github.com/openstack/python-swiftclient>`_
* `Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-swiftclient>`_
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Production
----------
If you want to set up and configure Swift for a production cluster, the
following doc should be useful:
* :doc:`Multiple Server Swift Installation <howto_installmultinode>`