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+Pycairo - Python bindings for cairo
+http://www.cairographics.org/pycairo
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+ cairo >= 1.8.6
+ Python >= 2.6
+
+Compiling
+---------
+See the INSTALL document for build instructions.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+The 'doc' directory contains reStructuredText files which are used by Sphinx
+to generate html (and other format) documentation.
+
+License
+-------
+Pycairo is free software and is available to be redistributed and/or modified
+under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version
+2.1 or the Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 1.1.
+
+Contact
+-------
+Mailing List:
+If you have some ideas for how cairo or Pycairo could be improved, please feel
+free to send a message to cairo@cairographics.org
+ http://cairographics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cairo
+
+Bugzilla:
+If you find a bug in Pycairo, please go to
+ https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=pycairo
+and submit a bugreport.
+
+IMPORTANT: make sure you state which version of cairo and pycairo you are
+using when you report a problem or bug.
+
+>>> import cairo
+>>> cairo.cairo_version_string() # shows the cairo version
+>>> cairo.version # shows the pycairo version