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-Retrying Module
-================================
+Retrying, to retry all the things
+=========================
 
-Retry any arbitrary function conditionally via a @retry decorator.
 
-Usage
------
-TODO
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/rholder/retrying.png?branch=master
+        :target: https://travis-ci.org/rholder/retrying
+
+Retrying is an Apache 2.0 licensed general-purpose retrying library, written in
+Python, to simplify the task of adding retry behavior to just about anything.
+
+
+The simplest use case is retrying a flaky function whenever an Exception occurs
+until a value is returned.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import random
+    from retrying import retry
+
+    @retry
+    def do_something_unreliable():
+        if random.randint(0, 10) > 1:
+            raise IOError("Broken sauce, everything is hosed!!!111one")
+        else:
+            return "Awesome sauce!"
+
+    print do_something_unreliable()
+
+TODO flush out more examples
+
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Generic Decorator API
+- Specify stop condition (i.e. limit by number of attempts)
+- Specify wait condition (i.e. exponential backoff sleeping between attempts)
+- Customize retrying on Exceptions
+- Customize retrying on expected returned result
+
 
 Installation
 ------------
 
-Installing the retrying module is simple::
+To install retrying, simply:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
     $ pip install retrying
 
+Or, if you absolutely must:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ easy_install retrying
+
+But, you might regret that later.
+
+
+Contribute
+----------
+
+#. Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug.
+#. Fork `the repository`_ on GitHub to start making your changes to the **master** branch (or branch off of it).
+#. Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.
+#. Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and published. :) Make sure to add yourself to AUTHORS_.
+
+.. _`the repository`: http://github.com/rholder/retrying
+.. _AUTHORS: https://github.com/rholder/retrying/blob/master/AUTHORS.rst