python

Python = 
 * Python commandline interpreter, and libraries.
 * The interpreter can be invoked as python in the osgeo4w shell. 
 * The Python interpreter is ''not'' associated with the .py extension in the shell, so you can run .py files directly.
 * Documentation is not included (beyond builtin doc strings)
 * Tcl support is not included.
 * [wiki:pkg-python-numpy NumPy] is a distinct add on package due to it's size.

== Packager Notes ==

 * This package is harvested from the standard Python 2.5.2 .msi installer from python.org. 
 * New Python extensions should be unpacked in ''osgeo4w''\apps\Python25\Lib\site-packages
 * Include files and libraries are included, but in the apps\Python25 tree.  The distutils/sysconfig.py settings should be correct.
 * Extensions may need to be compiled with VC7.1 to be compatible. 
 * etc\ini\python.bat set PYTHONHOME to control sys.prefix and finding of libraries, etc.  This should supercede any other python on the system when python is run within the OSGeo4W shell.

http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/24