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+Chrono
+======
+
+Chrono provides a set of management interfaces and web services to register
+for activities and stuff.
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+Dependencies can be installed with pip,
+
+ $ pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+It's then required to get the database configured (./manage.py migrate); by
+default it will create a db.sqlite3 file.
+
+You can then run the Django test server for a quick try (you should refer to
+the Django documentation for production deployments).
+
+ $ ./manage.py runserver
+
+
+Settings
+--------
+
+Default settings are loaded from settings.py, they can be overloaded by a
+local_settings.py file set in the same directory, or by a file referenced
+in the CHRONO_SETTINGS_FILE environment variable.
+
+
+Tests
+-----
+
+    pip install pytest pytest-django pytest-mock
+    DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=welco.settings py.test tests/
+
+License
+-------
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along
+with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.