The READMEs told users to clone the repository even though most just
want to run the app. The Quick start now leads with the release
package (a snapshot of the tagged source: no git history, no
development files) and keeps the clone path for development or
unreleased changes; git is still required because setup installs pysim
from its upstream repository.
Windows notes refreshed against the actual tooling and PyPI:
- pyscard 2.3.1 ships cp39-cp313 wheels (no cp314) and requires
Python >= 3.9, so the pip/pyproject floor is 3.9 now (3.8 could
never install the dependency) and the "3.9 builds from source" note
is gone - only 3.14 does.
- The reader sentence now describes what actually happens: start.sh
asks for the first PC/SC reader when pcscd runs, the server
auto-detects a PC/SC reader itself, and with none present pysim
falls back to its serial default /dev/ttyUSB0 (use -d for a
serial/FTDI reader).
- The manual-install block is marked Linux/macOS: on Windows pysim is
installed via requirements-pysim.txt + --no-deps (setup.bat), since
the plain pip route pulls the SMPP bridge and its MSVC chain.
Docs/metadata only: 953 frontend + 989 Python green.
catarrh