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Benjamin Cumming authored
Improve the Python wrapper generation and installation:
  - install a proper module that can be extended with Python code;
  - give the user more control over where to install the module (e.g. as a user package or in a virtualenv).

During building, the following sub-directory is built in the build director (`CMAKE_BINARY_DIR`)
```
└── python
    └── arbor
            ├── __init__.py
            ├── arbor.so
            └── VERSION
```
This path can then be copied VERBATIM to the target installation path. By default this will be in `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/python%d.%d/site-packages`.
An additional CMake parameter `ARB_PYTHON_PREFIX` can be used to specify an alternative destination for installing the Python module.

The Python part of the wrapper, implemented in `__init__.py` is currently very limited, only providing `__version__` and `__config__` variables.

The installation guide was updated to cover the Python instal...
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