Added custom LofarDeviceProxy to enhance support for high-dimensional arrays in attribtues

README.md

@@ -13,12 +13,32 @@ Client library for using Tango Station Control.
 
 Table of Contents:
 
+- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
 - [Installation](#installation)
 - [Usage](#usage)
 - [Development](#development)
 - [Debug](#debug)
 - [Releasenotes](#releasenotes)
 
+##  Prerequisites
+
+This package uses [PyTango](https://pytango.readthedocs.io), which wraps the Tango C++ library. You will need to install the Tango C++ headers & library to allow `pip` to install PyTango as part of this package's requirements:
+
+Debian and Ubuntu provide these natively:
+
+```shell
+apt-get install libtango-dev
+```
+
+Under Arch, install the [tango-cpp AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tango-cpp). For other distros and installation methods, see [Tango's Linux installation manual](https://tango-controls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/tango-on-linux.html).
+
+You will also need the Boost Python C++ headers & libraries to compile PyTango. Under Debian/Ubuntu, obtain these through:
+
+```shell
+apt-get install libboost-python-dev
+```
+
+
 ##  Installation
 
 Wheel distributions are available from the [gitlab package registry](https://git.astron.nl/lofar2.0/lofar-station-client/-/packages/),
@@ -86,6 +106,7 @@ tox -e debug tests.requests.test_prometheus
 
 ## Releasenotes
 
+- 0.9  - Added `devices.LofarDeviceProxy` that transparently exposes >2D attributes
 - 0.8  - Fixed XST packet parsing.
 - 0.7. - Partial rework of DTS outside code, still many possible improvements.
 - 0.6. - Correctly transpose XST blocks in `XSTCollector`.