python/python2-atomicwrites: Added (library for atomic file writes)

Signed-off-by: bedlam <dave@slackbuilds.org>

Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>

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+It uses a temporary file in the same directory as the given path. This
+ensures that the temporary file resides on the same filesystem.
+
+The temporary file will then be atomically moved to the target
+location: On POSIX, it will use rename if files should be overwritten,
+otherwise a combination of link and unlink. On Windows, it uses
+MoveFileEx through stdlib's ctypes with the appropriate flags.
+
+Note that with link and unlink, there's a timewindow where the file
+might be available under two entries in the filesystem: The name of
+the temporary file, and the name of the target file.
+
+Also note that the permissions of the target file may change this
+way. In some situations a chmod can be issued without any concurrency
+problems, but since that is not always the case, this library
+doesn't do it by itself.
+
+This is the Python 2 build of atomicwrites.