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+## Announcement:
+ # This project is dead and no longer supported. Alternatives 
+https://github.com/pymysql/mysqlclient-python
+
 MySQLdb1
 ========
 
@@ -38,4 +42,4 @@ Projects
 [MySQLdb1]: https://github.com/farcepest/MySQLdb1
 [moist]: https://github.com/farcepest/moist
 [MySQLdb-svn]: https://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/svn/
-[MySQLdb2]: https://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/mysqldb-2/
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+[MySQLdb2]: https://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/mysqldb-2/