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+DEPRECATED
+==========
+**DogStatsd is deprecated and not actively developed anymore. Please head over to https://github.com/DataDog/datadogpy**
+
 dogstatsd-python
 ================
 
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 Change Log
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-
+- [DEPRECATED]
+  - Date: 2015.03.17
 - 0.5.5
     - Revert usage of Python property for socket introduced in 0.5.4, to avoid backward incompatibilities, and performance degradation
 - 0.5.4