From fb0aecfc7b9be1803f7d344a438db8769c4c9471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Turk <james.p.turk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:43:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] deprecation notice

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 README.txt | 9 +++++++++
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+NOTE: polipoly is deprecated and no longer maintained.  Due to the wide
+availability of better tools like GEOS <http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/> and
+GeoDjango <http://geodjango.org> it is no longer in use nor will it see
+any further development.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~
+old readme
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
 polipoly - Python library for dealing with political boundaries.  Enables 
     programatic conversion of latitudes/longitudes to political districts.